Promote & protect the interests of natural gas and electric utilities in any legislation considered by the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee regarding energy and climate legislation affecting natural gas utilities, including efficiency mandates.  These issues arose in:
 
oS 2262:  Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014
oHR 1616:  Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013
oHR 1659:  Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013
oHR 2351:  To repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act.
oH.R. 2689 - Energy Savings Through Public Private Partnership
oDraft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards
H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act;
H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; 
H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013;
H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); 
H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013;
H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program);
H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013;
H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013;
H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking);
H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act);
H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act;
H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency);
H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program;
H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects);
H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013;
H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act;
H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014;
H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters;
H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs;
H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act;
H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014;
H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS;
H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS;
H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment;
H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014;
H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act;
S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); 
S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013;
S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013;
S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures);
S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act;
S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; 
S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013;
S. 1106, the SAVE Act;
S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking);
S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; 
S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013;
S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013;
S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings;
S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013;
S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013;
S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency);
S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency);
S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency);
S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013;
S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES);
S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters;
S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014;
S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act;
S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act;
S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency);
S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act;
S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act;
S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems;
Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings. H.R. 621, the Ensuring Affordable Energy Act to prohibit funding for EPA to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases;
H.R. 959, to prohibit EPA from awarding any grants or other financial assistance under Sec. 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States;
H.R. 2081, the No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 provisions to prohibit regulation of emissions of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act;
H.R. 2127, to prohibit EPA from finalizing NSPS for CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled EGUs until CCS is found to be technologically and economically feasible; 
H.R. 2886, the Social Cost of Carbon Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013;
H.R. 2916, the Domestic Energy Production Protection Act of 2013 to require congressional review of certain EPA rules;
H.R. 2948, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2013 to require analyses of cumulative and incremental impacts of certain EPA rules and actions;
H.R. 3042, the Taking Hold of Regulations to Increase Vital Employment in Energy Act to prohibit the use of the social cost of carbon in any regulatory impact analysis until authorized by federal law;
H.R. 3138, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act of 2013 to exempt certain coal refuse-fueled EGUs from certain emissions limits;
H.R. 3140, the Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013 to prohibit carbon dioxide regulations under the Clean Air Act until EPA certifies a sufficient number of other countries have put into effect similar regulations;
H.R. 3684, to prohibit funding for EPA travel until the agency conducts public listening sessions on existing-source CO2 emissions regulations in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012;
H.R. 3826, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations;
H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act regarding EPA regulations;
H.R. 4024, the Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014, establishing a new above-ground storage tank regulatory program under the Clean Water Act;
H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act regarding EPA NAAQS permits;
H.R. 4799, the Clean Air Fairness Act of 2014 regarding CAA NAAQS SIP deadlines;
H.R. 4947, the Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2014;
H.R. 4957, the Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms (CLEER) Act of 2014;
H.R. 5034, the Stop the EPA Act of 2014 to provide for certain special congressional review procedures for EPA rulemakings;
H.R. 5078, the Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act prohibiting EPA and the Corps of Engineers from finalizing the proposed WOTUS rule;
H.R. 5271, the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 to provide for a cap and dividend GHG program;
H.R. 5300, the EPA Regulatory Domestic Benefit Act of 2014 to require EPA reporting of domestic benefits of GHG rules;
H.R. 5505, the Clean Air, Strong Economies Act regarding the establishment of lower ground-level ozone standards;
H. Con. Res. 57, expressing congressional opposition to EPAs proposed new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants;
H. Con. Res. 59, expressing the sense of Congress that EPA should hold public listening sessions on existing-source CO2 emissions regulations in states most directly impacted by the potential regulations;
H.J. Res. 64, disapproving an EPA rule relating to Standards of Performance for GHG Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units;
S. 7, the Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act regarding clean energy and effects of climate change;
S. 17, the Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 provisions regarding Clean Air Act and climate change issues;
S. 107, to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions;
S. 163, to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions;
S. 317, to require the EPA Inspector General to include certain assessments in reports;
S. 318, the Environmental Protection Agency Accountability Act of 2013 to rescind funds made available to EPA if it fails to meet certain deadlines;
S. 319, to require EPA to provide adequate data, modeling, and support in the development of a State implementation plan under the Clean Air Act;
S. 332, the Climate Protection Act of 2013;
S. 558, the Accountability in Grants Act of 2013 to prohibit EPA grants or other financial assistance under Sec. 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity outside the United States;
S. 1202, the Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment (SAFE) Act to establish an integrated Federal climate adaptation plan;
S. 1324, the National Energy Tax Repeal Act to prohibit regulations relating to power sector carbon pollution standards unless explicitly authorized by Congress;
S. 1363, the Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013 to prohibit EPA promulgation of certain energy-related rules;
S. 1514, the Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013 provisions to prohibit regulations relating to power sector carbon pollution standards unless explicitly authorized by Congress;
S. 1536, to require EPA to include in GHG rules offsets for costs imposed on other federal agencies;
Discussion Draft of carbon pollution fee legislation circulated by Rep. Waxman, Sen. Whitehouse, Rep. Blumenauer, and Sen. Schatz;
S. 1905, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations;
S. 1961, the Chemical Safety and Drinking Water Protection Act of 2014 establishing a new above-ground storage tank regulatory program under the Safe Drinking Water Act;
S. 1988, the Electricity Reliability and Affordability Act regarding state waivers from certain Clean Air Act regulations;
S. 2161, the EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act;
S. 2170, the American Energy Renaissance Act provisions regarding EPA greenhouse gas and other Clean Air Act regulations;
S. 2414, the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy from EPA Overreach Act;
S. 2496, the Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014, (Waters of the U.S. legislation);
S. 2514, the Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2014;
S. 2526, the Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms (CLEER) Act of 2014;
S. 2533, to require EPA to offset federal budgetary costs of proposed GHG regulations;
S. 2613, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 regarding scientific basis for EPA regulations or assessments;
S. 2833, the Clean Air, Strong Economies Act regarding the establishment of lower ground-level ozone standards;
S. 2905, to require CBO to calculate a carbon score for each bill or resolution;
S. J. Res. 30, resolution of disapproval regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations;
Advocacy related to Waters of the U.S. draft guidance and rule-making (proposed rule released 3/25/2014). Support pro-industry Cybersecurity bills that have a public-private partnership (no top-down regulatory process); public-private information sharing; liability protections for information sharing; federal R&D support; and appropriate criminal penalties for bad actors.  These issues arose in:

oHR 967:  Advancing Americas Network and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013
oHR 2952:  Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement of 2013 
oHR 3107:  Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act
oHR 3696:  National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014
H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act;
H.R. 867, the Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013;
H.R. 2417, the Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage (SHIELD) Act regarding protection of the bulk-power system and defense critical electric infrastructure against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities; 
H.R. 2962, the Saving More American Resources Today (SMART) Grid Study Act of 2013 regarding a National Research Council study on the resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system;
H.R. 3410, the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA) to amend the Homeland Security Act to secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic pulses;
H.R. 3696, the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (NCCIP) Act of 2013;
H.R. 4007, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014;
H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing American Chemical Facilities from Terrorism Attacks Act;
H.R. 4298, the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act;
H.R. 4435, the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, (electric grid security-related provisions);
H.R. 4871, the TRIA Reform Act of 2014;
S. 394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013;
S. 1353, the Cybersecurity Act of 2013;
S. 1638, the Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013;
S. 2158, the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act;
S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014;
S. 2519, the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center Act of 2014;
S. 2588, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014;
Discussion draft of legislation to amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the public disclosure of protected electric security information. Support lower rates on taxation of dividends.
Tax reform.
Tax extenders.
Promote the development of the natural gas vehicle market by supporting various incentives.  This issue arose in:

oHR 1364:  New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013
oHR 2202/S 1103:  LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act

Support incentives to produce biogas.
Support incentives for high efficiency natural gas furnaces, boilers and water heaters (25C tax credits).
Support incentives for energy efficiency buildings (179D).
Discussion drafts, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (cost-recovery, energy tax credits, taxation of derivatives, dividend tax rates, deduction for interest paid on corporate debt, corporate tax rate);
H.R. 1129, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013;
H.R. 1486, the No Carbon Tax Act of 2013;
H.R. 3474, the Hire More Heroes Act of 2014, (energy tax extenders);
H.R. 4718, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation;
H.R. 4754, the Managed Carbon Price Act of 2014;
H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (pension provisions, energy tax credits);
H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy;
S. 795, the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act;
S. 1225, the Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2013;
S. 2003, the Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2014;
S. 2148, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 (pension smoothing);
S. 2260, the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, (energy tax extenders);
S. 2287, the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act regarding CCS technology incentives;
S. 2288, the Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2014 regarding expansion of existing tax credits to encourage CCUS;
Discussion draft amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for cost-recovery and energy tax credits;
Discussion draft amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for certain property under construction. Advocated for appropriations for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); Advocated to maintain full funding for LIHEAP in the CR.  The final FY14 appropriations bill and in FY15 funding requests.

Advocated for appropriations for research and development to improve natural gas technologies and natural gas vehicles.  This issue arose in:

oS 1468:  Postal Reform Act of 2014

H.R. 475, FY 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to NHTSA Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards);
H.R. 4660, FY 2015 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to public safety broadband network, NIST smart grid interoperability, cyber security standards and NSF STEM funding);
H.R. 4800, FY 2015 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to CFTC and CEA reauthorization, including de minimis exception level  under swap dealer definition, margin requirements on swap transactions of commercial end-users, bona fide hedging exemption, financial entity definition, inter-affiliate swap transactions, physical forward contracts with volumetric optionality);
H.R. 4870, FY 2015 Defense Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to electric transportation, micro grids and grid security, smart meters, energy efficiency/renewable energy and Troops to Energy Jobs program);
H.R. 4903, FY 15 Homeland Security Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to industry/government coordination on critical infrastructure cybersecurity and industry partnerships with DHS, including ES-C2M2, Threat Scenario project, ICS-CERT, CRISP and RRAP);
H.R. 4923, FY 2015 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to DOE/FERC/industry coordination on cyber and physical security, DOE/industry partnership on storm response and restoration, grid resilience, fossil energy, nuclear energy, electric transportation, smart gird, energy innovation HUBs, transmission and renewable energy);
H.R. 5016, FY 2015 Financial Services Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to public safety broadband network and electric utility pole attachments);
H.J. Res. 124, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 (budget issues generally, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program);
FY 2015 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Waters of the U.S., 316(b) Cooling Water Intake Structures rule, CCR regulation, Effluent Limitation Guidelines rulemaking, and GHG NSPS for new and existing sources);
FY 2015 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding);
S. 2389, FY 2015 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to CFTC and CEA reauthorization, including deminimis exception level  under swap dealer definition, margin requirements on swap transactions of commercial end-users, bona fide hedging exemption, financial entity definition, inter-affiliate swap transactions, physical forward contracts with volumetric optionality);
S. 2437, FY 2015 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to public safety broadband network, NIST smart grid interoperability, cyber security standards and NSF STEM funding);
S. 2438, FY 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to NHTSA Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards);
S. 2534, FY 15 Homeland Security Appropriations, (potential appropriations issues related to industry/government coordination on critical infrastructure cybersecurity and industry partnerships with DHS, including ES-C2M2, Threat Scenario project, ICS-CERT, CRISP and RRAP).
Discussion draft of Hoeven-Manchin Amendment to FY 2015 Senate Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Draft legislation pertaining to the proposed draft rule to revise the definition of Waters of the U.S. in the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Clean Waters Act definition.
S. 2496, Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014
H.R. 5078 Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act

S 1009:  Chemical Safety Improvement Act
Draft legislation related to emissions
Draft legislation related to reforming the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, to establish minimum federal requirements for the disposal of coal combustion residuals;
H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act to require internet publication of basis for determination that species are endangered or threatened; 
S. 1009, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act, for modernization of the Toxic Substances Control Act (PCB issues);
S. 2768, the Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act;
General discussions re: development of Senate counterpart to H.R. 2218 (coal ash legislation);
Discussion draft of Chemicals in Commerce Act, for modernization of the Toxic Substances Control Act (PCB issues);
General advocacy on right-of-way vegetation issues.
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