• Develop government relations, provide procurement consultation services and aide in governmental procurement matters, specifically in ensuring the client's involvement in NYPA-LIPA and NYSERDA programs, with the appropriate governmental officials and agencies, including NYSERDA, LIPA, PSC, NY Governor's office, FERC, US Department of Energy, elected officials and Federal, State and Local levels, and private and public utilties.

Duration: April 1, 2012 to September 1, 2012

General Issues: Natural Resources, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $15,000 (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 2012: