Non-profit

Advanced Power Alliance (APA)

Website:

www.poweralliance.org

Location:

Austin, TX

Tax ID:

61-1429271

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(6)

Budget (2021):

Revenue: $2,282,999
Expenses: $1,385,962
Assets: $1,306,405

Type:

Green Energy Trade Association

Formation:

2004

President & CEO:

Jeffrey Clark

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Advanced Power Alliance (APA) is an energy industry trade group focused on the promotion of wind, solar, hydrogen, and nuclear power as well as on increased energy storage capacity. 1 APA is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and promotes unconventional energy projects and investments in the southern and central United States. 2

History

According to the Oklahoma Municipal League, up until at least 2003 the Advanced Power Alliance was known as the Wind Coalition. 3 APA was formally founded in 2004 in Austin, Texas. 4

Activities

In its tax filings, the Advanced Power Alliance describes its mission solely as “wind energy promotion.” 5  However, the organization’s website also promotes solar, hydrogen, and nuclear energy. 1 APA promotes a variety of non-fossil fuel-based energies in 11 states in the southern and central United States, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. 2 APA focuses its operations on states within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). 6

Within these states, APA advocates for green energy legislation that supports onshore and offshore wind, solar, nuclear, and hydrogen energy as well as improvements to the reliability of the electrical grid and increased energy storage technologies. 6 In Texas, for example, APA claims to have successfully lobbied for increased weather-dependent energy generation and storage. 7

For each of the states in which it operates, APA provides resources promoting the positive economic impact of green energy projects and publishes news updates on green energy projects. 2 APA also provides a library of resources, reports, and white papers from external organizations studying the impact of wind, solar, and other green energy projects. These include an economic impact report claiming that Nebraska’s $3.2 billion investment in wind power saved water, reduced CO2 emissions, and created jobs for farmers and ranchers; a report on how specialty crops can be raised under solar panels; and a clean power map showing the capacity, taxes, and landowner payments of wind, solar, and energy storage projects in Texas. 8

Members

APA represents a variety of energy companies, investors, and consumer advocacy organizations. These include Adapture Renewables, AES, American Clean Power, APEX Clean Energy, Avangrid, Avantus, BP, Broadwind, Brookfield Renewable U.S., Capital Power, CIS, Clearway, Constellation, Cypress Creek Renewables, Drax, Duke Energy, EDF renewables, EDP renewables, Electric Power Engineers, Enbridge, Enel, Engie, Eolian, GE Renewable Energy, Google, Greenalia, Gridstor, Grid United, Innergex, Intersect Power, Invenergy, ITC, Leeward renewable energy, Longroad Energy, National Grid Renewables, Next Era Energy Resources, Nova Clean Energy, Olsson, Omega, Onward Energy, Orte, Pattern, PineGate Renewables, REWA, Savion, Scout Clean Energy, Southern Power, Terra-Gen, and Vestas. 9

People

The president and CEO of APA is Jeff Clark. He was previously the senior vice president of governmental affairs at ComTIA in Washington, D.C., a computer technology and information-technology trade association. Clark also previously worked as the executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). 10

References

  1. “Advanced Power Alliance.” Advanced Power Alliance. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://poweralliance.org/.
  2. “Our States.” Advanced Power Alliance. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://poweralliance.org/our-states/.
  3. “Oklahoma Wind – Bringing Advancements to Renewable Energy.” Oklahoma Municipal League. September 3, 2020. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://www.oml.org/municipal-messenger/2020/9/1/wind-energy-bringing-advancements-to-renewable-energy-in-oklahoma.
  4. “Advanced Power Alliance.” LinkedIn. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/company/apoweralliance/about/.
  5. The Advanced Power Alliance. Return of an Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990). 2021.
  6. “About Us.” Advanced Power Alliance. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://poweralliance.org/about/
  7. “Texas.” Advanced Power Alliance. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://poweralliance.org/texas/.
  8. “Data + Resources.” Advanced Power Alliance. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://poweralliance.org/data-resources/.
  9. “Our Members.” Advanced Power Alliance. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://poweralliance.org/our-members/.
  10. “Jeffrey Clark.” LinkedIn. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreydclark/.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: June - May
  • Tax Exemption Received: July 1, 2004

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2021 Jun Form 990 $2,282,999 $1,385,962 $1,306,405 $369 N $2,282,999 $0 $0 $229,000 PDF
    2020 Jun Form 990 $1,099,930 $1,542,601 $409,329 $330 N $1,099,930 $0 $0 $229,000
    2019 Jun Form 990 $554,750 $725,990 $851,796 $126 N $554,750 $0 $0 $94,917 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $2,635,554 $2,013,897 $1,052,295 $29,385 N $2,635,554 $0 $0 $227,850 PDF
    2017 Dec Form 990 $1,445,980 $1,470,306 $422,337 $21,084 N $1,445,980 $0 $0 $227,700 PDF
    2016 Dec Form 990 $1,446,691 $1,147,252 $426,286 $707 N $1,446,691 $0 $0 $196,000 PDF
    2015 Dec Form 990 $915,691 $1,118,970 $134,037 $7,897 N $916,200 $0 $0 $195,900 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $1,277,800 $1,163,542 $334,950 $0 N $1,277,800 $0 $0 $193,900 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $1,054,150 $1,039,702 $220,692 $0 N $1,054,150 $0 $0 $229,999 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $796,304 $991,147 $212,954 $6,710 N $796,304 $0 $0 $163,500 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $1,129,380 $1,324,540 $407,840 $6,753 N $1,129,380 $0 $0 $420,431 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Advanced Power Alliance (APA)

    3571 FAR WEST BLVD 230
    Austin, TX 78731-3064