3rd Quarter - Report — GREEN CAPITOL LLC for DISTRIBUTED WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION (2016)

Firm

GREEN CAPITOL LLC

Client

DISTRIBUTED WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION

Income

$20,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Maintaining Farm bill funding levels for Section 9007 "REAP" in the energy title and effective implementation and ensuring equitable treatment and/or improvements within REAP for distributed wind power.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LLOYD RITTER	—

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Advocating for clean energy extenders to be passed, specifically extending and/or expanding the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), in Sections 48c (business/25D (residential) of the Code for small wind (and other "orphaned" technologies).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LLOYD RITTER	—
RYAN STROSCHEIN	—

Contacted: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Advocating for a more robust DOE distributed wind program within the overall wind power program, both substantively and financially. Opposing energy subcommittee appropriations language that would lower funding for onshore wind power. Advocating for distributed wind power support in pending energy legislation in the House and Senate, by expending DOE work as noted above, and/or by creating new programs or initiatives for distributed wind power, or distributed generation. Support legislation in this regard, S. 1258. Asking for more substantial support from the Administration across various agencies and departments including DOE and USDA.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LLOYD RITTER	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; White House Office; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 1258 (114th)

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.