{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[2318231, "ee2e9f96-a723-4800-8a88-5fe0449e6e40", "Q2", "AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION", 3184, "AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION", 2019, "second_quarter", "UTI", "Discussed how public power and Department of Homeland Security can collaborate on grid security matters.\n\nDiscussed potential cyber vulnerabilities that could arise from the supply chain and the need to ensure equipment used on the electric grid is secure.\n\nDiscussed potential ways to address third-party liability concerns during a grid security emergency.\n\nDiscussed APPAs cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy (DE-OE-0000811), Improving the Cyber Resiliency and Security Posture of Public Power, and how APPA is using funding to work with its members to improve their cyber hygiene. \n\nProvided feedback on and support for H.R. 359, the Enhancing Grid Through Public-Private Partnerships Act, to permanently authorize program assisting small- and medium-sized electric utilities with grid security.\n\nDiscussed the electric utility industry's efforts to protect the grid and its close work with the federal government on cyber and physical security through the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council.\n\nProvided feedback and support for H.R. 2114, the State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act.\n\nDiscussed FERC docket RM 18-09 and the need for state and local regulators to be able to consent to aggregation of DERs on distribution systems in their jurisdictions.  Also discussed the particular burdens the proposed rule would have on small utilities.\n\nDiscussed concerns about rising transmission costs and potential impact of FERC notices of inquiry on incentives and equity returns (Dkt. PL19-3 and PL 19-4).\n\nDiscussed transmission planning policies under Orders No. 890 and No. 1000.\n\nDiscussed RTO governance issues.\n\nDiscussed support for the inclusion of language to improve the hydropower licensing and relicensing reform process in an energy title to an infrastructure bill or as stand-alone legislation.\n\nDiscussed support for language in draft legislation to carve out federal hydropower facilities from the definition of eligible federal facilities that can use energy savings performance contracts. S. 1706/H.R. 3079\n\nDiscussed support for the inclusion of language in an energy title of an infrastructure bill to fund pilot projects on advanced distribution system management technologies.\n\nDiscussed support for the inclusion of language to improve the siting of interstate natural gas pipelines in an energy title of an infrastructure bill.\n\nDiscussed concerns with mandatory capacity markets in the Eastern RTOs and the need to ensure public powers ability to self-supply power in those markets.\n\nDiscussed concerns with any proposed attempts by Congress to federalize rate design and how public power is working with its customers to enable distributed energy resources.\n\nDiscussed S. 1760, the UPDATE PURPA Act.\n\nDiscussed possible PURPA reform at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.\n\nDiscussed utility industry research on the potential impact to grid of an electromagnetic pulse.\n\nProvided feedback on energy storage legislation - S. 1602/H.R. 2986 and S. 1593/H.R. 1743\n\nDiscussed S. 1974, Renewable Electricity Standard Act.", "Bureau of Land Management (BLM),Energy, Dept of,Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,U.S. Forest Service", null, 220000, 0, 0, "2019-07-19T19:20:51.617000-04:00"]], "columns": ["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"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["2318231"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 34.01114803273231, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}