• Smart Grid development, clean energy legislation, AMI metering
• Smart Grid development, FCC spectrum for broadband
• Smart Grid development

Duration: July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Telecommunications, Science/Technology, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $380,000 (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, Energy - Dept of, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Senate,, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST),, Executive Office of the President (EOP),, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Related Foreign Entities: Elster Group (45133 Essen, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%