New England energy infrastructure, including electric and natural gas transmission projects, electric transmission projects in conjunction with the Northeast Energy Direct Project (MA), the Merrimack Valley Reliability Project (MA), the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) project (MA), the Access Northeast project (MA); interstate natural gas pipeline permitting processes; New England energy efficiency projects; regional economic development projects in New England; New England severe weather events and customer impacts including federal reimbursement of storm damage costs; wholesale electricity markets in New England; and distribution rate cases in Massachusetts, and winter rate filings in Massachusetts.

Legislation affecting Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) funding, including: H.R. 3020/S. 1695, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016; H.R. 719, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016; and the Fiscal Year 2017, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. 

Federal policy regarding extreme weather impacting the New England region, particularly utilities restoration and reliability improvement efforts.

Implementation of P.L. 112-90 and provisions relating to natural gas distribution lines, including: S. 2276, the Securing Americas Future Energy: Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (SAFE PIPES) Act; and expected legislation in the House of Representatives for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) reauthorization.

Federal policy regarding wholesale electric market development, including: FERC policies and decisions regarding capacity markets in New England, and transmission planning in New England, and retirement of electric and nuclear generation facilities.

Final EPA Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (known as the Clean Power Plan, EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602), per its authority under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, provisions relating to power sector regulatory requirements.

Final EPA Carbon Pollution Standards for New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources (known as the Clean Power Plan, EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 and EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0603), per its authority under Section 111(b) of the Clean Air, provisions relating to power sector regulatory requirements. 

U.S. Department of Energy Natural Gas Infrastructure Modernization Initiatives, provisions relating to natural gas utilities. 

Legislation affecting gas and electric utilities, including: H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; and S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. 

Discussion draft of legislation to facilitate the deployment of communications infrastructure, provisions regarding regulation of pole attachments. 

H.R. 2984/S. 2494, Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards (RATES) Act, provisions relating to the rehearing and subsequent judicial review of any rate change filed by a public utility that takes effect without the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issuing an order.

H.R. 5348/S. 3012, the Public Engagement at FERC Act, provisions relating to amending the Federal Power Act to establish an Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy.

U.S. Department of Energy Quadrennial Energy Review, provisions relating to the integrated study of the U.S. electricity system from generation through end use.  

H.R. 5630, the SAFER Pipelines Act of 2016, provisions relating to FERC review process for natural gas pipeline projects Potential comprehensive tax reform proposals, including interest expense deduction, dividend tax rates, accelerated depreciation, normalization, international tax, and portfolio interest exemption. 

Guidance and legislation relating to the forty-percent excise tax on employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 2050/S. 2045, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015; H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; and S. 2075, American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015). 

S. 2775 and H.R. 4891 (Technical Corrections Act of 2016), provisions regarding bonus depreciation. Legislation relating to energy efficiency, energy performance requirement for federal buildings, grid-enabled water heaters, building energy codes, information technologies, and data centers, including: S. 720/H.R. 2177, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015. 

Legislation relating to climate change, a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program, including: H.R. 1027, Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2015; H.R. 972, Managed Carbon Price Act of 2015; and S. 1548, the American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act of 2015. 

H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, provisions relating to infrastructure permitting and siting.

S. 2089, the American Energy Innovation Act, provisions relating to the modernization of infrastructure. Cybersecurity legislation and proposals relating to physical security, including: H.R. 234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, S. 754; Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; and the implementation of H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113).
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