The oil and gas industry portrayed the reports it commissioned from Bernstein, who once worked at the Hawaiian Electric Company, and Montgomery, a former deputy assistant secretary for policy in the US Department of Energy, as factual, independent, and products of genuine economic debate.
O sector do petróleo e do gás apresentou os relatórios encomendados a Bernstein - que em tempos exercera funções na Hawaiian Electric Company, e a Montgomery, antigo Vice-Secretário Adjunto para a política no Departamento de Energia dos EUA - como sendo factuais, independentes e resultantes de um debate económico genuíno.