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:

S 720: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014
S. 723, The Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act of 2015 
S. 858, The Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015 
S. 869, The All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2015
S. 1047, A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of other Federal agencies for the potential to cause an adverse effect on the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with energy efficiency regulations, guidelines, or standards
S. 1068, A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system from cyber security threats  
S. 1219, A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering (Murkowski);
S. 1220, A bill to improve the distribution of energy in the United States (Murkowski);
S. 1221, A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require periodic reports on electricity reliability and reliability impact statements for rules affecting the reliable operation of the bulk-power system (Murkowski);
S. 1222, A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide for reports relating to electric capacity resources of transmission organizations and the amendment of certain tariffs to address the procurement of electric capacity resources, and for other purposes (Murkowski);
S. 1223, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve the loan guarantee program for innovative technologies, and for other purposes (Murkowski);
S. 2620, the Grid Reliability Act of 2014;
S. 1017, A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the siting of interstate electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes 
S. 1264, A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes 
S. 1274, A bill to amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to reauthorize Federal agencies to enter into long-term contracts for the acquisition of energy 
S. 1283, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain programs, to establish a coal technology program, and for other purposes (Manchin);
S. 1285, A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts to provide certain price stabilization support relating to electric generation units that use coal-based generation technology (Heitkamp);
S. 1293, A bill to establish the Department of Energy as the lead agency for coordinating all requirements under Federal law with respect to eligible clean coal and advanced coal technology generating projects, and for other purposes (Heitkamp);
S. 2971, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014. 
S. 848, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015 (McCaskill)
S. 1306, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to use existing funding available to further projects that would improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions (Manchin);
S. 1312, A bill to modernize Federal policies regarding the supply and distribution of energy in the United States, and for other purposes (Murkowski)
HR 2177: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act
HR 1659: Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013
HR 2351: To repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act.
H.R. 5027- Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2014
S. 1029 - to prohibit DOE from prescribing a final rule amending the efficiency standards for natural gas furnaces
S. 869 - The All of The Above Energy Conservation Act 
S. 600 A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program 
Draft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards
H.R.8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015
S. 2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act (regarding EPA proposed GHG emissions rule);
S. 1324, to require EPA to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired EGUs 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:
H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act HR. 1731:  National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act
HR 1560:  Protecting Cyber Networks Act
S. 754  Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 
H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul);
H.R. 1735, the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (provisions regarding electromagnetic pulse);
H.R. 2402, to amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the public disclosure of protected information (Lofgren);
FY 2016 Homeland Security Appropriations (provisions related to SAFETY Act clarification);
S. 456, Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 (Carper); Support lower rates on taxation of dividends.Tax reform.Tax extenders.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). H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, to provide for implementation of minimum federal CCR requirements through a state-based permit program;
H.R. 2576 - TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 - legislation related to reforming the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
S. 697 - Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act - legislation related to reforming the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
ENG - Energy/Nuclear CAW - Clean Air and Water (quality) HOM - Homeland Security TAX - Taxation/Internal Revenue Code ENV - Environment/Superfund
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