4th Quarter - Report — PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC for PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC (2012)

Firm

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC

Client

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC

Income

—

Expenses

$60,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Issues related to the promotion of electric vehicles, including S. 948, the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011 and H.R. 1685, the Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARTIN E DOERN	Legislative Director, Rep. Doc Hastings

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Navy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 948 (112th), H.R. 1685 (112th)

General policy issues affecting electric utilities, including funding of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Matters relating to the Bonneville Power Administration and regional hydropower generally -- including integration of variable resources. Issues related to siting transmission lines across or near federal property -- including the Forest Service. Issues related to biomass energy research and development.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARTIN E DOERN	Legislative Director, Rep. Doc Hastings

Contacted: Navy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Energy, Dept of

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Extension of the production tax credit for wind energy under HR 3307, the American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act, and S 2201, the American Energy and Job Promotion Act. Issues related to the extension of renewable energy tax provisions and extension of dividend tax rate parity in the American Taxpayer Relief Act, HR 8.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARTIN E DOERN	Legislative Director, Rep. Doc Hastings

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Navy, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 8 (112th), H.R. 3307 (112th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the safe disposal of coal ash, as addressed in H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, and S. 3512, the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARTIN E DOERN	Legislative Director, Rep. Doc Hastings

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Energy, Dept of; Navy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2273 (112th), S. 3512 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to small hydropower development at Bureau of Reclamation facilities, including H.R. 2060, the Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act and S. 3483, the Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARTIN E DOERN	Legislative Director, Rep. Doc Hastings

Contacted: SENATE; Navy, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 3483 (112th), H.R. 2060 (112th)

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.