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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 325 7th Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 225 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 29117-12
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6. House ID# 312810000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Nelson Perez |
Date | 1/22/2018 9:16:38 PM |
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 UTI
16. Specific lobbying issues
New York and New England energy infrastructure, including electric and natural gas transmission projects, electric transmission projects in conjunction with Clean Line Energy, the Deepwater Wind Project (RI), the Merrimack Valley Reliability Project (MA), the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project (MA), the Access Northeast Project (MA), Maine Green Line (MA), Fields Point Project (RI), Granite State Power Link (NH), and Arkwright Summit Wind Farm (NY); interstate natural gas pipeline permitting processes; New York and New England energy efficiency projects; regional economic development projects in New York and New England; New York and New England severe weather events and customer impacts including federal reimbursement of storm damage costs; Gowanus Canal Superfund Site (NY); Western New York power generation/transmission options; wholesale electricity markets in New York and New England; Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) in New York; and distribution rate cases in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island and winter rate filings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Legislation affecting Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) funding, including: H.R. 5926, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (H. Rept. 114-699); S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (S. Rept. 114-274); H.R. 3358, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-244); S. 1771, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (S. Rept. 115-150); and H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-238).
Federal policy regarding extreme weather impacting the New York and New England region, particularly utilities restoration and reliability improvement efforts.
Implementation of P.L. 114-183 and provisions relating to natural gas distribution lines, including: S. 2276, the Securing Americas Future Energy: Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (SAFE PIPES) Act; and H.R. 4397, Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016.
Federal policy regarding wholesale electric market development, including: FERC policies and decisions regarding capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets in New York and New England, and transmission planning in New York and New England, and retirement of electric and nuclear generation facilities.
Final EPA Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (known as the Clean Power Plan, EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602), per its authority under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, provisions relating to power sector regulatory requirements.
Final EPA Carbon Pollution Standards for New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources (known as the Clean Power Plan, EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 and EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0603), per its authority under Section 111(b) of the Clean Air Act, provisions relating to power sector regulatory requirements.
U.S. Department of Energy Natural Gas Infrastructure Modernization Initiatives, provisions relating to natural gas utilities.
Legislation relating to workforce development, including: H.R. 338, to promote a 21st century workforce; and H.R. 1837, 21st Century Energy Workforce Act.
FCC Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (WC Docket No. 17-84), provisions relating to rules on pole attachments.
Discussion draft of legislation to facilitate the deployment of communications infrastructure, provisions regarding regulation of pole attachments.
H.R. 587/S. 186, Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards (RATES) Act, provisions relating to the rehearing and subsequent judicial review of any rate change filed by a public utility that takes effect without the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issuing an order.
Federal policy regarding the electrification of the transportation sector and smart grid technologies.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provisions relating to environmental permitting for electric transmission infrastructure.
U.S. Department of Energy Electric Reliability Grid Study, provisions relating to regulations, policies and market factors impacting baseload power plants.
U.S. Department of Energy Proposed Rule to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish tariff mechanisms providing for the purchase of electric energy from certain reliability and resilience resources.
Legislation relating to hydropower development and deployment, including: H.R. 2880, the Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act; H.R. 2872, the Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act; and H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Park Service (NPS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Energy - Dept of, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
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Perez |
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Mosher |
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Huyler |
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Emily |
Duncan |
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Jean |
Roehrenbeck |
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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
EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including: ozone and particulate matter transport; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS); Coal Ash; and other matters relating to greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions, including methane.
Legislation relating to energy efficiency, energy performance requirement for federal buildings, grid-enabled water heaters, building energy codes, information technologies, and data centers, including: S. 385/H.R. 1443, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2017; H.R. 723/S.239, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2017; and S. 1460, Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017.
Federal policy relating to climate change, including a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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 |
Nelson |
Perez |
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Robert |
Mosher |
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Huyler |
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Duncan |
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Jean |
Roehrenbeck |
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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
Potential comprehensive tax reform proposals, including interest expense deduction, dividend tax rates, accelerated depreciation, normalization, international tax, property tax deduction, portfolio interest exemption, and border adjustment tax.
S. 540/H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 (provisions relating to out-of-state workers traveling to nonresident states for a limited period of time).
H.R. 1686, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (provisions relating to corporate charitable contributions).
H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (provisions relating to interest deductibility, state and local income taxes, normalization, international tax and the corporate rate).
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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Nelson |
Perez |
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Roehrenbeck |
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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
Cybersecurity legislation and proposals relating to physical security, including: S. Res. 23, establishing the Select Committee on Cybersecurity; H.R. 940, the Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats Act; H.R. 998, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (amendment regarding bulk-power system physical and cyber security rules); H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment and Auditing Act of 2017; H.R. 3050, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2017; S. 79, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act; and S. 141, the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act.
Federal policy relating to immigration, including short-term admission of Canadian utility workers to the United States for emergency utility service restoration efforts.
Energy infrastructure cyber security and physical security regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Discussion draft of legislation to permit for enhanced security background checks for certain electric utility employees.
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 |
Nelson |
Perez |
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Mosher |
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Jean |
Roehrenbeck |
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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
Implementation of P.L. 112-95, provisions relating to use of unmanned aircraft systems for damage assessment and utility restoration efforts.
FAA Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FAA-2015-0150; Notice No. 15-01), provisions relating to use of small unmanned aircraft systems for power-line/pipeline/utility infrastructure inspections.
Federal policy relating to use of unmanned aircraft systems for damage assessment, utility restoration efforts, limiting damage to utility infrastructure, and associated reliability concerns.
PHMSA Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines Proposed Rule (PHMSA-2011-0023), provisions relating to natural gas distribution pipelines.
Unmanned aircraft systems legislation and proposals relating to civil and commercial usage, including: H.R. 2930, Drone Innovation Act of 2017; H.R. 2997, 21st Century Aviation, Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act; S. 1272, Drone Federalism Act of 2017; and S. 1405, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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