1st Quarter - Report

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC for PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC

Period 1st Quarter 2013 Filed Apr 17, 2013 Signed by Martin Doern, Government Affairs Manager

Official filing
Firm
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
Client
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
Income
—
Expenses
$160,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to small hydropower development at the Bureau of Reclamation's Bowman Dam.

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

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Navy, Dept of; U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of

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.

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

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Navy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Extension of the production tax credit for wind energy and the continuation of dividend tax parity in HR 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

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

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Navy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 8 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues related to cybersecurity and protection of the grid generally under HR 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

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

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Navy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 624 (113th)

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.