2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$273,772
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
2nd Quarter - Report (this page) Jul 20, 2009 $273,772 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 30, 2010 $273,772 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (provision included in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act); production tax credit for renewable energy; tax-credit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; transferable tax credit for public power use for new nuclear facilities; use of tax-exempt bonds for municipal purposes, including applicability of provisions in the 1986 Tax Act; municipal bond rating agency issues; clean coal tax-credit bonds; build America bonds.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
AMY HILLE —
CORRY MARSHALL —
JAMES J NIPPER —
JULIE WALKER —
JAMES ANDREW WILLIAMS —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Retirement RET

Pension issues related to defined benefit plans.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
AMY HILLE —

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Telecommunications TEC

Municipal provision of broadband services, including legislation from the previous Congress (H.R. 3281 and S. 1853) on this subject; pole attachments; cable programming issues; broadband mapping; broadband grants related to the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
CORRY MARSHALL —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 1853 (111th), H.R. 3281 (111th)

Railroads RRR

Surface Transportation Board reform (S. 933/H.R. 2125 from the previous Congress, but not yet reintroduced); removal of rail antitrust exemptions (S. 146, H.R. 233); rail shipping rates and practices

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
CORRY MARSHALL —
JULIE WALKER —

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 146 (111th), H.R. 233 (111th), H.R. 2125 (111th), S. 933 (111th)

Utilities UTI

Technology research and development; carbon capture and storage, including the Boucher CCS bill, included in H.R. 2454; transmission siting and operation, including language incorporated into H.R. 2454; electricity markets issues; theft of copper wire used by electric utilities; cyber security, including language incorporated into the Senate energy bill as passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
AMY HILLE —
CORRY MARSHALL —
JAMES J NIPPER —
JULIE WALKER —
JAMES ANDREW WILLIAMS —

Contacted: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Agriculture AGR

Implementation of the Farm Bill of 2008 (H.R. 2419) and climate changes issues related to the agricultural community, including the offsets provisions inserted in H.R. 2454.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
CORRY MARSHALL —
JAMES ANDREW WILLIAMS —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th), H.R. 2419 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Renewable Energy Production Incentive program at DOE -- Energy and Water Development Appropriations for FY 2010 Energy R&D -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 Federal Power Marketing Administrations -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 Operation & Maintenance at Federal Hydropower Facilities -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
AMY HILLE —
CORRY MARSHALL —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Wholesale electricity markets, including the allocation of emissions allowances to merchant coal generators under H.R. 2454 and the implications in these markets; "Smart Grid" issues; transmission issues generally, and provisions in H.R. 2454 and the Senate energy bill (as passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) specifically; natural gas markets oversight; loan guarantee program at DOE, and the Clean Energy Development Administration proposal in H.R. 2454 and the Senate energy bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
AMY HILLE —
CORRY MARSHALL —
JAMES J NIPPER —
SARAH TANKSLEY —
JULIE WALKER —
JAMES ANDREW WILLIAMS —

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Climate change issues generally, and H.R. 2454, in particular; carbon capture and storage (CCS), including Boucher CCS bill that was included in H.R. 2454; Clean Air Act and Superfund issues, including fly-ash; water issues related to CCS and other water utility functions, including the Clean Water Restoration Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOY DITTO —
AMY HILLE —
CORRY MARSHALL —
JAMES J NIPPER —
THERESA PUGH New —
JULIE WALKER —
JAMES ANDREW WILLIAMS —

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

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.