DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION for DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 2050, Middle class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015; H.R. 979, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; H.R. 4016, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1086 to extend the limitation of the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions; H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015; The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; 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; S.386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015. Issue: Changing the Normalization rules for the Sec.48 Solar Investment tax credit. H.R. 2657, Power Efficiency and Resiliency Act (POWER Act) The investment tax credit for combined heat and power S. 1516, Power Efficiency and resiliency Act (POWER Act) Tax Parity Tax credits: Combined Heat and Power, Fuel Cells and Microturbines Investment Tax Credit Extension Past 2016.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
H.R. 167, Wildlife Disaster Funding Act, facilitate funding to wildlife management related issues (vegetation management connection); 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; H.R. 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. 1140, bill to require the Secretary of the Army and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of the term "waters of the United States", and for other purposes. H.R. 1732, To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for other purposes.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
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. 2984, the Fair RATES Act; H.R. 4427, to amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act; S.2012, the "Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015", S.2089, the "American Energy Innovation Act", S.1407, "Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015" to encourage development of renewable geothermal, solar and wind energy on public land. S.854, A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes H.R. 3643, To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts for the storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to certain high-level radio-active waste and spent nuclear fuel, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund. H.R. 4745, To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts for the storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and take title to certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. S. 2461, A bill to enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions, to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science, and for other purposes. H.R. 4084, To enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
H.R. 4583, To promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
Utilities UTI
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; Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Reauthorization.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
Transportation TRA
H.R.4441, FAA Reauthorization; S.2658, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016; S.2684, UAVs for Energy Infrastructure Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Draft FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management); Draft FY 2017 Energy & Water Development Appropriations legislation (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordination 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; The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; Funding for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY2017; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act. S.1705, An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Unites States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. Federal Budget & Appropriations Health Issues Labor & Workplace Labor-HHS Appropriations Legislation, AGA, EEI and allied organizations support adequate funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The program is fully authorized at $5.1 billion, however , for the past several years it has not been funded above $3.4 billion. The industry, and our Capitol Hill allies, are asking for $4.7 billion in program funding for FY2017.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
Homeland Security HOM
H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; H.R. 4350, to repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015; S.1846, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015; Senate Staff Working Draft of legislation to improve the understanding and forecasting of space weather events. H.R. 1560, To improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and for other purposes. H.R. 1731, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and for other purposes. S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015. H.R. 2205, Data Security Act of 2015 H.R. 4651/ S.2604, Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 S. 2684, UAV's for Energy Infrastructure Act Encryption Legislation SAFETY Act Legislation
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW
H.R. 3797, the SENSE Act regarding emissions limits for electric generating units using coal refuse; H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016; S.J.Res. 23, disapproving EPA rule on greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units; S.J.Res 24, disapproving EPA rule on carbon pollution emissions guidelines for existing electric utility generating units; S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act (requires withdrawal of WOTUS rule and sets parameters for development of a new rule).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
| MICHAEL B. SEWELL | — |
| TOBY S SHORT | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
Discussion draft of legislation to facilitate the deployment of communications infrastructure, provisions regarding regulation of pole attachments; S. 2607, the Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG | — |
| JOHN A HAYSBERT | — |
| PEPPER NATONSKI | — |
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