4th Quarter - Report

EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE for EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$2,160,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

S.612, Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (Section 1125 - cost recovery provision and Section 2301 - CCR provisions).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HUNT —
JAMES ROEWER —
QUIN SHEA —
KATHRYN ANN STECKELBERG —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 612 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 (Hoeven-Manchin revision of S. 1803) and Inhofe-Boxer substitute language (incorporated into Senate WRDA package).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARGARET HUNT —
JAMES ROEWER —
QUIN SHEA —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1803 (114th), S. 2446 (114th)

Utilities UTI

H.Res.927, Expressing support for the designation of the third Wednesday of November as "Utility Scam Awareness Day"; 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).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —
MARGARET HUNT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2358 (114th), H.Res. 927 (114th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections); S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID BRIDGES —
ERIC JAMES GREY —
RICHARD MCMAHON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2917 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 2315, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015; H.R. 4016, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions; H.R. 4377, American Business Competitiveness Act; H.R. 5879, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities; S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015; Cost Recovery Reform & Simplification Act (Draft); Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2016 (Draft); A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans (Draft).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID BRIDGES —
ERIC JAMES GREY —
RICHARD MCMAHON —
BRIAN L WOLFF —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 386 (114th), H.R. 5879 (114th), H.R. 4377 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th), H.R. 4016 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H. Con. Res. 125, FY 2017 Budget Resolution (budget issues generally); H.R. 2028, FY 2017 Continuing Appropriations (budget issues generally); H.R. 4955, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; H.R. 5054 (H. Rept. 114-531), FY 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations (budget issues generally, De Minimis Exception Level Under the Swap Dealer Definition, Bona Fide Hedging Exemption, Financial Entity Definition and Physical Forward Contacts with Volumetric Optionality); H.R. 5055 (H. Rept. 114-532), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating 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); H.R. 5293 (H. Rept. 114-577), FY 2017 Defense Appropriations (budget issues generally, Enhanced DoD Collaboration on Major Storm Recovery Efforts and Enhanced Grid Resiliency); H.R. 5325, FY 2017 Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (budget issues generally); H.R. 5394 (H. Rept. 114-606), FY 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (budget issues generally, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Coal and Rail Interdependencies, Community Development Block Grants, and Transportation Electrification); H.R. 5485 (H. Rep. 114-624), FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (budget issues generally, Access to Adequate, Suitable Spectrum, Clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Convergence of Energy and Telecom, Electric Utility Pole Attachment and FEC Enforcement of the Prior Approval Requirement); H.R. 5538 (H. Rept. 114-632), FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent Electric guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management); H.R. 5926 (H. Rept. 114-699), FY 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)); H.R. 5634 (H. Rept. 114-668), FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations (budget issues generally, GridEx III; Cyber Mutual Assistance and Grid Hardening Investment); H. Con. Res. 125 (H. Rept. 114-470), FY 2017 Budget Resolution, (budget issues generally, CBO scoring of ESPCs and UESCs); S. 2804 (S. Rept. 114-236), FY 2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations (budget issues generally, grid resilience, DOE-industry partnership on cyber and physical security, Electricity Subsector Coordinating 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); S. 2844 (S. Rept. 114-243), FY 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (budget issues generally, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Coal and Rail Interdependencies, Community Development Block Grants, and Transportation Electrification); S. 2956 (S. Rept. 114-259), FY 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations (budget issues generally, De Minimis Exception Level Under the Swap Dealer Definition, Bona Fide Hedging Exemption, Financial Entity Definition and Physical Forward Contacts with Volumetric Optionality); S. 3000 (S. Rept. 114-263), FY 2017 Defense Appropriations (budget issues generally, Enhanced Dod Collaboration on Major Storm Recovery Efforts and Enhanced Grid Resiliency); S. 3001 (S. Rept. 114-264), FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations (budget issues generally, GridEx III; Cyber Mutual Assistance and Grid Hardening Investment); S. 3040 (S. Rept. 114-274), FY 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations (funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)); S.3067 (S. Rept. 114-280), FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (budget issues generally, Access to Adequate, Suitable Spectrum, Clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Convergence of Energy and Telecom, Electric Utility Pole Attachment and FEC Enforcement of the Prior Approval Requirement); S. 3068 (S. Rept. 114-281), FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (budget issues generally, Waters of the US, Coal Combustion Residual regulation, Steam Effluent Electric guidelines, Endangered Species Act, Avian Protection, Sage-Grouse Habitat Preservation and Vegetation Management); S.3240, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —
MARK PLANNING —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5325 (114th), S. 2956 (114th), H.R. 5926 (114th), S. 3040 (114th), H.R. 5634 (114th), S. 2804 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), S. 3068 (114th), H.R. 4955 (114th), H.Con.Res. 125 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), H.R. 5054 (114th), S. 3240 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), S. 3001 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; H.R. 6227, the Grid Cybersecurity Research and Development Act; S.2012,Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HICKLING —
MARGARET HUNT —
JAMES ODOM —
KATHRYN ANN STECKELBERG —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 8 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 6227 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 6480, FY 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act (assistance for nationally significant critical infrastructure provision); S. 1846, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015; S. 2817, the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act; S. 2943, FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (EMP and GMD planning, research and development, and protection and preparedness provision).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES ODOM —
BRIAN L WOLFF —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1846 (114th), S. 2817 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), H.R. 6480 (114th)

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.