lobbying_activities: 1925428

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	income_amount	expense_amount	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
1925428	8675aa91-3981-475c-98b6-36bc715f6e3e	Q4	AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION	3184	AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION	2016	fourth_quarter	UTI	Discussed issues of importance to public power in S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 (House and Senate versions), including provisions on capacity markets, grid security, grid modernization, distributed generation, energy efficiency, hydropower licensing reform, pipeline permitting, reliability, vegetation management, and geomagnetic disturbances/electromagnetic pulses. Discussed issues surrounding distributed generation and concerns with attempts to federalize what is a state/local jurisdictional issue. Expressed concerns about regional transmission organizations markets, including a proposed energy imbalance market and existing mandatory capacity markets. Encouraged oversight of FERC more generally and how the Federal Power Act is being implemented. Lobbied in support of protecting consumers interests in regional transmission organizations and independent system operator markets. Discussed implications of the expansion of the California ISO in the West for public power utilities. Lobbied on H.R. 1073/S.1846, preserving the directing NERC-FERC model for grid security regulations. Lobbied on S. 3017 -- cybersecurity provision directing DNI and DHS to provide voluntary assistance from the intelligence community to certain critical infrastructure owners/operators. Supported oversight efforts on Federal Power Act.	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE		151068	0	0	2017-01-19T19:58:13-05:00