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Railroads RRR

Surface Transportation Board reform (S. 953/H.R. 2125 from the previous Congress, but not yet reintroduced); removal of railroad antitrust exemptions (S. 146, H.R. 233); rail shipping rates and practices

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

Bills named: S. 146 (111th), H.R. 2125 (111th), H.R. 233 (111th), S. 953 (111th)

Utilities UTI

Technology research and development; carbon capture and storage, including the Boucher CCS bill, incorporated into the Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft (American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, released on March 31); transmission siting and operation, including language in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act increasing the borrowing authority for the Western Area Power Administration and draft transmission bills by Senators Reid, Dorgan and Bingaman; Smart Grid; energy efficiency; electricity markets; theft of copper wire used by electric utilities; cyber security.

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

Agriculture AGR

Implementation of the Farm Bill of 2008 (H.R. 2419) and climage change issues related to the agriculture community

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

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

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 new nuclear plants for public power; 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.

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

Retirement RET

Pension issues related to defined benefit plans.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); 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 from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act

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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI) program at DOE -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 Energy R&D -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 and ARRA Federal Power Marketing Administrations -- Energy and Water Appropriations for FY 2010 and ARRA Operation and maintenance funding for hydro at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation (same as above)

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Wholesale electricity markets; energy efficiency issues; "Smart Grid" issues; transmission siting and transmission issues generally (Reid, Dorgan and Bingaman bills); borrowing authority for the Western Area Power Administration on transmission to renewables; natural gas markets; loan guarantee program for nuclear power, including draft Bingaman bill.

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Climate changes issues generally, and Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft (released March 31), in particular; carbon capture and storage (CCS), including Boucher CCS bill that was included in the Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft; Clean Air Act and Superfund issues, including fly-ash waste; water issues related to CCS and other electric utility functions.

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