• The definition of "renewable" for the purposes of the any federal renewable energy standard in any U.S. energy or climate change legislation. The focus of our work is on how a renewable energy standard might address hydroelectricity consumed in the U.S. that is generated in Canada. Clean Air Act Setion 111(d) regulations for CO2 emissions from existing power plants.

Duration: June 7, 2010 to June 30, 2015

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $280,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate,