Attorney general appoints CEOs with coal industry ties to energy planning agency

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: August 10, 2026

Words: 359

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Republican Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is appointing the former CEO of electric utility East Kentucky Power Cooperative and a CEO of a barge company, both with coal industry ties, to a commission that the state legislature is looking to for advice on energy policy.

In a Friday release, Coleman said he was appointing “two widely respected individuals” in former East Kentucky Power Cooperative CEO and President Tony Campbell and Crounse Corporation CEO …

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