Overview
- Attorney General Dana Nessel filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, alleging a conspiracy since 1979 to restrain renewable energy and electric vehicle adoption.
- The complaint cites the Sherman and Clayton Acts and the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, seeking damages, forfeiture of profits, and an injunction to halt the alleged conduct.
- Industry representatives, including Chevron’s attorney Ted Boutrous and the American Petroleum Institute, reject the claims as baseless and say energy policy should be set by Congress.
- The Trump administration supports oil companies’ Supreme Court petition to limit state climate lawsuits and has brought separate suits against Michigan and Hawaii to block such actions.
- Environmental groups applauded the filing as a route to lower consumer costs, while Michigan Republicans criticized it as partisan and wasteful.