3rd Quarter - Report

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC for PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$25,000
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.

Utilities UTI

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 long-term extension of federal tax incentives for renewable energy generally. Issues related to the extension of dividend tax rates.

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

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

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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