CLOSE Act

Issues related to climate and the clean electricity performance program S. 2318 Demand Response Management Act of 2021 S. 2370 Zero-Emission Homes Act of 2021 H.R. 3684: INVEST in America Act. The bill would allocate funds for energy-efficient transformers and smart grid investments. It expands the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions authority to site transmission lines. The bill also addresses issues involving wildfire mitigation, cybersecurity, and demand response, carbon capture, direct air capture, hydrogen, and clean energy on former mine lands. (You can use this sentence to replace the sentence: Senate energy bill discussion draft.) Draft Budget Reconciliation Bill: The bill would allocate funds for transmission line investments and the siting of transmission lines. It also allocates funds for Department of Energy loan guarantees to facilitate the financing for innovative technologies to encourage renewable energy and carbon reduction projects. H.R. 2721 - Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2021 S. 1015, Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2021. The bill would require FERC to issue a rule to improve the interregional transmission planning process impact Issues related to the energy provisions of H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act (bipartisan infrastructure bill), including issues involving transmission planning and construction, siting, resilience, wildfire mitigation, cybersecurity, and demand response, carbon capture, direct air capture, hydrogen, and clean energy on former mine lands, Issues relating to the Power Marketing Administrations. Issues related to the CLEAN Future Act discussion draft regarding grid modernization Issues related to the LIFT America discussion draft regarding grid modernization Issues related to amending the Natural Gas Act to establish FERC refund authority Issues related to expanding transmission facilities Issues related to encouraging demand response Issues related to ensuring a disaster-resilient power grid Issues related to electric vehicles (EV), including charging infrastructure, rebate program for EV supply equipment, serving underserved communities, mapping to predict EV demand and electric school busses. S. 508 - A bill to establish a working group on electric vehicles S. 507 - Electric Vehicles for Underserved Communities Act of 2021 S. 506 - Clean School Bus Act of 2021 S. 504 - Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Act of 2021 S. 502 - MAZE in Transit Act S. 494 - Green Bus Tax Credit Act of 2021 Issues related to energy efficiency standards for water heaters Issues related to mitigation and resiliency of the grid due to weather and disasters S.704 - Disaster Safe Power Grid Act of 2021 Issues related to energy transmission and storage Issues related to proposed infrastructure legislation Issues related to electric sector security including reliability, public/private and cross-sector partnerships, information sharing and protections, incident reporting, research and development, cyber resources and education, liability issues, defense critical electric infrastructure, threats, supply chain availability, and security, and security postures. S. 2377, Energy Infrastructure Act H.R. 2931 Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act S. 1400 Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act H.R. 2928/S.2199 Cyber Sense Act H.R. 1374 Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act H.R.3119/H.R.2302 - Energy Emergency Leadership Act H.R. 2928/S.2199 Cyber Sense Act of 2021

Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HOUSE: H.R.2133 : FRESHER Act (Support) H.R.2164 : SHARED Act (Support) H.R.2202 : FRAC Act (Support) H.R.2302 : CLOSE Act (Support) H.R.2415 : Orphaned Well Clean-up and Jobs Act (Support) H.R. 3684 : INVEST in America Act (Support) SENATE: S. 914 : Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (DWWIA 2021)(Support) NOT YET INTRODUCED: NYI : Public Health Air Quality Act (Support)

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R.1492 - Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2021 H.R.1503 - To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments in leasing on Federal lands for oil and gas drilling, and for other purposes H.R.1505 - To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments to the regulation of surface-disturbing activities and to protect taxpayers from unduly bearing the reclamation costs of oil and gas development, and for other purposes H.R.1506 - To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes. H.R.1517 - To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments to the fiscal terms for fossil fuel development and to make other reforms to improve returns to taxpayers for the development of Federal energy resources, and for other purposes H.R.2132 - o require regulation of wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes H.R.2133 - To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes H.R.2202 - To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes H.R.2302 - To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes

Client expense: $131,449 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE