• LIHEAP - FY10 appropriations at maximum funding level, $5.1 billion. S. Amendment 836 to S. Con. Res 13 (Reed-Snowe LIHEAP amendment to Budget.
• HR 2454, America Clean Energy & Security Act. Monitor and support language allowing ability for electric and natural gas distribution utilities to fairly serve ratepayers without unfairly increased costs. Fair allocation of carbon credits for the distribution of these energy services.
• Corporate Taxation, monitoring extension and support for lower rates of taxation on dividends - Budget Resolution FY 2010, Monitor and support extension of more rapid depreciation schedules of utility property and extension of investment and production tax credits for energy generation/distribution technologies.
• Promote & protect the interests of natural gas utilities regarding pipeline safety legislation and any regulatory regime affecting natural gas utilities. Monitoring & potential cost reimbursement for relocation of natural gas lines from transport stimulus projects.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Utilities

Spending: about $130,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate