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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 101 CONSTITUTION AVE., NW, #200 EAST |
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| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 13632-12
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Kimberly H. Despeaux, Sr VP, Federal Policy, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs |
Date | 10/21/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1, Senate Vehicle for Disaster Relief Appropriations, provisions pertaining to HUD CDBG Super storm Sandy Assistance; H.R. 152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, provisions pertaining to HUD CDBG Super storm Sandy Assistance; H.R. 2609, FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations, provisions pertaining to potential appropriations issues related to fossil energy, nuclear energy, electric transportation, smart grid, energy innovation HUBs, transmission and renewable energy; H. Con. Res. 25, FY 2014
Budget Resolution, provisions pertaining to budget issues generally; H.J. Res. 59, Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to budget issues generally; FY 2014 Interior/Environment Appropriations, provisions pertaining 316(b) regulation governing power plant cooling water systems, CCR regulation and Regional Haze regulation; S. 1245, FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations, provisions pertaining to potential appropriations issues related to fossil energy, nuclear energy, electric transportation, smart gird, energy innovation HUBs, transmission and renewable energy; S. 1284, FY 2014 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, provisions pertaining to potential appropriations issues related to Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding; H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, provisions pertaining to appropriations for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Darren |
Peters |
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Conrad C. |
Schatte |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 621, Ensuring Affordable Energy Act, provisions pertaining to prohibiting funding for EPA to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases; H.R. 959, Accountability in Grants Act of 2013 provisions pertaining to prohibiting EPA from awarding any grants or other financial assistance under Sec. 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States; H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to prohibiting regulation
of emissions of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act; H.R. 2127, to prohibit EPA from finalizing NSPS for CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled EGUs until CCS is found to be technologically and economically feasible, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 2886, Social Cost of Carbon Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 2916, Domestic Energy Production Protection Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to requiring congressional review of certain EPA rules; H.R. 2948, Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to requiring analyses of cumulative and incremental impacts of certain EPA rules and actions; H.R. 3042, Taking Hold of Regulations to Increase Vital Employment in Energy Act, provisions pertaining to prohibiting the use of the social cost of carbon in any regulatory impact analysis until authorized by federal law; H.R. 3138, Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to exempting certain coal refuse-fueled EGUs from certain emissions limits; H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to prohibiting carbon dioxide regulations under the Clean Air Act until EPA certifies a sufficient number of other countries have put into effect similar regulations; H. Con. Res. 57, expressing congressional opposition to EPAs proposed new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.J. Res. 64, disapproving an EPA rule relating to Standards of Performance for GHG Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units, provisions pertaining to the utility industry, provision pertaining to the utility industry; S. 107, to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 163, to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including S.AMDT. 860 and S.AMDT. 868, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 1202, Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment (SAFE) Act, provisions pertaining to establishing an integrated Federal climate adaptation plan; S. 1324, National Energy Tax Repeal Act, provisions pertaining to prohibiting regulations relating to power sector carbon pollution standards unless explicitly authorized by Congress; S. 1363, Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to prohibiting EPA promulgation of certain energy-related rules; S. 1514, Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to prohibiting regulations relating to power sector carbon pollution standards unless explicitly authorized by Congress; S. 1536, to require EPA to include in GHG rules offsets for costs imposed on other federal agencies, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; Discussion Draft of carbon pollution fee legislation circulated by Rep. Waxman, Sen. Whitehouse, Rep. Blumenauer, and Sen. Schatz; Clean Water Act, Section 316(b) cooling water intake structure rule-making; Waters of the U.S. draft guidance and rule-making; Effluent Limitation Guidelines rule-making, issues generally.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Darren |
Peters |
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Conrad C. |
Schatte |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CDT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to end-users requirements for derivatives; H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 888, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Security Exchange Act, provisions pertaining to the utility industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Darren |
Peters |
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Conrad C. |
Schatte |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 835, Energy Assistance for American Families Act, provisions pertaining to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; H.R. 1659, Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 1900, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, provisions pertaining to improving the permitting process for natural gas pipelines; H.R. 2351, to repeal the
fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 52, Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, provisions pertaining to Federal Building energy efficiency; S. 279, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 570, Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to energy efficiency, clean energy and carbon reduction measures; S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 1218, Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 1261, Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, provisions pertaining to energy efficiency; S. 1284, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, provisions pertaining to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to energy efficiency; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; H.R.3132, To ensure orderly conduct of Nuclear Regulatory Commission actions, provisions pertaining to the utility industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Darren |
Peters |
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Conrad C. |
Schatte |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1493, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to introducing transparency and broaden participation in settlements; H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, provisions pertaining to establishing minimum federal requirements for the disposal of coal combustion residuals; S. 1009, Chemical Safety Improvement Act for modernization of the Toxic Substances Control Act, provisions pertaining PCB issues.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Darren |
Peters |
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Conrad C. |
Schatte |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 867, Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 2962, Saving More American Resources Today (SMART) Grid Study Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to a National Research Council study on the resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system; S. 394, Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry;
Senate Intelligence Committee discussion draft on cybersecurity, issues generally; Cyber Security Executive Order, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 1353, Cybersecurity Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; Discussion Draft of the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (NCCIP) Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S.1353, A bill to provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce development and education, and public awareness and preparedness, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R.624, To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R.756, To advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R.967, To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R.2281, To combat cyber espionage of intellectual property of United States persons, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the utility industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
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Darren |
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Conrad C. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy, provisions pertaining to the utility industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
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Darren |
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Conrad C. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 638, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to home energy assistance, Rural Transportation Study; STB reform issues generally.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Darren |
Peters |
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Conrad C. |
Schatte |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code WAS
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.1240, A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; Nuclear waste issues generally.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Pride |
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Allison L. |
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Darren |
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Conrad C. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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