1st Quarter - Report

SEMPRA for SEMPRA

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$480,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Appropriations for research and development on natural gas vehicle technologies and related refueling infrastructure General discussions regarding funding for research regarding renewable natural gas General discussions regarding energy storage research and development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General discussions regarding capture and use of renewable natural gas to reduce emissions General discussions regarding reducing fugitive methane emissions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General discussions regarding proposals related to energy exports General discussions regarding changes to cross-border energy transmission permitting

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
BRIAN L KELLY —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Homeland Security HOM

General discussions regarding cyber incident reporting and data breach notifications

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Generally promote and protect the interests of natural gas and electric services and energy infrastructure companies

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
BRIAN L KELLY New —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Treasury, Dept of

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Proposals to reduce transparency, information sharing, and communications with respect to investment holdings in capital markets General discussions regarding proposals aimed at improving environmental, social, and governance reporting

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Utilities UTI

General discussions regarding issues affecting electric and natural gas utilities General discussions regarding treatment of unrecoverable utility costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic disruption

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

General discussions regarding treatment of non-financial end-user commodity hedging General discussions regarding setting environmental, social and governance goals for commodity market users

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Transportation TRA

General discussions regarding renewable natural gas as a vehicle fuel source General discussions regarding use of renewable natural gas in natural gas pipelines General discussions regarding incentives for natural gas vehicles, fueling infrastructure, and natural gas as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding electric vehicle transportation and related infrastructure General discussions regarding energy storage General discussions regarding safety standards for natural gas infrastructure

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation and rulemaking processes related to provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - business interest and international taxation aspects, including foreign earnings taxation and repatriation, and deductibility of interest expenses General discussions regarding U.S. taxation of domestic companies with foreign assets and income General discussions regarding excepting income earned in highly-taxed foreign countries from the taxation of global intangible low-taxed income General discussions regarding tax credits for electric vehicles, energy storage, natural gas vehicles, natural gas fueling infrastructure, and natural gas used as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding the tax treatment of renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and other alternative fuels

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Telecommunications TEC

Federal Communication Commission action to open 6 GHz spectrum to unlicensed usage General discussion regarding use of automated calling technologies for public safety announcements

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

eneral discussions regarding proposals regarding permitting of natural gas infrastructure General discussions regarding proposals regarding emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure General discussions regarding liquefied natural gas (LNG) General discussions regarding natural gas storage General discussions regarding energy efficiency General discussions regarding energy usage in federal buildings and at federally owned and operated facilities General discussions regarding policies supporting renewable natural gas and other forms of biogas General discussions regarding policies to promote research into and development of hydrogen as a fuel source General discussions regarding development, deployment, and use of hydrogen fuel cells

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
BRIAN L KELLY New —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Natural Resources NAT

General discussions regarding wildfire protection and response General discussions regarding vegetation management as a tool to reduce wildfire risk General discussions regarding pipeline permitting and siting matters General discussions regarding changes to cross-border pipeline permitting processes

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.