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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 651 Commerce Drive |
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| City | Roseville |
State | CA |
Zip Code | 95678 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Roseville |
State | CA |
Zip Code | 95678 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 400328546-12
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6. House ID# 403000000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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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| 12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
| 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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Jack Lincoln |
Date | 7/19/2021 8:18:57 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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
As public entities, NCPA and its members are recipients of power generated by the Central Valley Project in California. NCPA advocates before Congress to ensure power customers concerns regarding agency proposals affecting power rates, operations, and maintenance are understood and addressed where necessary. This includes requests for congressional oversight to assure transparency in decision-making by the federal agencies that manage this program, fairness among all of the multi-purpose uses of these projects, and efforts to prevent the unwarranted imposition of non-power-related costs onto public power customers.
Many of NCPAs member communities exist in or around wildfire-prone areas known as Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) zones. NCPA encourages Congress to implement reforms that reduce the severity and frequency of wildfires in California and provide electric utilities with the tools and resources they need to decrease their risks associated with such incidents.
NCPA operates a hydroelectric generation project located in the Sierra Foothills. Unfortunately, due to a series of extreme weather events and debris flows from U.S. Forest Service (USFS) land, a significant amount of sediment buildup has occurred in one of our reservoirs. This sediment buildup has degraded the water quality, accelerated the wear and tear of the turbines, and reduced overall power output to nine NCPA member communities served by the project. To ensure proper project operations, a solution is needed to remove the debris that has flowed into this reservoir from federal lands as a result of landslides and erosion-however, the USFS has thus far informally declined requests to relocate this non-contaminated sediment back onto the adjacent land it manages. NCPA is encouraging the USFS to take action to allow for sediment relocation on adjacent federal lands that were the initial source of the debris for fire breaks and soil augmentation, among other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service
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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Assistant General Manager, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs |
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Jack |
Lincoln |
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Federal Government Affairs and Member Programs Manager |
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
Urged for action by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and oversight from Congress to assure the federal power program is managed in a transparent manner, costs are controlled and fairly allocated, and that the resource it provides is cost-competitive.
Urged our congressional delegation to continue to resist any effort to expand the Department of Energys Western Area Power Administrations mission outside the scope of its current activities to assure the existing mission of the agency is not undermined.
NCPA operates a hydroelectric generation project located in the Sierra Foothills. The license to operate that facility is up for relicensing in 2032-a process that is expected to cost $50 million and span 10+ years. Hydropower is a clean, carbon-free resource-and one of the only renewable power sources that can be available 24/7 and provide essential fast-ramping power needed to maintain the states electric grid. NCPA is urging Congress to pursue legislation to address this cumbersome hydropower relicensing process with a more streamlined and less resource-intensive process that also retains strong environmental analysis.
NCPA recently retrofitted the Lodi Energy Center to enable the use of hydrogen fuel as a means of further reducing emissions from power production of the facility and is exploring options to facilitate renewable hydrogen production that could meet the needs of both the LEC and transportation along the I-5 and 99 highway corridors. NCPA encourages Congress to enact measures to incentivize and support new technologies, such as green hydrogen, that can help address the nations climate objectives.
NCPA also encourages Congress to develop climate change and clean energy standard legislation that complements state-based policies that share similar goals. NCPA is pleased that the CLEAN Future Act includes language expressly deeming entities in states with more stringent standards in compliance with federal climate goals.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bureau of Reclamation, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 |
Jane |
Cirrincione |
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Assistant General Manager, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs |
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Jack |
Lincoln |
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Federal Government Affairs and Member Programs Manager |
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
NCPA advocates for Congress to fully restore the benefits of Build America Bonds that have been diminished by the application of sequestration. NCPA's Lodi Energy Center was financed through the use of these bonds, and the adverse financial impacts of sequestration on the public entities that invested in this project should be addressed.
NCPA is encouraging Congress to re-establish tax-exempt advance refunding bonds to enable communities to lower their costs of financing and support economic revitalization. Tax-exempt advance refunding will also be an important tool to address local financial impacts of the pandemic, including utility arrearages.
As Congress considers an extension and expansion of energy tax credits, it is important that public power systems receive comparable incentives for investments in eligible renewable energy projects. Current federal tax policy provides incentives for private investment in renewable energy projects, but not for the same investments made by public power entities. The GREEN Act addresses this inequity by allowing for the direct payment equal to 85% of energy production and investment tax credits and carbon capture tax credits to any entity that owns the project. NCPA urges Congress to provide comparable incentives for public power investments on par with investments made by private entities.
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 |
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Lincoln |
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Federal Affairs and Member Programs Manager |
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Cirrincione |
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Assistant General Manager, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |