2nd Quarter - Report

EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE for EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$2,050,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID BRIDGES —
ERIC JAMES GREY —
RICHARD MCMAHON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2917 (114th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 4441, FAA Reauthorization; S. 2658, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016; S. 2684, UAVs for Energy Infrastructure Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2658 (114th), S. 2684 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; S. 1846, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015; S. 2817, the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES ODOM —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2817 (114th), S. 1846 (114th), H.R. 1073 (114th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Discussion draft of legislation to facilitate the deployment of communications infrastructure, provisions regarding regulation of pole attachments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES ODOM —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; H.R. 2663, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015, to encourage development of renewable geothermal, solar and wind energy on public land; H.R. 5348, the Public Engagement at FERC Act; S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015; S. 3012, the Public Engagement at FERC Act; S. 3018, the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —
MARGARET HUNT —
JAMES ODOM —
KATHRYN ANN STECKELBERG —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 3012 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 5348 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), H.R. 2663 (114th), S. 3018 (114th)

Utilities UTI

H.R. 167, Wildlife Disaster Funding Act, facilitate funding to wildfire management related issues (vegetation management connection); H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act, facilitate vegetation management on rights-of-way across federal land to the benefit of electric reliability and forest fire risk reduction.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HUNT —
QUIN SHEA —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2358 (114th), H.R. 167 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H. Res. 784, Expressing support for the designation of Journeymen Linemen Recognition Day.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.Res. 784 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 636, Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015; H.R. 4016, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions; S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015; S. 2045, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage; S. 2075, American Worker Healthcare Tax Relief Act of 2015; The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; Cost Recovery Reform & Simplification Act; Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2016; American Business competitiveness Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID BRIDGES —
ERIC JAMES GREY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2050 (114th), S. 386 (114th), H.R. 4016 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), S. 2075 (114th), S. 2045 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2028, Senate FY 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations bill; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act; H.R. 5054 (H. Rept. 114-531), FY 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation legislation, (budget issues generally, De Minimis Exception Level Under the Swap Dealer Definition, Bona Fide Hedging Exemption, Financial Entity Definition and Physical Forward Contacts with Volumetric Optionality); H.R. 5055 (H. Rept. 114-532), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, Cyber Mutual Assistance program, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER) program, and Transformer Reliance and Advanced Components (TRAC) program); H.R. 5293 (H. Rept. 114-577), FY 2017 Defense Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Enhanced Dod Collaboration on Major Storm Recovery Efforts and Enhanced Grid Resiliency); H.R. 5394 (H. Rept. 114-606), FY 2017 Transportation Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Coal and Rail Interdependencies, Community Development Block Grants, and Transportation Electrification); H.R. 5485 (H. Rep. 114-624), FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Access to Adequate, Suitable Spectrum, Clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Convergence of Energy and Telecom, Electric Utility Pole Attachment and FEC Enforcement of the Prior Approval Requirement); H.R. 5538 (H. Rept. 114-632), FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent Electric guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management); H.R. 5634 (H. Rept. 114-668), FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, GridEx III; Cyber Mutual Assistance and Grid Hardening Investment); H. Con. Res. 125, FY 2017 Budget Resolution, (budget issues generally, CBO scoring of ESPCs and UESCs); S. 2804 (S. Rept. 114-236), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program, Cyber Mutual Assistance program, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER) program, and Transformer Reliance and Advanced Components (TRAC) program); S. 2844 (S. Rept. 114-243), FY 2017 Transportation Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Coal and Rail Interdependencies, Community Development Block Grants, and Transportation Electrification); S. 2956 (S. Rept. 114-259), FY 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation legislation, (budget issues generally, De Minimis Exception Level Under the Swap Dealer Definition, Bona Fide Hedging Exemption, Financial Entity Definition and Physical Forward Contacts with Volumetric Optionality); S. 3000 (S. Rept. 114-263), FY 2017 Defense Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Enhanced Dod Collaboration on Major Storm Recovery Efforts and Enhanced Grid Resiliency); S. 3001 (S. Rept. 114-281), FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, GridEx III; Cyber Mutual Assistance and Grid Hardening Investment); S. 3040, Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY2017; S.3067 (S. Rept. 114-280), FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations legislation, (budget issues generally, Access to Adequate, Suitable Spectrum, Clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Convergence of Energy and Telecom, Electric Utility Pole Attachment and FEC Enforcement of the Prior Approval Requirement); S. 3068 (S. Rept. 114-281), FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent Electric guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management); S. 3069, Senate FY 2017 Interior and Environment Appropriations.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —
MARGARET HUNT —
MARK PLANNING —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5054 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), S. 3040 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), S. 3069 (114th), S. 2956 (114th), H.R. 5634 (114th), H.Con.Res. 125 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), S. 2804 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th), S. 3001 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), S. 3068 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program; H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015, to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act; S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act; S. 1803 Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program; S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HUNT —
JAMES ODOM —
JAMES ROEWER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2446 (114th), H.R. 1734 (114th), S. 697 (114th), S. 1803 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016; H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Reauthorization of 2016; S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act (requires withdrawal of WOTUS rule and sets parameters for development of a new rule); S. 2848, Senate Water Resources Development Act of 2016.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HUNT —
JAMES ODOM —
QUIN SHEA —
BRIAN L WOLFF —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1140 (114th), H.R. 5303 (114th), H.R. 4775 (114th), S. 2848 (114th)

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