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CenterPoint Energy

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Ryan MacKinnon Vasapoli and Berzok LLP

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  • Issues affecting the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and natural gas pipelines; other air and solid waste issues affecting power plant operations. H. Con. Res. 24 Sense of Congress opposing tax on carbon emissions. Issues affecting federal regulations of interstate natural gas pipelines, including rate reviews. Issues pertaining to government approval of new pipelines and related facilities. Issues affecting construction of natural gas pipelines. Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Act, H.R.1900; Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act, H.R.1587.
  • Issues affecting the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and natural gas pipelines; other air and solid waste issues affecting power plant operations. Issues relating to hydraulic fracturing in production of natural gas. H. Con. Res. 24
  • Issues affecting the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and natural gas pipelines; other air and solid waste issues affecting power plant operations. H. Con. Res. 24. Issues affecting construction of natural gas pipelines, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Act, H.R. 1900; Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act, H.R.1587.
  • Issues affecting the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and natural gas pipelines; other air and solid waste issues affecting power plant operations. Issues relating to hydraulic fracturing in production of natural gas. H. Con. Res. 24
  • Issues affecting the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and natural gas pipelines; other air and solid waste issues affecting power plant operations. H. Con. Res. 24

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General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Environmental/Superfund, Utilities, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Transportation, Natural Resources, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $470,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Bills mentioned

H.CON.RES.24: Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental...

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

H.R.1900: Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act

Sponsor: Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.)

H.R.1587: Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.3826: Electricity Security and Affordability Act

Sponsor: Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.)

S.482: Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.910: Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.231: EPA Stationary Source Regulations Suspension Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.228: Defending America's Affordable Energy and Jobs Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2401: Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Sullivan (R-Okla.)

S.275: Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.2937: Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.2845: Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.493: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.787: Clean Water Restoration Act

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

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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.

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Jeff MacKinnon LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joe Vasapoli Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE
Matthew Berzok LD,Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak, LA Rep. Deutsch LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak, LA Rep.Deutsch
Nick Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeff Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Thomas Ryan n/a

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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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