• Support for geothermal heat pump technology, renewable energy, and tax incentives; support modifications to S. 3079/H.R. 5476, the Building Star Energy Efficiency Act of 2010, to include geothermal heat pump technology; support H.R. 4785/S. 3102, the Rural Energy Savings Program; support modifications to H.R. 5019/S. 3434, the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, as they relate to geothermal heat pump technology; support S. 3021, the Support Renewable Energy Act of 2010.
• Support for renewable energy tax credits and generally tax credits for the use of geothermal technologies to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases.

Duration: June 15, 2007 to July 30, 2010

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $600,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, General Services Administration (GSA), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate,, Defense - Dept of (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA),, White House Office