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Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY22 Appropriations: Increased funding for DOD Clearinghouse and FAA to address radar saturation and mitigation.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Utilities UTI

New York and New England onshore and offshore energy infrastructure, including: electric and natural gas transmission projects; Block Island Wind Farm (RI), supply-side alternatives to construction of interstate pipeline capacity; electric system resilience and reliability; New York and New England energy efficiency projects; regional economic development projects in New York and New England; New York and New England severe weather events and customer impacts including federal reimbursement of storm damage costs; wholesale electricity markets in New York and New England; electric transmission needs driven by electrification; physical and cyber security of electric delivery infrastructure; development of onshore wind and solar generation, energy storage, and transmission to connect renewables; development of offshore transmission and wind generation; and distribution rate cases in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Legislation affecting Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) funding, including: H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2), and Labor-HHS appropriations. Federal policy regarding extreme weather impacting the New York and New England region, particularly utilities restoration and reliability improvement efforts. H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2021 (provisions relating to domestic subsidiaries of foreign parent companies regarding the Foreign Agents Registration Act and PAC operations under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971). Federal policy regarding wholesale electric market development, including: FERC policies and decisions regarding capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets in New York and New England, and regulatory policy affecting electric transmission development, planning, transmission rates (including rates incentives reviewed and approved by FERC), advanced transmission technologies, reliability of fuel supplies for electric generation resources, large-scale renewable electric generation, and retirement of electric and nuclear generation facilities. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provisions relating to environmental permitting for electric transmission infrastructure. Federal policy regarding the pathway to meet States economy-wide net-zero greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2050. H.R. 1848, Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrows America (LIFT) Act (provisions relating to the power sector). H.R. 1512, Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for Our Nations (CLEAN) Future Act (provisions relating to the power sector). Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (provisions relating to the power sector). H.R. 3684, Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act (provisions relating to electric vehicles). S. 1931, Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 (provisions relating to electric vehicles).

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Park Service (NPS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 1848 (117th), H.R. 1512 (117th), H.R. 1319 (117th), S. 1931 (117th), H.R. 1 (117th)

Transportation TRA

Legislation affecting electrification of transportation and alternative fuels, including: H.R. 512, Green Bus Act of 2021; H.R. 1221/S. 507, Electric Vehicles for Underserved Communities Act of 2021; H.R. 1344, Clean School Bus Act of 2021; H.R. 1845, American High-Speed Rail Act of 2021; H.R. 1879, Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) Future Act of 2021; and H.R. 2012, Clean Corridors Act of 2021. Federal policy relating to use of unmanned aircraft systems for damage assessment, utility restoration efforts, limiting damage to utility infrastructure, and associated reliability concerns. Implementation of P.L. 116-220 (H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) and provisions relating to reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and natural gas distribution lines, including: S. 2299, Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2020.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Natl Park Service (NPS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

Bills named: S. 507 (117th), H.R. 1344 (117th), H.R. 133 (117th), H.R. 512 (117th), H.R. 1221 (117th), H.R. 1845 (117th), S. 2299 (117th), H.R. 2012 (117th), H.R. 1879 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation of comprehensive tax reform, including interest deductibility, accelerated depreciation, normalization, and international tax. H.R. 848, Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act of 2021 (provisions relating to electric vehicles, renewable energy, storage, biodiesel, and energy efficiency). S. 2118, Clean Energy for America Act (provisions relating to wind, solar, energy storage, electric vehicle, hydrogen and efficiency incentives).

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 848 (117th), S. 2118 (117th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including: ozone and particulate matter transport; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS); Coal Ash; and other matters relating to greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions, including methane. Federal policy relating to climate change, including a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program. Federal policy relating to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. Mid-Term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicles (EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827; FRL-9976-61-OAR).

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Park Service (NPS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Homeland Security HOM

Cybersecurity legislation and proposals relating to physical security, including: H.R. 1833, DHS Industrial Control Systems Enhancement Act of 2021; and S. 398, Linemen Legacy Act. Energy infrastructure cyber security and physical security regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Natl Park Service (NPS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: S. 398 (117th), H.R. 1833 (117th)