• In support of FutureGen 2.0, a project to repower an existing power plant in Illinois which will capture, transport and sequester carbon dioxide emissions.

Duration: September 1, 2007 to March 11, 2015

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Science/Technology

Spending: about $740,000 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, White House Office, Energy - Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: Anglo-American (London, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $7500; ownership 0%; BHP Billiton (Houston, USA); contribution to lobbying: $7500; ownership 0%; China Huaneng Group (Beijing, CHN); contribution to lobbying: $7500; ownership 0%; Rio Tinto (London, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $7500; ownership 0%; Xstrata Coal (Barranquilla, COL); contribution to lobbying: $7500; ownership 0%