• Seeking to have legislation introduced in both Houses of Congress to provide for the reinstatement of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project 7307 to develop a hydroelectric generating plant on the Tygart River in Grafton, West Virginia. Similar legislation did not pass in the 109th Congress (S. 2028 and H.R. 5517) nor in the 110th Congress (S. 1590 and H.R. 2793).

Duration: February 20, 2009 to November 1, 2009

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $20,000 (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 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Affiliated organizations: NRR Conemaugh