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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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6. House ID# 304370000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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 | |
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: Kimberly H. Despeaux, Senior Vice President, Federal Policy, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs |
Date | 01/20/2011 |
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. 3082 (Amendment No. 4805), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2011, provisions pertaining to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and electric and nuclear utility industries; H.R. 4554, Increase the fully authorized level for LIHEAP from $5.1 to $7.6 billion, provisions pertaining to LIHEAP; H.R. 3082, Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, provisions pertaining to LIHEAP; H.R.5866, Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to the nuclear
energy industry; S.3635, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy 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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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
Clean Water Act, Section 316(b), provisions pertaining to cooling water intake structure rule-making; S. 636, to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry; S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, provisions pertaining to global climate; S. 1933, Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, provisions pertaining to climate change and energy
efficiency; S. 2729, Clean Energy Partnerships Act of 2009, provisions pertaining to climate offsets; S. 2744, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Act of 2009, all provisions; S. 2835, International Climate Change Investment Act of 2009, provisions pertaining to climate change; S. 2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for Americas Renewal (CLEAR) Act, all provisions; S. 2995, Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, all provisions; S. 3381, to amend the Clean Air Act to modify certain definitions of the term renewable biomass, all provisions; Casey-Carper draft legislation to codify EPA tailoring rule; S. 3464, Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010, all provisions; Kerry-Lieberman draft legislation on climate change and energy policy (American Power Act), provisions pertaining to electric utility industry issues, including cost-containment and technology development; Bingaman draft legislation on climate change policy affecting only the electric power sector; Power sector-only climate legislation; H.R. 5674, Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act, all provisions; Climate Change legislation generally; Ocean policy 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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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
S. 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry; H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, provisions pertaining to the electric 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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, provisions pertaining to climate change, RES, and energy efficiency; S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, provisions pertaining to RES, transmission, efficiency, and the electric and nuclear energy industries; S. 3021, Support Renewable Energy Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to renewables; Graham draft, clean energy standard legislation; S. 3464, Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to the comprehensive energy bill;
H.R. 5883, Renewable Energy Jobs and Security Act, all provisions; H.R. 5899, A Roadmap for Americas Energy Future, provisions pertaining to reverse auction for renewables; S. 20, Clean Energy Standard Act, all provisions; S. 3576, Securing Americas Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act, provisions pertaining to RES/EERS; S. 3618, Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act, provisions pertaining to the inclusion of declaring nuclear as renewables; S. 3663, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, provisions pertaining to electric vehicles and Home star energy efficiency; S. 3813, Renewable Electricity Promotion Act, provisions pertaining to renewable electricity standard; S. 3923, Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act, provisions pertaining to state feed-in-tariff authority; S.3925, Implementation of National Consensus Appliance Agreements Act, provisions pertaining to efficiency; S. 3079, Building Star Energy Efficiency Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; S. 3177, Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; S. 3059, National Energy Efficiency Enhancement Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; S. 661, Restoring Americas Manufacturing Leadership through Efficiency Act, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities, electric utilities and nuclear energy industry; S. 598, Appliance Standards Improvement Act, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; H.R. 3488, Clean Cities Program Reauthorization Act, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; H.R. 2766/S. 1215, Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act, provisions pertaining to natural gas production; S.949, A bill to improve the loan guarantee program of the Department of Energy under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to provide additional options for deploying energy technologies, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry; H.R.2471, To reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to pay affected participants under a pension plan referred to in the USEC Privatization Act for benefit increases not received, to direct the Secretary of Energy to provide a plan for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry; S.1061, A bill to reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and to direct the Secretary of Energy to provide a plan for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry; S.3233, A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to barter, transfer, or sell surplus uranium from the inventory of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry; S.3322, A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish a United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry; Coal Ash 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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
Graves |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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. 2868, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 (CFAT), and the scope of its authority over certain utility activities, provisions pertaining to utility storage facilities; H.R. 2477, bill to extend the DHS Secretary authority to regulate security of chemical facilities, provisions pertaining to utility storage facilities.
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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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
S.3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to provisions pertaining to extension of tax credits for EV's and energy efficiency; H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, provisions pertaining to dividend tax rate extension, bonus depreciation/expensing, and energy efficiency tax incentives; H.R. 5297, Small Business Lending Fund Act, provisions pertaining to bonus depreciation; H.R. 4213, The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010,
provisions pertaining to energy extenders and pension relief; S. 722, Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009, provisions pertaining to dividend tax relief; H.R. 4411, Support more rapid depreciation schedules of utility property, provisions pertaining to bonus depreciation; Dividend tax rate issues generally; H.R. 4915/S. 3187, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to pension 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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
FCC National Broadband Plan, all provisions; H.R. 5696/S. 3487, Electric Consumer Right to Know Act, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
Pride |
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Allison L. |
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Sarah E. |
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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. 2889, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Bill, provisions pertaining to rail and coal; H.R. 233/S. 146, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, provisions pertaining to rail and coal.
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 |
George C. |
O'Connor |
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Ann L. |
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Sarah E. |
Venuto |
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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 UTI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, provisions pertaining to cease and desist market manipulation, and the nuclear energy industry; Transmission siting and permitting issues generally; H.R.2998, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy 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
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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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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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