3rd Quarter - Report

SEMPRA for SEMPRA

Period 3rd Quarter 2019 Filed Oct 21, 2019 Signed by Dennis Arriola

Official filing
Firm
SEMPRA
Client
SEMPRA
Income
—
Expenses
$620,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General discussions regarding waterway dredging General discussions regarding capture and use of renewable natural gas to reduce emissions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Appropriations - Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy and Water Appropriations - Natural gas research and development, electric vehicle and related research and development, research regarding and programs supporting renewable natural gas, funding for Army Corps of Engineers dredging activities General discussions regarding funding for research regarding renewable natural gas General discussions regarding energy and energy storage research and development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Energy/Nuclear ENG

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
BRIAN L KELLY New —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE

Natural Resources NAT

General discussions regarding wildfire protection and response and vegetation management General discussions regarding pipeline permitting and siting issues General discussions regarding changes to cross-border pipeline permitting processes

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Energy, Dept of

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Federal Communication Commission proposal to open 6 GHz spectrum to unlicensed usage

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Utilities UTI

General discussions regarding issues affecting electric and natural gas utilities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

General discussions regarding treatment of instruments used by non-financial energy end-users in transactions that hedge commodity risk

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement / North American Free Trade Agreement - provisions related to investment protection and dispute settlement General discussions regarding policies and agreements related to energy trade and trade flows General discussions regarding proposals to expand energy trade with European nations General discussions regarding changes to cross-border energy transmission permitting General discussions regarding tariffs on steel products

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
BRIAN L KELLY —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of

Transportation TRA

General discussions regarding incentives for natural gas vehicles, fueling infrastructure, and natural gas as a vehicle fuel General discussions regarding renewable natural gas as a fuel source General discussions regarding electric vehicle transportation and related infrastructure General discussions regarding treatment of alternatively fueled vehicles under vehicle efficiency standards

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation and rulemaking process for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - business interest and international taxation aspects, including foreign earnings taxation and repatriation, deductibility of interest expenses General discussions regarding excepting income earned in highly-taxed foreign countries from the taxation of global intangible low-taxed income House Ways & Means Committee energy tax package 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 General discussions regarding carryover period for charitable expense deductions General discussions regarding proposals to extend or make permanent the Subpart F look-through rule for controlled foreign corporations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

General discussions regarding proposals regarding 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 and fossil fuel usage in federal buildings 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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
BRIAN L KELLY New —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Homeland Security HOM

General discussions regarding security partnerships between government agencies and private operators of critical infrastructure and enabling necessary dialogues General discussions regarding the safety and security of critical energy infrastructure

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HULL —
TIM RANSDELL —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

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.