SEMPRA for SEMPRA

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Generally promote and protect the interests of natural gas and electric services and energy infrastructure companies

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Proposals to reduce transparency, information sharing, and communications with respect to investment holdings in capital markets General discussions regarding proposals aimed at improving environmental, social, and governance reporting

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

General discussions regarding treatment of non-financial end-user commodity hedging General discussions regarding setting environmental, social and governance goals for commodity market users

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General discussions regarding proposals related to energy exports General discussions regarding changes to cross-border energy transmission permitting

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Utilities UTI

General discussions regarding issues affecting electric and natural gas utilities General discussions regarding treatment of unrecoverable utility costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic disruption

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General discussions regarding capture and use of renewable natural gas to reduce emissions General discussions regarding reducing fugitive methane emissions

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Banking BAN

H.R. 1187 - the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 H.R. 1549 - To establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council S. 588 - Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act of 2021 General discussions regarding improving transparency in disclosures by publicly traded companies General discussions regarding improving measurement and reporting of climate-related financial risks General discussions regarding improving reporting of environmental, social and governance by publicly traded companies General discussions regarding shareholder proposal rules General discussions regarding keeping investors better informed General discussions regarding increasing diversity in corporate governance General discussions in support of science-based climate policies

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 1187 (117th), S. 588 (117th), H.R. 1549 (117th)

Transportation TRA

General discussions regarding renewable natural gas as a vehicle fuel source General discussions regarding use of renewable natural gas in natural gas pipelines General discussions regarding incentives for natural gas vehicles, fueling infrastructure, and natural gas as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding electric vehicle transportation and related infrastructure General discussions regarding energy storage General discussions regarding safety standards for natural gas infrastructure General discussions regarding programs for carbon dioxide capture, transport, utilization, and storage

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation and rulemaking processes related to tax laws - business interest and international taxation aspects, including foreign earnings taxation and repatriation, and deductibility of interest expenses General discussions regarding U.S. taxation of domestic companies with foreign assets and income General discussions regarding excepting income earned in highly-taxed foreign countries from the taxation of global intangible low-taxed income General discussions regarding tax credits for electric vehicles, energy storage, natural gas vehicles, natural gas fueling infrastructure, and natural gas used as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding the tax treatment of renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and other alternative fuels and fueling infrastructure General discussions regarding tax credits for carbon capture, usage, transportation and storage General discussions regarding infrastructure bonds, bonding authority, and tax treatment of bonds

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Telecommunications TEC

Federal Communication Commission action to open 6 GHz spectrum to unlicensed usage General discussions regarding middle-mile broadband infrastructure General discussions regarding use of automated calling technologies for public safety announcements

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Appropriations for research and development on natural gas vehicle technologies and related refueling infrastructure General discussions regarding funding for research regarding renewable natural gas General discussions regarding energy storage research and development General discussions regarding energy research, development. testing and evaluation General discussions regarding federal funding for hydrogen projects and research & development

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

General discussions regarding proposals pertaining to permitting of natural gas infrastructure General discussions regarding proposals regarding emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure General discussions regarding liquefied natural gas (LNG) General discussions regarding natural gas storage General discussions regarding energy efficiency General discussions regarding energy usage in federal buildings and at federally owned and operated facilities General discussions regarding policies supporting renewable natural gas and other forms of biogas General discussions regarding policies to promote research into and development of hydrogen as a fuel source General discussions regarding development, deployment, and use of hydrogen fuel cells

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Homeland Security HOM

General discussions regarding cyber incident reporting and data breach notifications General discussions regarding pipeline security and cybersecurity

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of

Natural Resources NAT

General discussions regarding wildfire protection and response General discussions regarding vegetation management as a tool to reduce wildfire risk General discussions regarding pipeline and energy infrastructure permitting and siting matters General discussions regarding changes to cross-border pipeline permitting processes

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)