NATIONAL GRID USA for NATIONAL GRID USA
What was lobbied
2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Utilities UTI
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA/Stimulus), H.R. 1, H.R. 598, H.R. 629, H.R. 679, S. 336, S. 350, Senate Amendment 570, and related legislation; provisions relating to electric and gas utilities, including state energy program matching funds, rate decoupling, energy efficiency and conservation block grants, advanced technology loan guarantees, transmission, smart grid, smart meters, energy storage, plug-in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, weatherization assistance, LIHEAP, appliance standards, building codes, federal building and housing modernization, green schools, green jobs, battery manufacturing, and related tax incentives for energy infrastructure (including bonus depreciation), efficiency, smart meters, wind, solar, and other technologies; LIHEAP funding, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1 and related legislation), FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations (H.R. 1105 and related legislation), the FY 2010 Budget Resolution (House Concurrent Resolution 85 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 13), the FY 2010 Labor-HHS Appropriations, and related legislation; Comprehensive climate change/greenhouse gas/cap-and-trade/renewable electricity/energy efficiency/transmission legislation, including the Waxman-Markey staff draft, H.R. 889, H.R. 890, H.R. 1683, H.R. 1759, S. 598, S. 661, and related legislation; provisions related to electric and gas utilities, including allowance timetable and allocation, smart grid advancement, transmission planning, energy efficiency, cost containment, existing state and regional programs, appliance standards, industrial efficiency, and related issues; Renewable electricity standard and energy efficiency standards, including H.R. 589, H.R. 590, H.R. 889, H.R. 890, Bingaman staff draft, S. 433, S. 548, and related legislation; Electric transmission siting legislation, including S. 539, S. 774, S. 807, Bingaman transmission staff draft, Inslee transmission draft bill, and related legislation; Renewable gas legislation, including H.R. 1158, S. 306 and related legislation; EPA rulemakings regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act; Natural gas, plug-in hybrid, and alternative fuel vehicles, including H.R. 445, H.R. 1742, H.R. 1835, S. 271, S. 774 and related legislation; Natural gas, electricity and related markets regulation, including S. 221, S. 272, S. 672, H.R. 977 and related legislation; Natural gas production incentives and restrictions; New York/Rockaways Natural Gas Pipeline Projects; New York and New England energy infrastructure, electric and natural gas transmission, and gas supply; New York and New England clean heat and power projects, natural gas-fueled vehicle projects, school energy efficiency projects, Long Island generation repowering, and other energy and efficiency initiatives; FERC policy matters and dockets related to regulation of natural gas and electricity utilities including wholesale market competition, ISOs/RTOs, transmission access, NERC reliability standards, interconnection, infrastructure siting, and regulation of public utility holding companies.
Foreign entity interest: National Grid plc, 1-3 Strand, London WC2N5 EM UK, the indirect parent of National Grid USA identified on LD-1, was interested in this issue due to its potential impact upon its investment in the United States.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RICHARD A CARTER | — |
| EDWIN KICHLINE | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA/Stimulus), H.R. 1, H.R. 598, H.R. 629, H.R. 679, S. 336, S. 350, Senate Amendment 570, and related legislation; provisions relating to electric and gas utilities, including tax incentives for energy infrastructure (including bonus depreciation), efficiency, smart meters, wind, solar, and other technologies; S. 320, including smart meter accelerated deprecation and related provisions; Tax Provisions related to electric and gas utilities, including tax incentives for energy infrastructure, efficiency, smart meters, wind, solar, and other technologies; Capital gains and dividend tax treatment in budget resolution and related tax legislation.
Foreign entity interest: National Grid plc, 1-3 Strand, London WC2N5 EM UK, the indirect parent of National Grid USA identified on LD-1, was interested in this issue due to its potential impact upon its investment in the United States.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RICHARD A CARTER | — |
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