1st Quarter - Report

THE ADVOCACY GROUP for SALT RIVER PROJECT

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1 - the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; issues related to tax-exempt municipal bonds, electric vehicle tax credit, proposed pension plan and executive compensation provisions. H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 Issues related to tax incentives for electric generation Tax reform and deficit reduction proposals - issues pertaining to tax exempt financing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT J DOTCHIN —
GEORGE A RAMONAS —

Contacted: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 1624 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.1625 - Vehicle for Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 (Omnibus) Issues related to 20-year stewardship contracts Issues related to fire borrowing Issues related to wildfire suppression funding Funding issues related to Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT J DOTCHIN —
GEORGE A RAMONAS —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Bills named: H.R. 1625 (115th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues pertaining to EPA proposed Clean Power Plan Rule -matters impacting electric utilities. Issues related to proposed EPA Ozone Regulations - matters impacting electric utilities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT J DOTCHIN —
GEORGE A RAMONAS —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Natural Resources NAT

S. 2560 - Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2018 S. 2563 - Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 S. 1770/ H.R. 4723 - Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 H.R.2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 S.140 - A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund S. 879 - The National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1967 - Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act H.R. 1654 - The Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act Issues related to water infrastructure financing Issues related to water supply infrastructure Matters related to Tribal water rights. Issues pertaining to watershed management and forestry-matters impacting water users Issues related to Arizona water supplies Issues related to tribal economic development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT J DOTCHIN —
GEORGE A RAMONAS —

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Bills named: H.R. 1967 (115th), S. 879 (115th), H.R. 4723 (115th), H.R. 1654 (115th), S. 2560 (115th), H.R. 2936 (115th), S. 2563 (115th), S. 2068 (115th), S. 140 (115th), S. 1770 (115th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S.1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - The Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act S.930 - Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act H.R.1551 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities. Issues related to telecommunication - pole attachments Issues related to Navajo Generating Station in Arizona Issues related to electric reliability - matters impacting electric utilities Issues related to electric transmission - matters impacting electric utilities Energy efficiency issues related to electric utilities Issues related to distributed generation - matters impacting electric utilities Issues related to cybersecurity - matters impacting electric utilities Issues related to biomass energy - matters impacting electric utilities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT J DOTCHIN —
GEORGE A RAMONAS —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Bills named: S. 930 (115th), H.R. 1873 (115th), H.R. 1551 (115th), S. 1460 (115th)

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.