• Introduction of Direct Energy to legislators; Advocating for energy efficiency legislation broadly, increasing the use of natural gas broadly; support for HR 2599 - PACE Protection Act of 2011 and S. 1029 - E-Know Act, which enable energy efficiency and consumer energy education respectively.

Duration: October 1, 2010 to December 19, 2011

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Utilities, Natural Resources, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $240,000 (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 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Related Foreign Entities: Centrica Plc (Windsor, Berkshire, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%