Implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act; provisions related to CFTC regulation of derivatives end-users; related FERC issues, & corporate governance; Legislation affecting derivatives end-users, including HR 1610/HR 2682 -Business Risk Mitigation &Price Stabilization Act of 2011 (Grimm), HR 1573 -Protecting Main Street End-Users from Excessive Regulation (Hultgren) & related legislation. Legislative proposals affecting pension plan regulation. Massachusetts and New England infrastructure, including electic transmission projects, the Cape Wind project (MA), and the Deepwater Wind project (RI); New England energy efficiency projects; regional ecomonic development projects in New England; New England severe weather events. Legislation affecting LIHEAP funding; including H.R. 4026 - Energy Assistance for American Families Act (Markey), Energy, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies proposed appropriations legislation, and H. Con. Res. 112 (Ryan budget). Legislation affecting natural gas vehicle incentives, including H.R. 1380 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (Sullivan) and related legislation; all provisions; Legislation affecting tax incentives for electric cars, including S. 298 - Charging America Forward Act (Stabenow) and related legislation; all provisions; Tax incentives for energy efficiency and biogas production. H.R. 12 / S. 1549 - The American Jobs Act of 2011 (Obama Adminstration Proposal); provisions related to natural gas and infrastructure finance.

Legislation related to dividend tax rates, including corporate tax reform proposals, S. 1647 (Crapo), H.R. 3091 (Roskam) and related legislation. Clean Energy Standard (CES) proposal and Renewable Energy Standard (RES) legislation, including S.559 - Securing America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies (Klobuchar), Obama Administration proposal, Bingaman-Murkowski White Paper, and related legislative proposals; provisions related to renewable portfolio standards, transmission planning, siting authority and cost allocation, energy efficiency and industrial efficiency, utilities, and clean energy incentives; legislation related to the allocation of costs of high voltage transmission lines, including S. 400 (Corker); legislation related to energy efficiency, including S. 1000 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 (Shaheen).

Legislation related to alternative-fuel vehicles; including H.R. 1685 - Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011 (Biggert), H.R. 1380 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 (Sullivan); S. 734 / H.R. 1367 - Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2011 (Stabenow/Peters), S. 948 - Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011 (Merkley), and S. 1001 - Alternative Fuel Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2011 (Wyden).

Legislative proposals related to EPA rulemakings under the Clean Air Act; provisions related to air toxics, coal ash, and greenhouse gas regulation, including H.R. 1705 / H.R. 2401 - Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2011 (EPA regulation), S. 482 / H.R. 910 - Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 (Inhofe/Upton), S. 231 - EPA Stationary Source Regulations Suspension Act (Rockefeller), and S. 228 / H.R. 750 - Defending America's Affordable Energy and Jobs Act (Barrasso/Walberg), H.R. 2891 - America's Energy Independence Act (Fincher), S.J. Res 37 (Inhofe), the FERC Staff White Paper, and related legislation.

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including ozone and particulate matter transport, Utility MACT, Cooling Water Intake Structures (316(b)), Coal Ash, and New Source Performance Standards.

Comprehensive energy legislation, including S. 1220 / H.R. 2133 - Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership (FUEL) Act of 2011 (Conrad/Matheson), S. 1510 - Clean Energy Financing Act (Bingaman), S. 1126 - REAL Act of 2011 (Whitehouse), S. 1321 - Practical Energy Plan Act of 2011 (Lugar), S. 2146 - Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (Bingaman), and related legislation. Cybersecurity legislation, including S.21-Cyber Security and American Cyber Competiveness Act (Reid); HR 1136 -Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act (Langevin), House proposed legislation (based on H.R. 5026 - GRID Act from the 111th Congress); S.1342 - Grid Cyber Security Act (Bingaman-Murkowski), HR3523 -Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (Rogers-Roppersberger), HR 3674 -PRECISE Act of 2011 (Lungren-King); S.413 - Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 (Lieberman), S.2151 / HR 4263 - SECURE IT Act (McCain-Bono Mack), S.2105 -Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (Lieberman-Collins), the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force Recommendations, the DOE/DHS Electric Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management Initiative, and related legislation; provisions related to cost recovery and security.

S. 911 - Strengthening Public-safety and Enhancing Communications Through Reform, Utilization, and Modernization Act (SPECTRUM Act); provisions related to emergency communications systems.
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