• Issues related to solar procurement and Buy America Act compliance; National Defense Authorization Act; general issues related to solar power.

Duration: May 15, 2009 to April 4, 2016

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Defense, Manufacturing, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $580,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), State - Dept of (DOS), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), General Services Administration (GSA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Senate,, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), White House Office, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank),, Treasury - Dept of