Lobbying Relationship

Client

NorthWestern Corporation dba NorthWestern Energy

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Lobbying firm

NorthWestern Corporation dba NorthWestern Energy

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  • Issues related to energy transmission and distribution, corporate tax reform and energy tax initiatives.
  • Issues related to energy transmission, energy distribution, energy generation, customer communications issues related to the Telephone Consumers Protection Act, and coal ash. Issues related to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
  • Issues related to energy generation and EPA rules related to the Clean Power Plan.

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Utilities, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Energy/Nuclear, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Economics/Economic Development, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $690,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

H.R.4606: To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas...

Sponsor: Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.)

S.2229: A bill to authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas...

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Jay Driscoll Legislative Ass't to Sen. Max Baucus Legislative Assistant to Sen. Max Baucus Legislative Ass't Sen. Max Baucus Legislative Ass't Sen Max Baucus Legislative Ass't to Senator Max Baucus Legislative Ass't to Senator Baucus Legislative Ass't to Sen. Baucus
Ryan Welch Legislative Dir. to Sen. Richard Shelby Legislative Dir. to Senator Richard Shelby Legislataive Dir to Senator Richard Shelby Legislative Dir. to Sen. Shelby
Jeff Forbes Chief of Staff to Sen. Baucus; Staff Dir. Senate Finance CoS Sen. Max Baucus, Staff Dir. Senate Finance Committee Legislative Ass't Clinton Administration CoS to Sen. Max Baucus, Staff Dir. Senate Finance Committee, Legislative Ass't in Clinton CoS Sen. Max Baucus, Staff Dir Senate Finance Committee, CoS Sen Max Baucus, Staff Dir Senate Finance Committee Committee, Leg. Ass't Clinton Administration CoS to Sen. Max Baucus; Staff Dir. Senate Finance Committee; Legislative Asst. in Clinton Administra Committee; Legislative Asst. in Clinton Administrat CoS to Sen. Max Baucus; Staff Director Senate Finance Committee; Legislative Ass't in Clinton Administration. Committee; Legislative Ass't in Clinton administrati Finance Committee; Legislative Ass't in Clinton Committe, Legislative Ass't in Clinton
Jeff Forbes (continued) Committee and Legislative Ass't in Clinton Admnistration
Zach Williams n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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