EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE for EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE
What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
Discussion draft of legislation to facilitate the deployment of communications infrastructure, provisions regarding regulation of pole attachments.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES ODOM | — |
Transportation TRA
H.R. 0022, Vehicle for Senate Surface Transportation Bill; H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015; S. 808, the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER HICKLING | — |
| MARGARET HUNT | — |
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.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER HICKLING | — |
| MARGARET HUNT | — |
Commodities (big ticket) CDT
H.R. 2289, reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act (relating to derivative end-user protections).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DAVID BRIDGES | — |
| ERIC JAMES GREY | — |
| RICHARD MCMAHON | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015; H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; House Amendment #2 to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2029, Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) 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; S. 1946, Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015; S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DAVID BRIDGES | — |
| ERIC JAMES GREY | — |
| KATHRYN ANN STECKELBERG | — |
| BRIAN L WOLFF | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
H.R. 2028, FY 2016 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Waters of the U.S. policy rider, (potential appropriations issues related to DOE-industry coordination on cyber and physical security, DOE/industry partnership on storm response and restoration, and grid resilience); H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act; H.R. 2577, FY 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to unmanned aircraft systems, coal and rail interdependencies, HUD CDBG eligibility and transportation electrification); H.R. 2685, FY 2016 Defense Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to renewable energy efforts and Troops to Energy Jobs); H.R. 2822, FY 2016 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Waters of the U.S., 316(b) Cooling Water Intake Structures rule, CCR regulation, clean air regulation, and GHG NSPS); H.R. 2995, FY 2016 Financial Services Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to FirstNet access and utility pole attachments); H.R. 3020, FY 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding); H.R. 3049, FY 2016 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (potential appropriations issues related to bona fide hedging exemptions, financial entity definition, inter-affiliate swap transactions and physical forward contracts with volumetric optionality); H.R. 3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 (potential appropriations issues related to Cybersecurity threat information sharing legislation and Safety Act Clarification); H.J. Res. 61, FY2016 continuing appropriations; H.J. Res. 75/H.R. 2250, FY 2016 continuing appropriations through December 16, 2015; H.J. Res. 78, FY 2016 Continuing appropriation through December 22, 2015; S. 1558, FY 2016 Defense Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to renewable energy efforts and Troops to Energy Jobs); S. 1619, DHS Appropriations (potential appropriations issues related to Cybersecurity threat information sharing legislation and Safety Act Clarification); S. 1645, FY 2016 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Waters of the U.S., 316(b) Cooling Water Intake Structures rule, CCR regulation, clean air regulation, and GHG NSPS); S. 1800, FY 2016 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (potential appropriations issues related to bona fide hedging exemptions, financial entity definition, inter-affiliate swap transactions and physical forward contracts with volumetric optionality); S. 1910, FY 2016 Financial Services Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to FirstNet access and utility pole attachments); S. 2129, FY 2016 bundled appropriations for Agriculture (H.R. 304), Energy and Water (H.R. 2028), Transportation Housing and Urban Development (H.R. 2577); S. 2130, FY 2016 bundled appropriations for Department of Defense (H.R. 2685), Energy and Water Development (H.R. 2028); S. 2131, FY 2016 bundled appropriations for Department of Homeland Security (S. 1619); S. 2132, FY 2016 bundled appropriations for Financial Services (H.R. 2995), Interior Environment (S. 1645) and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (H.R. 3020); Senate Subcommittee Draft, FY 2016 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Waters of the U.S. policy rider, (potential appropriations issues related to DOE-industry coordination on cyber and physical security, DOE/industry partnership on storm response and restoration, and grid resilience).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER HICKLING | — |
| MARK PLANNING | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
H.R. 167, Wildlife Disaster Funding Act, facilitate funding to wildfire 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. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016; 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.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARGARET HUNT | — |
| JAMES ROEWER | — |
Energy/Nuclear ENG
H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; H.R. 22, the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Division F provisions regarding energy security; H.R. 1558, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015; H.R. 2244, to establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve program; H.R. 2271, Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act; S. 848, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015; S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015; S. 2089, the American Energy Innovation Act; S. 1407, A bill to promote the development of renewable energy on public land.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER HICKLING | — |
| MARGARET HUNT | — |
| JAMES ODOM | — |
| KATHRYN ANN STECKELBERG | — |
| BRIAN L WOLFF | — |
Homeland Security HOM
H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act; H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act; H.R. 1735, the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (provisions regarding electromagnetic pulse); H.R. 2029, omnibus appropriations legislation, Division N, Cybersecurity Act of 2015; H.R. 2402, to amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the public disclosure of protected information; H.R. 3578, the DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 provisions regarding SAFETY Act; S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; S. 1846, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES ODOM | — |
| KATHRYN ANN STECKELBERG | — |
Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW
H.J.Res. 71, disapproving EPA rule on greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units; H.J.Res. 72, disapproving EPA rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units; S. 1324, to require EPA to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired EGUs; S. 2072, EPA ozone early action compact program; 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 emission 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 |
|---|---|
| MARGARET HUNT | — |
| JAMES ODOM | — |
| QUIN SHEA | — |
| BRIAN L WOLFF | — |
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