Lobbying Relationship

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Energy Action Fund

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CASCADE ASSOCIATES

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  • Legislative advocacy for energy efficiency issues, including, but not limited to, Federal energy issues, rebate programs, schools coordination, and Smart Building Acceleration. Efforts to authorize new programs for potential stimulus activities that can use efficiency to increase employment and authorizations, including but not limited to, Weatherization and State Energy programs. Coordinated efforts to facilitate discussions with the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the White House on implementation of energy efficiency-related provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) and the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169). ENG-related legislative efforts, including, but not limited to: - Reintroduction of the Open Back Better Act, all provisions of the legislation. - H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act, provisions related to energy programs. - H.R.1603 - Homeowner Energy Freedom Act, provisions related to energy programs. - S.1936 - E-Access Act, provisions related to consumers access to utility data. - H.R.3849/S.1821, the Rural Energy Savings Act, provisions related to reauthorization of the Rural Energy Savings Program - Reintroduction of the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act, provisions related to the energy efficiency workforce. - Reintroduction of the Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act, provisions related to increasing the allowances and flexibility within the weatherization program. - Reintroduction of the Federal Building Clean Jobs Act, provisions related to increasing the energy efficiency of federal buildings.
  • Advocated for increased funding of energy efficiency programs at the Department of Energy (DOE) in forthcoming FY24 Energy and Water appropriations, including programs and offices under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and other energy-related Offices. Advocated for increased funding of the ENERGY STAR program at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in forthcoming FY24 Interior and Environment appropriations. BUD-related legislative efforts, including, but not limited to: - H.R.4394 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, provisions related to increased funding for the energy efficiency-related programs at EERE and throughout DOE. - Forthcoming Senate Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, provisions related to increased funding for the Federal Energy Management Program and the AFFECT program at DOE. - H.R.2185 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, provisions related to increased funding for the ENERGY STAR program at EPA. - Forthcoming Senate introduction of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, provisions related to increased funding for the ENERGY STAR program at EPA.

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

Spending: about $210,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2020: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

S.2657: AGILE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.4447: Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

H.R.7303: Open Back Better Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)

S.581: HAPI Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.1485: Open Back Better Act of 2021

Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)

S.531: Open Back Better Act of 2021

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.4549: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

S.2605: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.156: Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.8255: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

S.4640: Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2022

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.7947: Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2022

Sponsor: Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8577: GREEN Appraisals Act of 2022

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.4660: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.8262: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)

S.4659: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.3769: Weatherization Assistance Program Improvements Act of 2022

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.1: Lower Energy Costs Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

H.R.1603: Homeowner Energy Freedom Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.1936: E-Access Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.3849: Rural Energy Savings Act

Sponsor: James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.)

S.1821: Rural Energy Savings Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2185: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for U.S. Department...

Sponsor: Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Erin Lane Rep. Jack Quinn
Jennifer Schafer-Soderman Sen. Ted Stevens Senator Ted Stevens
Dane Farrell n/a
Colden Franklin n/a

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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