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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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| 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 | 2016 |
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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| 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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Method A.
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: Nelson Perez |
Date | 1/23/2017 5:49:37 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), and Fields Point Project (RI); 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 and Massachusetts, 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.R. 719, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016; and H.R. 2028, Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017.
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 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, 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: S. 1304/H.R. 3386, 21st Century Energy Workforce Act.
Legislation affecting gas and electric utilities, including: H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; and S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015.
Discussion draft of legislation to facilitate the deployment of communications infrastructure, provisions regarding regulation of pole attachments.
H.R. 2984/S. 2494, 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.
H.R. 5348/S. 3012, the Public Engagement at FERC Act, provisions relating to amending the Federal Power Act to establish an Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy.
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 Quadrennial Energy Review, provisions relating to the integrated study of the U.S. electricity system from generation through end use.
H.R. 5630, the Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review (SAFER) Pipelines Act of 2016, provisions relating to FERC review process for natural gas pipeline projects.
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
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Nelson |
Perez |
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Robert |
Mosher |
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Kevin |
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. 720/H.R. 2177, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015.
Legislation relating to climate change, a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program, including: H.R. 1027, Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2015; H.R. 972, Managed Carbon Price Act of 2015; and S. 1548, the American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act of 2015.
H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, provisions relating to infrastructure permitting and siting.
S. 2089, the American Energy Innovation Act, provisions relating to the modernization of infrastructure.
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
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Nelson |
Perez |
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Robert |
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Potential comprehensive tax reform proposals, including interest expense deduction, dividend tax rates, accelerated depreciation, normalization, international tax, and portfolio interest exemption.
Guidance and legislation relating to the forty-percent excise tax on employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 2050/S. 2045, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015; H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; and S. 2075, American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015).
Legislation relating to remote sales in states in which companies do not have a physical presence (S. 698, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015; and H.R. 2775, Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015).
H.R. 2315/S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 (provisions relating to out-of-state workers traveling to nonresident states for a limited period of time).
H.R. 2584, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2015 (provisions relating to setting forth criteria for physical presence in a state).
H.R. 4016, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions.
H.R. 4377, American Business Competitiveness Act of 2016 (provisions relating to the corporate tax rate, expensing of deductible investments and carryback of net operating losses).
REG-108060-15 IRS/Treasury Section 385 Proposed Regulations (provisions relating to related-party debt and documentation requirements).
A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans.
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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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: H.R. 234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, S. 754; Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; and the implementation of H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113).
H.R. 6480, Fiscal Year 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act (assistance for nationally significant critical infrastructure provision).
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.
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Implementation of P.L. 112-95 and provisions relating to use of unmanned aircraft systems for damage assessment and utility restoration efforts.
S. 1314, Commercial UAS Modernization Act, provisions relating to permitting of unmanned aircraft systems for commercial purposes.
S. 1608, Consumer Drone Safety Act, to require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to promulgate the final rule on usage of unmanned aircraft systems.
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.
Legislation and proposals relating to unmanned aircraft systems, including: H.R. 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016; S. 2658, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016; and S. 2684, UAVs for Energy Infrastructure Act.
PHMSA Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines Proposed Rule (PHMSA-2011-0023), provisions relating to natural gas distribution pipelines.
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)
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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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