Lobbying Relationship

Client

Austin Energy/City of Austin, Texas

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Lobbying firm

Austin Energy/City of Austin, Texas

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  • Bills, amendments to bills or apporpriations delyaing or prohibiting EPA from regulating GHG under the Clean Air Act. Input to EPA relating to proposed rules regulating GHG.
  • CFTC rulemaking affecting Dodd-Frank law as it pertains to electric utility energy end users. Legislation affecting tax exempt bonds. Legislaton and amendments regarding financial incentives for renewable projects (PTCs)
  • Legislation, amendments regarding the clean energy, energy efficiency, nuclear power plants and disposal of nuclear waste.
  • All legislation and executive orders relating to cyber security and the electric utility industry.
  • Legislation or amendments relating to rail anti-trust.
  • Any legislation, amendments or regulations regarding electric utilities, the electric grid system and ERCOT.

Duration: to

General Issues: Clean Air & Water (Quality), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Energy/Nuclear, Homeland Security, Railroads, Utilities, Environmental/Superfund, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)

Spending: about $1,318,200 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Treasury - Dept of, Energy - Dept of, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Surface Transportation Board (STB), U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

S.49: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.158: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011

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

S.257: Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement...

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

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

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.2899: Renewable Energy Incentive Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.6116: Fair Elections Now Act

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.3855: Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.2995: Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

S.2776: Clean Energy Act of 2009

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.2729: Clean Energy Partnerships Act of 2009

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

S.3464: Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act of 2010

Sponsor: Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)

S.1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.145: A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)

H.R.233: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.5931: Renewable Energy Incentive Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.3480: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

S.146: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

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

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

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

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

S.1462: American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.889: Save American Energy Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.548: Save American Energy Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.272: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

S.2191: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

S.3036: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.1766: Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.1590: Safe Climate Act of 2007

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

H.R.6316: Climate Market, Auction, Trust & Trade Emissions Reduction System Act of...

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.6258: Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

S.772: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.953: Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 2007

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

H.R.1650: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.2125: Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 2007

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.1434: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at...

Sponsor: Jason Altmire (D-Pa.)

S.280: Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

S.309: Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.3616: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Study Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

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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.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Patricia Tierney Alofsin n/a
Alicia Loving n/a
Patricia Alofsin n/a
Patricia Tierney Alofisn n/a
Roger Duncan 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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