4th Quarter - Report

BLACK HILLS CORPORATION for BLACK HILLS CORPORATION

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 5376 Inflation Reduction Act - Implementation of Section 48 ITC, and home rebate programs; Energy Access - Work relating to continued access to natural gas for direct use; Siting and permitting generally; Data center issues generally; Artificial intelligence issues generally; Load growth and resource adequacy generally; Electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure generally; Clean energy issues generally; Clean energy technologies generally; Energy storage issues generally; Energy efficiency issues generally; Issues related to energy grid supply chain; Issues related to reliability and resource adequacy generally.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAFAR KARIM New US Senate, US House, HHS, USDA

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act; Inflation Reduction Act Implementations, including Sec. 48 Investment Tax Credit; Tax Cuts and Jobs Act issues generally.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAFAR KARIM US House, US Senate, HHS, USDA

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 7024 (118th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Wildfires and other natural disasters; H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forest Act; EPA regulations on Clean Air Act Section 111 d and b; EPA regulations generally; Conservation regulations at the Bureau of Land Management; Siting and permitting generally; Clean Air Act generally.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAFAR KARIM US House, US Senate, HHS, USDA

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 8790 (118th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation; H.R. 8997, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Act, 2025-Supported research and development for natural gas technologies; H.R. 8998, Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act, 2025; H.R. 9029, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Act, 2025 -- Support fully authorized regular LIHEAP funding at $5.1 Billion; FY25 Labor-HHS Appropriations -- Support fully authorized regular LIHEAP funding at $2.5 billion. Energy R&D funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAFAR KARIM US House, US Senate, HHS, USDA

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 9029 (118th), H.R. 8998 (118th), H.R. 8997 (118th)

Transportation TRA

H.R.7655, Pipeline Safety, Modernization, and Expansion Act of 2024 Easing Gas/Electric Infrastructure Locating Costs Due to Federally Incentivized Broadband Build-Out - relating to infrastructure development cost allocation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAFAR KARIM US House, US Senate, HHS, USDA

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 7655 (118th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 9469 Pipeline Security Act (H.R. 9469) - codifies TSA pipeline cybersecurity activities and appropriate personnel strategy; S. 4630, Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act - harmonize conflicting industry cybersecurity requirements between multiple agencies.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAFAR KARIM US House, HHS, USDA

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 4630 (118th), H.R. 9469 (118th)

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.