The My Turn column “Getting renewable energy, battery storage right” (Recorder, June 19) was signed by the president of the Alliance for Climate Transition. This writer is a registered lobbyist for that organization and also president of New England Clean Energy Connect, which is developing a multi-million-dollar deal with the Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec to sell hydroelectric power to distribution companies in Massachusetts.

This lobbyist states in the column that citizen groups like No Assault & Batteries in Wendell are “fighting renewable energy across the board. Though they may appear ‘organic,’ they’re frequently coordinated and funded by dark money, and they don’t always reflect the full voice of a community.”

There is no “dark money” in Wendell. No Assault & Batteries has raised $7,000 from 120 local donors to support the town’s battery bylaw, approved in Town Meeting by a vote of 100 to 1 last year. At annual Town Meeting this year, another $5,000 was approved by near-unanimous vote to uphold the town’s battery bylaw in court. No Assault & Batteries represents these voters.

Board members of the Alliance for Climate Transition, including its president, are highly paid officials of the solar and battery industry who hire and serve as lobbyists to pursue their agenda on Beacon Hill and in Congress.

They represent no community voices when they speak. They believe their money does all their talking for them.

Christopher Queen, Court Dorsey, Laurel Facey, Nina Keller, Al Norman, Bill Stubblefield, No Assault & Batteries Coordinating Committee

Wendell