Lobbying Relationship

Client

Avantus LLC (Previously known as 8Minute Solar Energy LLC)

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Lobbying firm

FGS Global (US) LLC (FKA FGH Holdings LLC)

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  • Lobbying related to the solar investment tax credit

Duration: to

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

Spending: about $670,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2020: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

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?
Randy DeValk Counselor to Secretary of Treasury, US Department of the Treasury; Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs, US Department of the Treasury; Counselor to the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, White House; Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid; Legislative Policy Director, United States Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid; Senior Legislative Assistant, US Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle.
Paul Poteet Senior Policy Advisor and Tax and Trade Counsel, Sen. John Thune; Republican Staff Director, Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness; Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Wally Herger Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Wally Herger; Staff Assistant, Rep. Wally Herger; Staff Assistant, Sen. Rick Santorum; Intern, Rep. Richard Baker
Mike Iger Chief of Staff, Rep. Carolyn Maloney; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Maurice Hinchey; Legislative Director, Rep. Maurice Hinchey; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Maurice Hinchey; Legislative Assistant,Staff Assistant Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Mina Moore Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Adam Smith; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Tony Cardenas; Office Manager, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Executive Assistant & Travel Coordinator, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Intern, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Nick Sutter Professional Staff Member, Senate Energy Committee; Professional Staff Member, Senate Small Business Committee; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Maria Cantwell; Intern, Senate Rules Committee
Catharine Ransom Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Bob Graham; Professional Staff and Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; Sr. Climate and Environmental Advisor, Senator Max Baucus
Ben Springer n/a

Disclosures Filed

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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