SEMPRA for SEMPRA

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General discussion regarding waterway dredging General discussion of renewable natural gas (biomethane)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

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

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

General discussions regarding use of unmanned aircraft systems in conjunction with energy infrastructure

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General discussion of policies and agreements related to energy trade General discussion of proposals to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement - energy aspects General discussion of proposals to replace the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement - energy aspects General discussion of changes to cross-border energy transmission permitting General discussion of ratification of signed tax treaties

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

General discussion of legislative proposals to facilitate permitting of natural gas infrastructure General discussion of legislative proposals to change rules addressing emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure General discussion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) General discussion of natural gas storage

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Utilities UTI

Discussion draft of legislation pertaining to vegetation management HR 1686, to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities - all aspects HR 940, Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats Act - all aspects

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 940 (115th), H.R. 1686 (115th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules providing end-user protections General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission record-keeping and reporting requirements General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules regarding the treatment of forward contracts with volumetric optionality General discussion leading to Commodity Futures Trading Commission reproposal of proposed rule regarding position limits General discussion of congressional legislation affecting regulatory treatment of instruments used by non-financial energy end-users to hedge commodity risk

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Transportation TRA

General discussion of incentives for natural gas vehicles and fueling infrastructure General discussion of use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel General discussion of renewable natural gas (biomethane) as a fuel

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 940, Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats Act S 79, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 940 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

House Ways and Means Majority Tax Reform Blueprint - A Better Way: A Pro-Growth Tax Code for All Americans Discussion draft of the American Business Competitiveness Act re foreign earnings taxation rules General discussion of proposals to amend foreign earnings taxation provisions General discussion of proposals to repatriate foreign earnings General discussion of deductibility of interest expenses General discussion of proposals to develop a dividend exemption system General discussion of tax credits for natural gas vehicles, natural gas fueling infrastructure, and natural gas for use as a vehicle fuel General discussion of carryover period for charitable expense deductions General discussion of proposals to permanently extend the look-through rule for controlled foreign corporations HR 1686, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities - all aspects S 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 - aspects related to utility mutual assistance during disaster recovery HR 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 - aspects related to utility mutual assistance during disaster recovery S 505, Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017 - all aspects

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 1686 (115th), H.R. 1393 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Energy Issues FY 2018 Energy and Water Appropriation - Aspects related to the use of natural gas, natural gas research & development, programs supporting renewable natural gas, and Army Corps of Engineers dredging FY 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Appropriations - Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of

Natural Resources NAT

HR 1183, Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017 - aspects related to energy infrastructure Discussion draft of legislation pertaining to vegetation management and wildfire protection HR 1873, the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act S 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2017 - energy infrastructure provisions General discussion regarding pipeline permitting and siting issues General discussion regarding changes to cross-border pipeline permitting processes HR 2910, Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1873 (115th), H.R. 2910 (115th), H.R. 1183 (115th)