4th Quarter - Report — SC PARTNERS LLC for NTR PLC (2010)

Firm

SC PARTNERS LLC

Client

NTR PLC

Income

$45,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Natural Resources NAT

Siting, permitting and wildlife issues related to the Tessera Solar projects in the Mojave Desert and Imperial Valley.

Foreign entity interest: NTR, plc is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It has a controling investment in U.S. companies Stirling Energy Systems and Tessera Solar, which are working to develop projects for dish solar technology in the United States.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHERINE CULLEN	—
CHARLES SHIPP	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Exploration of incentives for increasing single stream recycling.

Foreign entity interest: NTR, plc is a Dublin Ireland based firm with controlling investments in five U.S. subsidary companies: Tessera Solar, Stirling Energy Systems, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Greenstar North America, and the Wind Capital Group. Greenstar, NA provides single stream recycling services in the U.S.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHERINE CULLEN	—
CHARLES SHIPP	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010: Extension of section 1603 Treasury grant in lieu of tax credits, Volumetric Excise Tax Credit and Secondary Import Tariff for biofuels. HR 4085: Allow an investment credit for property used to manufacture solar energy property. Section 48C manufacturing credit.

Foreign entity interest: NTR, plc is a Dublin Ireland based firm with controlling investments in five U.S. subsidary companies: Tessera Solar, Stirling Energy Systems, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Greenstar North America, and the Wind Capital Group. These companies will/would benefit from these incentives.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHERINE CULLEN	—
CHARLES SHIPP	—

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 4085 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: increasing funding levels, programatic reforms to ensure the fair and efficient processing of loan guarantee applications. Solar Program: Seeking to mantain support for concentrated solar power technology research and development at the Department of Energy

Foreign entity interest: NTR, plc is a Dublin Ireland based firm with controlling investments in five U.S. subsidary companies: Tessera Solar, Stirling Energy Systems, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Greenstar North America, and the Wind Capital Group. Tessera Solar, and Stirling Energy Systems have an interest in these issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHERINE CULLEN	—
CHARLES SHIPP	—

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Energy, Dept of

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.