American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including: ozone and particulate matter transport; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS); Cooling Water Intake Structures (316(b)); Coal Ash; New Source Performance Standards under the Clean Air Act (Section 111(b)); Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (Clean Power Plan) under Section 111(b));Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (Clean Power Plan) under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act; and other matters relating to greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions. Legislation related to energy efficiency, including: H.R. 540 - Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (Eshoo), H.R. 4615 - Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014 (King-Perlmutter); H.R. 3301/S. 2823 North American Energy Infrastructure Act (Whitfield/Hoeven)(permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure project); S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Markey); S. 1218 - State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (Warner); S. 1200 - Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013 (Sanders); S. 2165 - American Access to Consumer Energy Information (Udall-Markey); H.R. 2689/S. 1308 Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act; S. 2971 Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 (Shaheen); S. 2262/S. 2074 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 (Shaheen-Portman), which contains: S. 1199 - All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 (Hoeven-Manchin); S. 1205 - Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013 (Franken); S. 1206, bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings (Franken); Better Buildings Act of 2013 (Bennet-Collins); S. 1261 Energy Efficiency Technology Act (Udall-Risch); and S. 1106 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2013 (Bennett-Isakson); H.R. 1616 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (McKinley-Welch); H.RES.737/S.RES.562 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives/Senate that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support the Federal Government in reducing its energy consumption without increasing spending while simultaneously supporting United States based jobs and economic development (Gardner/Coons); H.R. 5072/S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Welch/Markey) to establish federal RES and EERS; and H.R. 5301/S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Welch/Markey) to establish federal RES and EERS; and S. 2901 - 10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2014 (Sanders). Legislation related to climate change, a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program, including; S. 7 - Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act (Reid); S. 17 - Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 (Vitter); S. 332 - Climate Protection Act of 2013 (Sanders); H.R. 4012 Secret Science Reform Act (Schweikert), regarding EPA regulations; H.R. 4795 Promoting New Manufacturing Act (Scalise), regarding EPA NAAQS permits; S. 1202/H.R. 5065 - Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment (SAFE) Act (Whitehouse/Cartwright); S. 1905/H.R. 3826 Electricity Security and Affordability Act (Manchin/Whitfield), regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations; H.R. 5271 Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 (Van Hollen), to provide for a cap and dividend program for GHG rules; S. J. Res. 30 Resolution of disapproval regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations (McConnell); and related legislation. H.R. 3080/S. 601 - The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (Shuster/Boxer), provisions related to the Army Corp of Engineers. Federal policy regarding transmission siting, permitting, management issues, and associated return on equity. Federal policy regarding upstream gas production and downstream gas distribution infrastructure issues, including methane emissions.

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards for new power plants guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA New Source Performance Standards for existing power plants and guidelines for existing plants. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Power Plan. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235). H.Res. 766, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 647) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5771, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. H.R. 5283, Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to the health impacts of air pollution including the following legislation: H.R.275 End Radon in Schools; H.R.367 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; H.R. 1154 BREATHE Act; H.R. 1220 Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2013; S.15 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; S.332 Climate Protection Act of 2013;H.R.271 Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R.1582 Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013; H.R.2127 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.; H.R.2023 Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act; H.J.RES.64 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units"; H.R.3341 VALUE Act of 2013; S.1401 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act; S.1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 4012 the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R.3826 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.1905 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.1988 A bill to allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances; H.R.3702 Refinery Regulatory Reduction Act of 2013; S.J.Res.30 A joint resolution to disapprove a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units; H.R.4795 Promoting New Manufacturing Act; H.R.4808 Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act; H.R.4813 Protection and Accountability Regulatory Act of 2014; H.R.4850 Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014; S.2514 ORDEAL Act of 2014; H.R.4956 American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014; H.R.4957 To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to exceptional event demonstrations, and for other purposes; S.1514 Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.4947 - ORDEAL Act of 2014; H.R.5505 - Clean Air, Strong Economies Act; S.2833 - CASE Act; H.R 5665 Clear the Air with Congress Act of 2014 S.1905 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.2414 Coal Country Protection Act; S.2526 Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014; H.R. 2 American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; HR.4 - Jobs for America Act; H.R.5171 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; H.R.4923 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; S 2438 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; H.J.Res.130 - FY2015 Continuing Resolution, (through December 13, 2014); H.J.Res.131 - Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes (until December 17, 2014); H.R.83 - FY2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Issues related to air pollution and health; Issues related to air pollution from vehicles and fuels; Issues related to air pollution from power plants and other stationary sources; Issues related to home heating oil; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 2, the "American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act"; H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act; H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 367, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 580, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act; H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1211, the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014; H.R. 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 1465, the "Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act "; H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013; H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumer Relief Act; H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1900, the "Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act"; H.R. 2122, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013" (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2542, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013; H.R. 2576, To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes.; H.R. 2641, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 2804, the "All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act" (ALERT Act); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3760, the Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 3985, the Expand Act; H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4092, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act; H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act; H.R. 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act; H.R. 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act; H.R. 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4419, the "Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act"; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 4801, directs the Department of Energy to report on using thermal insulation to save energy and water with water heating devices; H.R. 4874, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations That are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act); H.R. 5072, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act," to establish federal RES and EERs; H.R. 5205, the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 5335, the "Marine and Hydrokinectic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014"; S. 15, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 157, the Denali National Park Improvement Act; S. 192, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 306, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; S. 362, the Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013; S. 363, the Geothermal Production Expansion Act; S. 545, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 714, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act"; S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 763, the The Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act; S. 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1029, the Regulatory Accountability Act; S. 1030, the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1397, the Federal Permitting Improvement Act; S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 1767, the Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act of 2013; S. 1768, the Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2084, the Community Protection Act; S. 2112, the Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2161, the EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2189, the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act; S. 2198, the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2287, the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act; S. 2288, the Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act; S. 2379, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2440, the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014; S. 2479, the "Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act"; S. 2480, the Nevada Native Nations Land Act; S. 2494, The Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014; S. 2613, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; S. 2620, the Grid Reliability Act of 2014; S. 2727, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2776, A bill to establish a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Acceleration Fund to promote the establishment of not fewer than 10 commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration units in the United States during the next 10 years, and for other purposes.; S. 2823, the "North American Infrastructure Act"; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; S. 2971, the "Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014"; Advocacy related to natural gas supply and related issues; Advocacy related to transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Advocacy related to public/tribal lands renewables project siting, leasing, permitting, and management issues generally; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Clean energy standard and renewable energy standard legislation generally; H.R. 271, the "Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013"; Legislation to extend and expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (H.R. 835 and H.R 3860); The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013" (H.R. 1616 and S. 2262); H.R. 2126 and S. 2971 "The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014"."Executive proposal to reinstate the nuclear D&D fund"; S. 1240, a bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, site facilities, ensure funding and other purposes; S. 1199, "the All-Of-The-Above Federal Buidling Energy Conservation Act of 2013"; H.R. 3301 the "North American Energy Infrastructure Act" (primarily for cross border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 6, the "Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act" to provide for expedited exportation of natural gas; H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; S. 1595, the "Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013"; S. 1627, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act" (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard, RES), H.R. 3654, the "Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013". "Energy legislation and environmental legislation, including regulation of coal combustion by-products; effect of administration rules and policy on electric reliability".

Client expense: $689,615 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings; S 2074: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S 1218: Race to the Top; HR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; 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. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014; H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act; S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; S. 2620, the Grid Reliability Act of 2014; S. 2971, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014.; H.R. 5771, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions; H.R. 5027- Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2014.

Client expense: $281,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Preserving Access to Primary Care Services: Address the shortage of primary care physicians; designate primary care as a shortage profession; provide scholarships and loan forgiveness in exchange for primary care service commitments to practice in critical shortage areas; provide grants for medical school mentorship programs and primary care training in community health centers; increase Title VII funding for primary care health programs; increase funding for the National Health Service Corps,provide regulatory relief for primary care physicians; H.R. 7192/S. 1174, the Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act (111th Congress). Support Implementation and Improvement of the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152) by: Expanding coverage and improving Medicare benefits; Providing needed protections to guard against insurance practices that unfairly limit, deny or rescind coverage based on health status; public and private health insurers should encourage preventive health care by providing full coverage, with no cost-sharing, for preventive services recommended by an expert advisory group, such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; Ensuring access to primary care physicians; and beginning to bend the cost curve; Prohibiting insurers from excluding or charging excessive rates to children based on pre-existing conditions, which later will be expanded to all persons; Covering young adults on their parents' plans; Eliminating lifetime and annual limits on health insurance coverage; Requiring that health insurers spend more on patient care and less on administration; support enactment of S. 248, the Empowering States to Innovate Act, which amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to: (1) allow states to apply for waivers of certain health insurance coverage requirements in such Act (including requirements for the establishment of qualified health plans and health insurance exchanges) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 (currently, January 1, 2017), and (2) require the waiver application process to begin not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act; Phasing out the Medicare Part D doughnut hole; Eliminating patient cost-sharing for preventive services offered by Medicare or private insurers; Increasing Medicare and Medicaid payments to primary care physicians; Establishing a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to help physicians and patients make care decisions based on the best available evidence; Creating a new Center on Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to fund pilots of delivery models to improve outcomes and reduce costs, including patient-centered medical homes; Training more primary care physicians through the National Health Service Corps, Title VII health professions funding, and redistributing unused graduate medical education positions to primary care specialties facing shortages; Beginning in 2014, ensuring that nearly all Americans have access to coverage either through subsidized private health insurance offered by state health exchanges or through Medicaid, if they don't already have access to coverage through an employer, Medicare, or another public program. Medicare Physician Payment Reform: Increase Medicare Fee Schedule payments to make primary care competitive in the market with other physician career and specialty choices; create a fast track authority to develop and implement new physician payment models that better align payment with effective, efficient, patient-centered care such as the Patient Centered Medical Home; provide a voluntary shared savings program, Accountable Care Organizations, that promotes accountability for services delivered to a defined Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patient population with the goals of increasing the quality and efficiency of services delivered; provide separate Medicare payment for specific care coordination services provided principally by primary care physicians; revise Medicare budget neutrality rules to recognize the value of primary care in reducing Medicare baseline spending; increase the accuracy of physician work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule; improve the accuracy of practice expense RVUs under the Medicare Fee Schedule; increase Medicare bonus payments for primary care services provided in designated shortage areas; provide stable, positive, predictable updates under Medicares reimbursement formula; and replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a long term solution that provides for stable, predictable updates for physicians (H.R. 3961). Urged Congress to enact legislation that would provide stable payments for all physician specialties for at least five years while providing higher updates for undervalued evaluation and management services, require that different payment models (including Patient-Centered Medical Homes) be pilot-tested on a voluntary basis during the five year period of stable payments, and designate a specific transition period for broad adoption of the new models that have been shown to be the most effective based on the pilots. Urged enactment of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act (H.R. 574), as introduced in Feb. 2013 by Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck (R-NV). This legislation would eliminate the SGR once and for all and transition to better payment and delivery systems that are aligned with value. Specifically, H.R. 574 would repeal the SGR formula, provide more than 5 years of stable physician payments, with positive increases for all physician services, and higher payments for primary care, preventive and care coordination services, and establishes a process for practices to transition to new, more effective, models of care by 2018.Advocated for the Patient-Centered Medical Home model should be scaled up for broad Medicare adoption, recognized, through the medical neighborhood concept, that specialty and subspecialty practices, hospitals, and other healthcare professionals and entities that provide treatment to the patient need to be recognized and provided with incentivesboth non-financial and financialfor engaging in patient-centered practices that complement and support the efforts of the PCMH to provide high quality, efficient, coordinated care; advocated for ACPs High Value, Cost-Conscious Care Initiative, which includes clinical, public policy, and educational components, designed to help physicians and patients understand the benefits, harms, and costs of an intervention and whether it provides good value, as well as to slow the unsustainable rate of health care cost increases while preserving high-value, high-quality care. Advocated for halting the nearly 25 percent cut in physician payments resulting from the flawed SGR formula, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2014; Advocated for H.R. 2810, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013, which would repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system; Advocated for H.R. 4015/S.2000, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, legislation introduced on Feb. 6, 2014 to repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system. Medical Education: Provide incentives to medical schools, community health centers, or hospitals, to increase the numbers of physicians choosing primary care; authorize HHS to selectively eliminate Graduate Medical Education (GME) caps for residency programs in primary care, advocated for S. 1627, which would increase the number of Medicare-supported training positions for medical residents by 15 percent (approximately 15,000 slots) over five years, requiring at least 50 percent of the new positions to be allocated to specialties facing a current shortage; Advocated to protect Medicare beneficiary access to health care services by preserving existing Medicare financing for Graduate Medical Education (GME). FY2015 Appropriations: Advocated for the highest level of funding possible for the Labor-HHS-Education bill within the discretionary cap established by the Budget Control Act (BCA); Supported funding to "improve health care quality, enhance consumer choice, advance patient safety, improve efficiency, reduce medical errors, and broaden access to essential services; Advocated for funding for AHRQ, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Title VII, Section 747, Primary Care Training and Enhancement; National Health Service Corps, Community Health Centers Fund, National Health Care Workforce Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Operations and Management of Exchanges; Expressed concern to House and Senate leadership over the expiration, at the end of FY2015, of dedicated funding for Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps, and Teaching Health Centers. Public Health Programs and Funding: Increase funding to accomplish the core missions and activities of the major federal public health agencies, including: biomedical and behavioral research, disease prevention and health promotion, access to safety net health care services, health professions education, mental health and substance abuse, health services research, health care for American Indians and Alaska natives, food and drug safety. Advocated to federal health agencies that wellness programs must not be used as a means to discriminate against the sick and vulnerable. Wellness programs must be developed to encourage prevention and improve health rather than penalize those who are medically unable to meet wellness program goals; Advocated that employers and health plans should fund programs proven to be effective in reducing obesity, stopping smoking, deterring alcohol abuse, and promoting wellness and providing coverage or subsidies for individuals to participate in such programs. Improving Access to Primary Care in the Context of Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Legislation (H.R. 3962/H.R. 3590/H.R. 4872): Ensure that all Americans will have access to affordable coverage. Provide sliding scale subsidies based on income to buy coverage from qualified plans; Qualified plans should: provide evidence-based benefits, including preventive services; and be prohibited from excluding persons with pre-existing conditions, charging them more, cherry-picking enrollees, or cancelling or failing to renew coverage; Expand Medicaid to cover all persons below the Federal Poverty Level and ensure fair payments to participating physicians; As coverage becomes affordable, all persons should participate and coverage should be guaranteed; Responsibility for financing should be shared by individuals, employers and government. Regarding the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 16, 2011, the College advocated for striking a balance between comprehensiveness and affordability while giving States some freedom to determine a package that best serve the needs of residents. The College believes that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within and across categories.State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Advocated to repeal the mandate that requires a prescription for over-the-counter medications purchased through a Health Savings Account. Advocated for legislation that would provide coverage under Medicare for voluntary consultations between doctors and patients to discuss advance care plans, as included in H.R. 1173, the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013; advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Medicare Advantage Participants Bill of Rights, H.R. 4998 and S. 2552, that would prevent Medicare Advantage plans from terminating physicians from Medicare Advantage plan networks without sufficient notice or cause. Essential Health Benefits: Commented on the proposed rule regarding essential benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation as issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on November 20, 2012; Advocated that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within categories. State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Pilot test new Medicare payment models that re-align incentives to support effective, efficient, patient-centered, coordinated care. Priority should be given to models designed to support the value of services provided by primary care physicians as well as to models that would create incentives, across physician specialties and sites of services, to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of care provided. Policy criteria for selecting the most promising models for pilot testing should be developed, in consultation with outside experts; The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), which has shown great promise in meeting the policy objectives suggested above, should be among the models selected for broader testing on a national pilot basis; the establishing of a new CMS Innovation Center to pilot-test new payment models, such as the medical home; the use of the medical home model for treatment or services under private health plans, the requirement of health plans to provide incentives to promote and report on medical home services provided, the establishment of community health teams and a primary care extension program to educate and support primary care practices in the delivery of medical home services, and the establishment of a demonstration project to educate physicians and other clinicians in training in the competencies required to deliver care consistent with the medical home care model. National workforce policy to ensure sufficient numbers of primary care and other physicians: Urged support for a national workforce commission to recommend national goals relating to the numbers and distribution of physicians and other health care professionals, including increasing the supply of primary care physicians; Fully fund the commission at levels authorized in the Affordable Care Act; Increase the number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education positions available each year in adult primary care specialties; Provide new loan repayment and medical school scholarship programs in exchange for primary care service in critical shortage health facilities, or in critical shortage areas of the country; Increase funding for scholarships and loan repayment programs under Title VII as well as increase funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC); Provide new practice-entry bonus for scholarship or loan repayment award recipients who remain in underserved communities after completion of service obligation. Reform the medical liability system and the enormous costs associated with frivolous lawsuits and defensive medicine: Impose caps on non-economic damages; and test and fund new models--like health courts, which would have cases heard by an expert panel rather than by a lay jury; Advocated for the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act (H.R. 4106), which establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. Workforce: Advocated for H.R. 1201, The Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act, S. 577, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, H.R. 487, the Primary Care Workforce Access and Improvement Act of 2013, and legislation to permanently reauthorize the Conrad State 30 J-1 visa waiver program through S. 616, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act.Medicaid Pay Parity: Advocated for extending for at least two more years, beyond 2014, the Medicaid primary care payment increase, as enacted under the Affordable Care Act, which has only recently been implemented in a majority of states, and (2) including physicians practicing obstetrics and gynecology as qualified specialties, subject to the current eligibility requirement that at least 60 percent of their Medicaid billings are the primary care services as defined by the authorizing legislation, for the purposes of qualifying for the Medicaid primary care increases; Advocated for at least a two-year extension of the Medicaid payment parity provision beyond its 2014 expiration date, namely through the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act. Tobacco Regulation: Expressed strong opposition to House appropriators to any amendment that would exempt any type of cigar from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, P.L. 111-31, or would impede the rulemaking process the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has initiated to determine the appropriate level of oversight for tobacco products not currently regulated by the agency; the FDA should retain the authority to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, and should be permitted to use a science-based process for determining those regulations; Advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014, which gives the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the authority to require the use of child-proof packaging on liquid nicotine containers sold to consumers. Advance Care Planning: Urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt the American Medical Associations new Current Procedural Terminology Codes for advance care planning.

Client expense: $225,016 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), President of the U.S., SENATE

Preserving Access to Primary Care Services: Address the shortage of primary care physicians; designate primary care as a shortage profession; provide scholarships and loan forgiveness in exchange for primary care service commitments to practice in critical shortage areas; provide grants for medical school mentorship programs and primary care training in community health centers; increase Title VII funding for primary care health programs; increase funding for the National Health Service Corps,provide regulatory relief for primary care physicians; H.R. 7192/S. 1174, the Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act (111th Congress). Support Implementation and Improvement of the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152) by: Expanding coverage and improving Medicare benefits; Providing needed protections to guard against insurance practices that unfairly limit, deny or rescind coverage based on health status; public and private health insurers should encourage preventive health care by providing full coverage, with no cost-sharing, for preventive services recommended by an expert advisory group, such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; Ensuring access to primary care physicians; and beginning to bend the cost curve; Prohibiting insurers from excluding or charging excessive rates to children based on pre-existing conditions, which later will be expanded to all persons; Covering young adults on their parents' plans; Eliminating lifetime and annual limits on health insurance coverage; Requiring that health insurers spend more on patient care and less on administration; support enactment of S. 248, the Empowering States to Innovate Act, which amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to: (1) allow states to apply for waivers of certain health insurance coverage requirements in such Act (including requirements for the establishment of qualified health plans and health insurance exchanges) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 (currently, January 1, 2017), and (2) require the waiver application process to begin not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act; Phasing out the Medicare Part D doughnut hole; Eliminating patient cost-sharing for preventive services offered by Medicare or private insurers; Increasing Medicare and Medicaid payments to primary care physicians; Establishing a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to help physicians and patients make care decisions based on the best available evidence; Creating a new Center on Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to fund pilots of delivery models to improve outcomes and reduce costs, including patient-centered medical homes; Training more primary care physicians through the National Health Service Corps, Title VII health professions funding, and redistributing unused graduate medical education positions to primary care specialties facing shortages; Beginning in 2014, ensuring that nearly all Americans have access to coverage either through subsidized private health insurance offered by state health exchanges or through Medicaid, if they don't already have access to coverage through an employer, Medicare, or another public program. Medicare Physician Payment Reform: Increase Medicare Fee Schedule payments to make primary care competitive in the market with other physician career and specialty choices; create a fast track authority to develop and implement new physician payment models that better align payment with effective, efficient, patient-centered care such as the Patient Centered Medical Home; provide a voluntary shared savings program, Accountable Care Organizations, that promotes accountability for services delivered to a defined Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patient population with the goals of increasing the quality and efficiency of services delivered; provide separate Medicare payment for specific care coordination services provided principally by primary care physicians; revise Medicare budget neutrality rules to recognize the value of primary care in reducing Medicare baseline spending; increase the accuracy of physician work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule; improve the accuracy of practice expense RVUs under the Medicare Fee Schedule; increase Medicare bonus payments for primary care services provided in designated shortage areas; provide stable, positive, predictable updates under Medicares reimbursement formula; and replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a long term solution that provides for stable, predictable updates for physicians (H.R. 3961). Urged Congress to enact legislation that would provide stable payments for all physician specialties for at least five years while providing higher updates for undervalued evaluation and management services, require that different payment models (including Patient-Centered Medical Homes) be pilot-tested on a voluntary basis during the five year period of stable payments, and designate a specific transition period for broad adoption of the new models that have been shown to be the most effective based on the pilots. Urged enactment of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act (H.R. 574), as introduced in Feb. 2013 by Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck (R-NV). This legislation would eliminate the SGR once and for all and transition to better payment and delivery systems that are aligned with value. Specifically, H.R. 574 would repeal the SGR formula, provide more than 5 years of stable physician payments, with positive increases for all physician services, and higher payments for primary care, preventive and care coordination services, and establishes a process for practices to transition to new, more effective, models of care by 2018.Advocated for the Patient-Centered Medical Home model should be scaled up for broad Medicare adoption, recognized, through the medical neighborhood concept, that specialty and subspecialty practices, hospitals, and other healthcare professionals and entities that provide treatment to the patient need to be recognized and provided with incentivesboth non-financial and financialfor engaging in patient-centered practices that complement and support the efforts of the PCMH to provide high quality, efficient, coordinated care; advocated for ACPs High Value, Cost-Conscious Care Initiative, which includes clinical, public policy, and educational components, designed to help physicians and patients understand the benefits, harms, and costs of an intervention and whether it provides good value, as well as to slow the unsustainable rate of health care cost increases while preserving high-value, high-quality care. Advocated for halting the nearly 25 percent cut in physician payments resulting from the flawed SGR formula, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2014; Advocated for H.R. 2810, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013, which would repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system; Advocated for H.R. 4015/S.2000, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, legislation introduced on Feb. 6, 2014 to repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system. Medical Education: Provide incentives to medical schools, community health centers, or hospitals, to increase the numbers of physicians choosing primary care; authorize HHS to selectively eliminate Graduate Medical Education (GME) caps for residency programs in primary care, advocated for S. 1627, which would increase the number of Medicare-supported training positions for medical residents by 15 percent (approximately 15,000 slots) over five years, requiring at least 50 percent of the new positions to be allocated to specialties facing a current shortage; Advocated to protect Medicare beneficiary access to health care services by preserving existing Medicare financing for Graduate Medical Education (GME). FY2015 Appropriations: Advocated for the highest level of funding possible for the Labor-HHS-Education bill within the discretionary cap established by the Budget Control Act (BCA); Supported funding to "improve health care quality, enhance consumer choice, advance patient safety, improve efficiency, reduce medical errors, and broaden access to essential services; Advocated for funding for AHRQ, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Title VII, Section 747, Primary Care Training and Enhancement; National Health Service Corps, Community Health Centers Fund, National Health Care Workforce Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Operations and Management of Exchanges; Expressed concern to House and Senate leadership over the expiration, at the end of FY2015, of dedicated funding for Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps, and Teaching Health Centers. Public Health Programs and Funding: Increase funding to accomplish the core missions and activities of the major federal public health agencies, including: biomedical and behavioral research, disease prevention and health promotion, access to safety net health care services, health professions education, mental health and substance abuse, health services research, health care for American Indians and Alaska natives, food and drug safety. Advocated to federal health agencies that wellness programs must not be used as a means to discriminate against the sick and vulnerable. Wellness programs must be developed to encourage prevention and improve health rather than penalize those who are medically unable to meet wellness program goals; Advocated that employers and health plans should fund programs proven to be effective in reducing obesity, stopping smoking, deterring alcohol abuse, and promoting wellness and providing coverage or subsidies for individuals to participate in such programs. Improving Access to Primary Care in the Context of Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Legislation (H.R. 3962/H.R. 3590/H.R. 4872): Ensure that all Americans will have access to affordable coverage. Provide sliding scale subsidies based on income to buy coverage from qualified plans; Qualified plans should: provide evidence-based benefits, including preventive services; and be prohibited from excluding persons with pre-existing conditions, charging them more, cherry-picking enrollees, or cancelling or failing to renew coverage; Expand Medicaid to cover all persons below the Federal Poverty Level and ensure fair payments to participating physicians; As coverage becomes affordable, all persons should participate and coverage should be guaranteed; Responsibility for financing should be shared by individuals, employers and government. Regarding the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 16, 2011, the College advocated for striking a balance between comprehensiveness and affordability while giving States some freedom to determine a package that best serve the needs of residents. The College believes that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within and across categories.State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Advocated to repeal the mandate that requires a prescription for over-the-counter medications purchased through a Health Savings Account. Advocated for legislation that would provide coverage under Medicare for voluntary consultations between doctors and patients to discuss advance care plans, as included in H.R. 1173, the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013; advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Medicare Advantage Participants Bill of Rights, H.R. 4998 and S. 2552, that would prevent Medicare Advantage plans from terminating physicians from Medicare Advantage plan networks without sufficient notice or cause. Essential Health Benefits: Commented on the proposed rule regarding essential benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation as issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on November 20, 2012; Advocated that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within categories. State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Pilot test new Medicare payment models that re-align incentives to support effective, efficient, patient-centered, coordinated care. Priority should be given to models designed to support the value of services provided by primary care physicians as well as to models that would create incentives, across physician specialties and sites of services, to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of care provided. Policy criteria for selecting the most promising models for pilot testing should be developed, in consultation with outside experts; The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), which has shown great promise in meeting the policy objectives suggested above, should be among the models selected for broader testing on a national pilot basis; the establishing of a new CMS Innovation Center to pilot-test new payment models, such as the medical home; the use of the medical home model for treatment or services under private health plans, the requirement of health plans to provide incentives to promote and report on medical home services provided, the establishment of community health teams and a primary care extension program to educate and support primary care practices in the delivery of medical home services, and the establishment of a demonstration project to educate physicians and other clinicians in training in the competencies required to deliver care consistent with the medical home care model. National workforce policy to ensure sufficient numbers of primary care and other physicians: Urged support for a national workforce commission to recommend national goals relating to the numbers and distribution of physicians and other health care professionals, including increasing the supply of primary care physicians; Fully fund the commission at levels authorized in the Affordable Care Act; Increase the number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education positions available each year in adult primary care specialties; Provide new loan repayment and medical school scholarship programs in exchange for primary care service in critical shortage health facilities, or in critical shortage areas of the country; Increase funding for scholarships and loan repayment programs under Title VII as well as increase funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC); Provide new practice-entry bonus for scholarship or loan repayment award recipients who remain in underserved communities after completion of service obligation. Reform the medical liability system and the enormous costs associated with frivolous lawsuits and defensive medicine: Impose caps on non-economic damages; and test and fund new models--like health courts, which would have cases heard by an expert panel rather than by a lay jury; Advocated for the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act (H.R. 4106), which establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. Workforce: Advocated for H.R. 1201, The Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act, S. 577, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, H.R. 487, the Primary Care Workforce Access and Improvement Act of 2013, and legislation to permanently reauthorize the Conrad State 30 J-1 visa waiver program through S. 616, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act.Medicaid Pay Parity: Advocated for extending for at least two more years, beyond 2014, the Medicaid primary care payment increase, as enacted under the Affordable Care Act, which has only recently been implemented in a majority of states, and (2) including physicians practicing obstetrics and gynecology as qualified specialties, subject to the current eligibility requirement that at least 60 percent of their Medicaid billings are the primary care services as defined by the authorizing legislation, for the purposes of qualifying for the Medicaid primary care increases; Advocated for at least a two-year extension of the Medicaid payment parity provision beyond its 2014 expiration date, namely through the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act. Tobacco Regulation: Expressed strong opposition to House appropriators to any amendment that would exempt any type of cigar from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, P.L. 111-31, or would impede the rulemaking process the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has initiated to determine the appropriate level of oversight for tobacco products not currently regulated by the agency; the FDA should retain the authority to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, and should be permitted to use a science-based process for determining those regulations; Advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014, which gives the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the authority to require the use of child-proof packaging on liquid nicotine containers sold to consumers. Advance Care Planning: Urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt the American Medical Associations new Current Procedural Terminology Codes for advance care planning.

Client expense: $101,504 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), President of the U.S., SENATE

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including: ozone and particulate matter transport; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS); Cooling Water Intake Structures (316(b)); Coal Ash; New Source Performance Standards under the Clean Air Act (Section 111(b)); Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (Clean Power Plan) under Section111(b)); Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (Clean Power Plan) under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act; and other matters relating to greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions. Legislation related to energy efficiency, including H.R. 540 - Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (Eshoo), H.R. 4615 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014 (King-Perlmutter); H.R. 3301/S. 2823 North American Energy Infrastructure Act (Whitfield/Hoeven)(permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure project); S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Markey); S. 1218 - State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (Warner); S. 1200 Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013 (Sanders); S. 2165 American Access to Consumer Energy Information (Udall-Markey); H.R. 2689/S. 1308 Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act; S. 2262/S. 2074 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 (Shaheen-Portman) which contains: S. 1199 All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 (Hoeven-Manchin); S. 1205- Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013 (Franken); S. 1206 bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; Better Buildings Act of 2013 (Bennet-Collins); S. 1261 Energy Efficiency Technology Act (Udall-Risch); and S. 1106 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2013 (Bennett-Isakson); H.R. 1616 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (McKinley-Welch); H.RES.737/S.RES.562 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives/Senate that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support the Federal Government in reducing its energy consumption without increasing spending while simultaneously supporting United States based jobs and economic development (Gardner/Coons); H.R. 5072/S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Welch/Markey) to establish federal RES and EERS; and H.R. 5301/S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Welch/Markey) to establish federal RES and EERS. Legislation related to climate change, a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program, including S. 7 Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act (Reid); S. 17 Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 (Vitter), S. 332 - Climate Protection Act of 2013 (Sanders), S. 1202/H.R. 5065 Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment (SAFE) Act (Whitehouse/Cartwright), S. 1905/H.R. 3826 Electricity Security and Affordability Act (Manchin/Whitfield) regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations, H.R. 5271 Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 to provide for a cap and dividend program for GHG rules (Van Hollen), S. J. Res. 30 Resolution of disapproval regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations (McConnell), and related legislation. H.R. 3080/S. 601 The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (Shuster), provisions related to the Army Corp of Engineers. Federal policy regarding transmission siting, permitting, management issues, and associated return on equity. Federal policy regarding upstream gas production and downstream gas distribution infrastructure issues.

Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor legislative issues related to energy policy, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and the production tax credit. Monitor Administrative action on Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Monitor legislative issues and action regarding Master Limited Partnership (MLP) expansion. Monitor legislative and administrative action related to EPA Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Solid Waste Incineration Units. Monitor passage and implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). Monitor passage and implementation of FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill (P.L. 113-76). H.R. 1364, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2013. H.R. 1380, Access to Congressional Mandated Reports Act. H.R. 1486, No Carbon Tax Act of 2013. H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013. H.R. 1686, Trash Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2081, No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013. S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2015-2023. H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2226, Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013. H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013. H.R. 2318, Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013. H.R. 2539, Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013. H.R. 2891, Medical Waste Management Act of 2013. H.R. 2987, PTC Certainty and Phaseout Act of 2013. H.R. 3017, Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013. H.R. 3140, Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013. H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act. S. 332, Climate Protection Act of 2013. S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013. S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. S. 1899, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes. E.O. 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. H.R. 5171, House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2015. Draft, House tax reform package. Draft, Senate tax reform package.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to the health impacts of air pollution including the following legislation: H.R.275 End Radon in Schools; H.R.367 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; H.R. 1154 BREATHE Act; H.R. 1220 Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2013; S.15 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; S.332 Climate Protection Act of 2013;H.R.271 Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R.1582 Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013; H.R.2127 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.; H.R.2023 Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act; H.J.RES.64 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units"; H.R.3341 VALUE Act of 2013; S.1401 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act; S.1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 4012 the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R.3826 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.1905 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.1988 A bill to allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances; H.R.3702 Refinery Regulatory Reduction Act of 2013; S.J.Res.30 A joint resolution to disapprove a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units; H.R.4795 Promoting New Manufacturing Act; H.R.4808 Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act; H.R.4813 Protection and Accountability Regulatory Act of 2014; H.R.4850 Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014; S.2514 ORDEAL Act of 2014; H.R.4956 American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014; H.R.4957 To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to exceptional event demonstrations, and for other purposes; S.1514 Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013; H.R.4947 - ORDEAL Act of 2014; H.R.5505 - Clean Air, Strong Economies Act; S.2833 - CASE Act; H.R 5665 Clear the Air with Congress Act of 2014 S.1905 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.2414 Coal Country Protection Act; S.2526 Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014; H.R. 2 American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; HR.4 - Jobs for America Act; H.J. Res 124 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015; H.R.5171 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; H.R.4923 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; S 2438 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; Issues related to air pollution and health; Issues related to air pollution from vehicles and fuels; Issues related to air pollution from power plants and other stationary sources; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including: ozone and particulate matter transport; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS); Cooling Water Intake Structures (316(b)); Coal Ash; New Source Performance Standards under the Clean Air Act (Section 111(b)); Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (Clean Power Plan) under Section111(b)); Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants (Clean Power Plan) under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act; and other matters relating to greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions. Legislation related to energy efficiency, including H.R. 540 - Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (Eshoo), H.R. 4615 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014 (King-Perlmutter); H.R. 3301/S. 2823 North American Energy Infrastructure Act (Whitfield/Hoeven)(permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure project); S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Markey); S. 1218 - State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (Warner); S. 1200 Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013 (Sanders); S. 2165 American Access to Consumer Energy Information (Udall-Markey); H.R. 2689/S. 1308 Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act; S. 2262/S. 2074 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 (Shaheen-Portman) which contains: S. 1199 All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 (Hoeven-Manchin); S. 1205- Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013 (Franken); S. 1206 bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; Better Buildings Act of 2013 (Bennet-Collins); S. 1261 Energy Efficiency Technology Act (Udall-Risch); and S. 1106 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2013 (Bennett-Isakson); H.R. 1616 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (McKinley-Welch); H.RES.737/S.RES.562 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives/Senate that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support the Federal Government in reducing its energy consumption without increasing spending while simultaneously supporting United States based jobs and economic development (Gardner/Coons); H.R. 5072/S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Welch/Markey) to establish federal RES and EERS; and H.R. 5301/S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Welch/Markey) to establish federal RES and EERS. Legislation related to climate change, a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program, including S. 7 Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act (Reid); S. 17 Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 (Vitter), S. 332 - Climate Protection Act of 2013 (Sanders), S. 1202/H.R. 5065 Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment (SAFE) Act (Whitehouse/Cartwright), S. 1905/H.R. 3826 Electricity Security and Affordability Act (Manchin/Whitfield) regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations, H.R. 5271 Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 to provide for a cap and dividend program for GHG rules (Van Hollen), S. J. Res. 30 Resolution of disapproval regarding EPA greenhouse gas regulations (McConnell), and related legislation. H.R. 3080/S. 601 The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (Shuster), provisions related to the Army Corp of Engineers. Federal policy regarding transmission siting, permitting, management issues, and associated return on equity. Federal policy regarding upstream gas production and downstream gas distribution infrastructure issues.

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE

Continue to oppose waiver request to the EPA to raise the permissible ethanol content in gasoline from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15), until there are conclusive scientific findings that it does not harm vehicles of any age. Monitored HR 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act Monitored HR 550, the Phantom Fuel Reform Act Supported HR 875, requiring a comprehensive assessment of scientific/technical research implication of use of mid-level ethanol blends Monitored HR 1415, the Innovative Technologies Investment Incentive Act Monitored HR 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act Monitored HR 1461, to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard Supported HR 1462, to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard and to prohibit introduction of E15 gasoline to the marketplace Monitored HR 1524, requiring 85% domestic content in green tech purchased by federal agencies or with federal funds and in property eligible for the renewable energy production or investment tax credits Monitored HR 1569, to amend the Internal Revenue Service code to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate tax rate Monitored HR 1582, to prohibit the EPA Administrator from promulgating finals energy-related rules that cost over $1 billion and will cause adverse effects on the economy Monitored HR 2162, the Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act Monitored HR 2267, the American Fuel Protection Act Monitored HR 2445, the CAFE Standards Repeal Act Monitored HR 2493, the Open Fuel Standard Act Monitored HR 2502, the Renewable Energy Parity Act Monitored HR 3727, the Keep the EPA Honest Act Monitored HR 3758, the Second Generation Biofuel Extension Act Supported HR 4013, the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act Monitored S 107, to prohibit regulation of carbon dioxide emissions until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions Monitored S 318, the Environmental Protection Agency Accountability Act Monitored S 332, the Climate Protection Act Supported S 344, prohibiting the EPA Administrator from approving gasoline with greater than 10 percent volume ethanol Monitored S 389, the Freedom Fuels Act Monitored S 802, the Sensible Environmental Protection Act Monitored S 830, the EPA Fair Play Act Monitored S 906, Changing How America Reduces Greenhouse Emissions (CHARGE) Act Monitored S 1100, the North American Alternative Fuels Act Monitored S 1195, the Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act Monitored S 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act Monitored S 1563, the Biofuels Market Expansion Act Monitored S 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act Supported S 1807, the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act Monitored S 1853, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014; H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2; H.R. 271; H.R. 400; H.R. 540; H.R. 596; H.R. 835; H.R. 1616; H.R. 1659; H.R. 2126; H.R. 2128; H.R. 2351; H.R. 2689; H.R. 2803; H.R. 3301; H.R. 3654; H.R. 3860; H.R. 3963; H.R. 4066; H.R. 4327; H.R. 4536; H.R. 4553; H.R. 5072; H.R. 5301; H.R. 5322; H.R. 5335; H.R. 5548; S. 52; S. 279; S. 552; S. 570; S. 717; S. 1020; S. 1084; S. 1106; S. 1191; S. 1199; S. 1200; S. 1205; S. 1206; S. 1218; S. 1230; S. 1261; S. 1308; S. 1392; S. 1595; S. 1627; S. 1739; 2074; S. 2152; S. 2165; S. 2262; S. 2273; S. 2823S. 2901; Extension of presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects; Draft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013;H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings; S 2074: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S 1218: Race to the Top; HR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; 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. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014; H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act; S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Natural Gas Act Section 5, refund authority issues generally H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013Natural gas export issues generally H.R. 6, Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act S. 2274, American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013 Quadrennial Energy Review

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 H.R.3654, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013 S.1218, State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 S.1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013S.1240, Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 S.1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (issues related to Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES) S.2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 Issues related to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and general issues associated with the need to have a full complement of NRC Commissioners Issues related to pipeline safety and methane generally Issues related to natural gas supply generally Issues related to transmission siting, permitting, management and associated return on equity Issues related to smart grid and grid resiliency generally Issues related to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Fukishima regulations generally Issues related to energy markets and regulations generally

Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014; H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency) H.R. 1835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act;

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act; H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 367, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 580, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act; H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1211, the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014; H.R. 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 1465, the "Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act "; H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013; H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumer Relief Act; H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1900, the "Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act"; H.R. 2122, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013" (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2542, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013; H.R. 2576, To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes.; H.R. 2641, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 2804, the "All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act" (ALERT Act); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3760, the Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 3985, the Expand Act; H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4092, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act; H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act; H.R. 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act; H.R. 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act; H.R. 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4419, the "Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act"; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 4801, directs the Department of Energy to report on using thermal insulation to save energy and water with water heating devices; H.R. 4874, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations That are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act); H.R. 5072, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act," to establish federal RES and EERs; H.R. 5205, the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 5335, the "Marine and Hydrokinectic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014"; S. 15, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 157, the Denali National Park Improvement Act; S. 192, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 306, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; S. 362, the Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013; S. 363, the Geothermal Production Expansion Act; S. 545, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 714, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act"; S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 763, the The Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act; S. 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1029, the Regulatory Accountability Act; S. 1030, the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1397, the Federal Permitting Improvement Act; S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 1767, the Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act of 2013; S. 1768, the Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2084, the Community Protection Act; S. 2112, the Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2161, the EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2189, the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act; S. 2198, the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2287, the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act; S. 2288, the Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act; S. 2379, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2440, the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014; S. 2479, the "Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act"; S. 2480, the Nevada Native Nations Land Act; S. 2494, The Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014; S. 2613, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; S. 2620, the Grid Reliability Act of 2014; S. 2727, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2776, A bill to establish a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Acceleration Fund to promote the establishment of not fewer than 10 commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration units in the United States during the next 10 years, and for other purposes.; S. 2823, the "North American Infrastructure Act"; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Advocacy related to natural gas supply and related issues; Advocacy related to transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Advocacy related to public/tribal lands renewables project siting, leasing, permitting, and management issues generally; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Clean energy standard and renewable energy standard legislation generally; H.R. 271, the "Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013"; Legislation to extend and expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (H.R. 835 and H.R 3860); Natural gas supply and related issues; Electricity Transmission siting, permitting, management and financing issues generally; the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013" (H.R. 1616 and S. 2262);"Executive proposal to reinstate the nuclear D&D fund"; S. 1240, a bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, site facilities, ensure funding and other purposes; S. 1199, "the All-Of-The-Above Federal Buidling Energy Conservation Act of 2013"; H.R. 3301 the "North American Energy Infrastructure Act" (primarily for cross border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 6, the "Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act" to provide for expedited exportation of natural gas; H.R. 2128, the "Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; S. 1595, the "Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013"; S. 1627, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act" (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard, RES), H.R. 3654, the "Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013."; S. 552, the " Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013."

Client expense: $403,781 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014; H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S.1240, A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes. HR 3354, To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask storage, and for other purposes. HR 3766, To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries, and for other purposes; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES);S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings; S. 2244, A bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes. S. 2326, A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State and local governments, the consideration of State and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. H.R.259, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate. H.R.367, To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. H.R.761, To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness. H.R.1146, To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly. HR 2641, To provide for improved coordination of agency actions in the preparation and adoption of environmental documents for permitting determinations, and for other purposes. H.R. 4186, To provide for investment in innovation through scientific research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 4667, To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State and local governments, the consideration of State and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. H.R. 4869, To provide for Department of Energy fundamental science, basic research activities, and applied energy research and development; Promote & protect the interests of natural gas 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 2262: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 HR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 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. 2689 Energy Savings Through Public Private Partnership Draft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards

Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

H.R.271, the "Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013" H.R.400, the "Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013" H.R.540, the "Energy Efficient Government Technology Act", (energy efficiency) H.R.596, the "Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013" H.R.2803, to estalish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R.835, the "Energy Assistance for American Families Act" (Low Income Home Energy Assistance program); H.R.1616, the "Energy Savings and Industrial Competivenes Act of 2013" H.R.1659, the "Federal Building Energy Savings Act of 2013"; H.R.2126, the "Better Buildings Act of 2013", (building energy benchmarking) H.R.2128, the "Homeowners Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES ACT) H.R.2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for federal building under the Energy Conservation and Production Act H.R. 2689, the "Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act" (energy efficiency) H.R. 3301. the "North American Energy Infrastructure Act" (permitting the cross-border energy infrastructure projects) H.R.3654, the "Renewable Electric Standard Act of 2013" H.R.3860, the "Low Income Heating Improvement Act" H.R.3963, the "Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014" H.R.4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R.4327, regading FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; S.52, the "Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act"; (Federal Building energy efficiency) S.279, the, Public land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013" S.552, the "Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013" S.570, the "Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013", (energy efficiency, clean energy and carbon reduction measures) S.717, the "Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act" S.1020, the All-of-the-Above-Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013" S.1084, the "Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013" S.1106, the "SAVE Act" S.1191, the "Better Buildings Act" (building energy benchmarking) S.1199, the "All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Conservation Act of 2013" S.1200, the "Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013" S.1205, the "Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013" S.1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S.1218, the "Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013" S.1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013" S.1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act" (energy efficiency) S.1308, the "Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act" (energy efficiency) S.1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness 2013" (energy efficiency) S.1595, the "Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013" S.1627, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act" (energy efficiency resource standard; RES) S.1739 a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S.2074, the "Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014" S.2152, the "Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our nation (ACCTION) Act S.2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act" H.R.4536, the "Department of Defense Energy Security Act" H.R.4553, the "Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014" S.2262, the "Energy Savings and Indudtrial Competiveness Act of 2013" (energy efficiency); S,2273, the "Department of Defense Energy Security Act"; Draft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act"; H.R. 5072,the "American Renewable Energy & Efficiency Act" to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the "American Renewable Energy & Efficiency Act" to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the "Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014", to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the "Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014" H.R. 5548, the "Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act"; S.2823, the "North American Energy Infrastructure Act"; S.2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Extension of Presdential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE, White House Office

Geothermal heat pump, clean energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy, existing power plant rule proposal, water-energy nexus research needs, S. 362, S. 761, H.R. 1616, H.R. 5301, H.R. 5072, H.R. 5189, S. 1627, S. 1392, S. 1971, S. 2074

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Preserving Access to Primary Care Services: Address the shortage of primary care physicians; designate primary care as a shortage profession; provide scholarships and loan forgiveness in exchange for primary care service commitments to practice in critical shortage areas; provide grants for medical school mentorship programs and primary care training in community health centers; increase Title VII funding for primary care health programs; increase funding for the National Health Service Corps,provide regulatory relief for primary care physicians; H.R. 7192/S. 1174, the Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act (111th Congress). Support Implementation and Improvement of the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152) by: Expanding coverage and improving Medicare benefits; Providing needed protections to guard against insurance practices that unfairly limit, deny or rescind coverage based on health status; public and private health insurers should encourage preventive health care by providing full coverage, with no cost-sharing, for preventive services recommended by an expert advisory group, such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; Ensuring access to primary care physicians; and beginning to bend the cost curve; Prohibiting insurers from excluding or charging excessive rates to children based on pre-existing conditions, which later will be expanded to all persons; Covering young adults on their parents' plans; Eliminating lifetime and annual limits on health insurance coverage; Requiring that health insurers spend more on patient care and less on administration; support enactment of S. 248, the Empowering States to Innovate Act, which amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to: (1) allow states to apply for waivers of certain health insurance coverage requirements in such Act (including requirements for the establishment of qualified health plans and health insurance exchanges) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 (currently, January 1, 2017), and (2) require the waiver application process to begin not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act; Phasing out the Medicare Part D doughnut hole; Eliminating patient cost-sharing for preventive services offered by Medicare or private insurers; Increasing Medicare and Medicaid payments to primary care physicians; Establishing a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to help physicians and patients make care decisions based on the best available evidence; Creating a new Center on Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to fund pilots of delivery models to improve outcomes and reduce costs, including patient-centered medical homes; Training more primary care physicians through the National Health Service Corps, Title VII health professions funding, and redistributing unused graduate medical education positions to primary care specialties facing shortages; Beginning in 2014, ensuring that nearly all Americans have access to coverage either through subsidized private health insurance offered by state health exchanges or through Medicaid, if they don't already have access to coverage through an employer, Medicare, or another public program. Medicare Physician Payment Reform: Increase Medicare Fee Schedule payments to make primary care competitive in the market with other physician career and specialty choices; create a fast track authority to develop and implement new physician payment models that better align payment with effective, efficient, patient-centered care such as the Patient Centered Medical Home; provide a voluntary shared savings program, Accountable Care Organizations, that promotes accountability for services delivered to a defined Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patient population with the goals of increasing the quality and efficiency of services delivered; provide separate Medicare payment for specific care coordination services provided principally by primary care physicians; revise Medicare budget neutrality rules to recognize the value of primary care in reducing Medicare baseline spending; increase the accuracy of physician work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule; improve the accuracy of practice expense RVUs under the Medicare Fee Schedule; increase Medicare bonus payments for primary care services provided in designated shortage areas; provide stable, positive, predictable updates under Medicares reimbursement formula; and replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a long term solution that provides for stable, predictable updates for physicians (H.R. 3961). Urged Congress to enact legislation that would provide stable payments for all physician specialties for at least five years while providing higher updates for undervalued evaluation and management services, require that different payment models (including Patient-Centered Medical Homes) be pilot-tested on a voluntary basis during the five year period of stable payments, and designate a specific transition period for broad adoption of the new models that have been shown to be the most effective based on the pilots. Urged enactment of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act (H.R. 574), as introduced in Feb. 2013 by Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck (R-NV). This legislation would eliminate the SGR once and for all and transition to better payment and delivery systems that are aligned with value. Specifically, H.R. 574 would repeal the SGR formula, provide more than 5 years of stable physician payments, with positive increases for all physician services, and higher payments for primary care, preventive and care coordination services, and establishes a process for practices to transition to new, more effective, models of care by 2018.Advocated for the Patient-Centered Medical Home model should be scaled up for broad Medicare adoption, recognized, through the medical neighborhood concept, that specialty and subspecialty practices, hospitals, and other healthcare professionals and entities that provide treatment to the patient need to be recognized and provided with incentivesboth non-financial and financialfor engaging in patient-centered practices that complement and support the efforts of the PCMH to provide high quality, efficient, coordinated care; advocated for ACPs High Value, Cost-Conscious Care Initiative, which includes clinical, public policy, and educational components, designed to help physicians and patients understand the benefits, harms, and costs of an intervention and whether it provides good value, as well as to slow the unsustainable rate of health care cost increases while preserving high-value, high-quality care. Advocated for halting the nearly 25 percent cut in physician payments resulting from the flawed SGR formula, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2014; Advocated for H.R. 2810, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013, which would repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system; Advocated for H.R. 4015/S.2000, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, legislation introduced on Feb. 6, 2014 to repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system. Medical Education: Provide incentives to medical schools, community health centers, or hospitals, to increase the numbers of physicians choosing primary care; authorize HHS to selectively eliminate Graduate Medical Education (GME) caps for residency programs in primary care, advocated for S. 1627, which would increase the number of Medicare-supported training positions for medical residents by 15 percent (approximately 15,000 slots) over five years, requiring at least 50 percent of the new positions to be allocated to specialties facing a current shortage; Advocated to protect Medicare beneficiary access to health care services by preserving existing Medicare financing for Graduate Medical Education (GME). FY2015 Appropriations: Advocated for the highest level of funding possible for the Labor-HHS-Education bill within the discretionary cap established by the Budget Control Act (BCA); Supported funding to "improve health care quality, enhance consumer choice, advance patient safety, improve efficiency, reduce medical errors, and broaden access to essential services; Advocated for funding for AHRQ, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Title VII, Section 747, Primary Care Training and Enhancement; National Health Service Corps, Community Health Centers Fund, National Health Care Workforce Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Operations and Management of Exchanges. Public Health Programs and Funding: Increase funding to accomplish the core missions and activities of the major federal public health agencies, including: biomedical and behavioral research, disease prevention and health promotion, access to safety net health care services, health professions education, mental health and substance abuse, health services research, health care for American Indians and Alaska natives, food and drug safety. Advocated to federal health agencies that wellness programs must not be used as a means to discriminate against the sick and vulnerable. Wellness programs must be developed to encourage prevention and improve health rather than penalize those who are medically unable to meet wellness program goals; Advocated that employers and health plans should fund programs proven to be effective in reducing obesity, stopping smoking, deterring alcohol abuse, and promoting wellness and providing coverage or subsidies for individuals to participate in such programs. Improving Access to Primary Care in the Context of Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Legislation (H.R. 3962/H.R. 3590/H.R. 4872): Ensure that all Americans will have access to affordable coverage. Provide sliding scale subsidies based on income to buy coverage from qualified plans; Qualified plans should: provide evidence-based benefits, including preventive services; and be prohibited from excluding persons with pre-existing conditions, charging them more, cherry-picking enrollees, or cancelling or failing to renew coverage; Expand Medicaid to cover all persons below the Federal Poverty Level and ensure fair payments to participating physicians; As coverage becomes affordable, all persons should participate and coverage should be guaranteed; Responsibility for financing should be shared by individuals, employers and government. Regarding the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 16, 2011, the College advocated for striking a balance between comprehensiveness and affordability while giving States some freedom to determine a package that best serve the needs of residents. The College believes that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within and across categories.State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Advocated to repeal the mandate that requires a prescription for over-the-counter medications purchased through a Health Savings Account. Advocated for legislation that would provide coverage under Medicare for voluntary consultations between doctors and patients to discuss advance care plans, as included in H.R. 1173, the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013; advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Medicare Advantage Participants Bill of Rights, H.R. 4998 and S. 2552, that would prevent Medicare Advantage plans from terminating physicians from Medicare Advantage plan networks without sufficient notice or cause. Essential Health Benefits: Commented on the proposed rule regarding essential benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation as issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on November 20, 2012; Advocated that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within categories. State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Pilot test new Medicare payment models that re-align incentives to support effective, efficient, patient-centered, coordinated care. Priority should be given to models designed to support the value of services provided by primary care physicians as well as to models that would create incentives, across physician specialties and sites of services, to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of care provided. Policy criteria for selecting the most promising models for pilot testing should be developed, in consultation with outside experts; The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), which has shown great promise in meeting the policy objectives suggested above, should be among the models selected for broader testing on a national pilot basis; the establishing of a new CMS Innovation Center to pilot-test new payment models, such as the medical home; the use of the medical home model for treatment or services under private health plans, the requirement of health plans to provide incentives to promote and report on medical home services provided, the establishment of community health teams and a primary care extension program to educate and support primary care practices in the delivery of medical home services, and the establishment of a demonstration project to educate physicians and other clinicians in training in the competencies required to deliver care consistent with the medical home care model. National workforce policy to ensure sufficient numbers of primary care and other physicians: Urged support for a national workforce commission to recommend national goals relating to the numbers and distribution of physicians and other health care professionals, including increasing the supply of primary care physicians; Fully fund the commission at levels authorized in the Affordable Care Act; Increase the number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education positions available each year in adult primary care specialties; Provide new loan repayment and medical school scholarship programs in exchange for primary care service in critical shortage health facilities, or in critical shortage areas of the country; Increase funding for scholarships and loan repayment programs under Title VII as well as increase funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC); Provide new practice-entry bonus for scholarship or loan repayment award recipients who remain in underserved communities after completion of service obligation. Reform the medical liability system and the enormous costs associated with frivolous lawsuits and defensive medicine: Impose caps on non-economic damages; and test and fund new models--like health courts, which would have cases heard by an expert panel rather than by a lay jury; Advocated for the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act (H.R. 4106), which establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. Workforce: Advocated for H.R. 1201, The Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act, S. 577, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, H.R. 487, the Primary Care Workforce Access and Improvement Act of 2013, and legislation to permanently reauthorize the Conrad State 30 J-1 visa waiver program through S. 616, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act.Medicaid Pay Parity: Advocated for extending for at least two more years, beyond 2014, the Medicaid primary care payment increase, as enacted under the Affordable Care Act, which has only recently been implemented in a majority of states, and (2) including physicians practicing obstetrics and gynecology as qualified specialties, subject to the current eligibility requirement that at least 60 percent of their Medicaid billings are the primary care services as defined by the authorizing legislation, for the purposes of qualifying for the Medicaid primary care increases; Advocated for at least a two-year extension of the Medicaid payment parity provision beyond its 2014 expiration date, namely through S. 2694, the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act. Tobacco Regulation: Expressed strong opposition to House appropriators to any amendment that would exempt any type of cigar from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, P.L. 111-31, or would impede the rulemaking process the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has initiated to determine the appropriate level of oversight for tobacco products not currently regulated by the agency; the FDA should retain the authority to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, and should be permitted to use a science-based process for determining those regulations; Advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014, which gives the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the authority to require the use of child-proof packaging on liquid nicotine containers sold to consumers. Medicares Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment: Commented in July 2014 to CMS on the proposed rule requesting clarification and making recommendations on changes to the Medicare benefit structure to ensure that any proposed changes not increase the administrative burden on physicians or other health care professionals.

Client expense: $270,324 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), President of the U.S., SENATE

Preserving Access to Primary Care Services: Address the shortage of primary care physicians; designate primary care as a shortage profession; provide scholarships and loan forgiveness in exchange for primary care service commitments to practice in critical shortage areas; provide grants for medical school mentorship programs and primary care training in community health centers; increase Title VII funding for primary care health programs; increase funding for the National Health Service Corps,provide regulatory relief for primary care physicians; H.R. 7192/S. 1174, the Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act (111th Congress). Support Implementation and Improvement of the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152) by: Expanding coverage and improving Medicare benefits; Providing needed protections to guard against insurance practices that unfairly limit, deny or rescind coverage based on health status; public and private health insurers should encourage preventive health care by providing full coverage, with no cost-sharing, for preventive services recommended by an expert advisory group, such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; Ensuring access to primary care physicians; and beginning to bend the cost curve; Prohibiting insurers from excluding or charging excessive rates to children based on pre-existing conditions, which later will be expanded to all persons; Covering young adults on their parents' plans; Eliminating lifetime and annual limits on health insurance coverage; Requiring that health insurers spend more on patient care and less on administration; support enactment of S. 248, the Empowering States to Innovate Act, which amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to: (1) allow states to apply for waivers of certain health insurance coverage requirements in such Act (including requirements for the establishment of qualified health plans and health insurance exchanges) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 (currently, January 1, 2017), and (2) require the waiver application process to begin not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act; Phasing out the Medicare Part D doughnut hole; Eliminating patient cost-sharing for preventive services offered by Medicare or private insurers; Increasing Medicare and Medicaid payments to primary care physicians; Establishing a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to help physicians and patients make care decisions based on the best available evidence; Creating a new Center on Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to fund pilots of delivery models to improve outcomes and reduce costs, including patient-centered medical homes; Training more primary care physicians through the National Health Service Corps, Title VII health professions funding, and redistributing unused graduate medical education positions to primary care specialties facing shortages; Beginning in 2014, ensuring that nearly all Americans have access to coverage either through subsidized private health insurance offered by state health exchanges or through Medicaid, if they don't already have access to coverage through an employer, Medicare, or another public program. Medicare Physician Payment Reform: Increase Medicare Fee Schedule payments to make primary care competitive in the market with other physician career and specialty choices; create a fast track authority to develop and implement new physician payment models that better align payment with effective, efficient, patient-centered care such as the Patient Centered Medical Home; provide a voluntary shared savings program, Accountable Care Organizations, that promotes accountability for services delivered to a defined Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patient population with the goals of increasing the quality and efficiency of services delivered; provide separate Medicare payment for specific care coordination services provided principally by primary care physicians; revise Medicare budget neutrality rules to recognize the value of primary care in reducing Medicare baseline spending; increase the accuracy of physician work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule; improve the accuracy of practice expense RVUs under the Medicare Fee Schedule; increase Medicare bonus payments for primary care services provided in designated shortage areas; provide stable, positive, predictable updates under Medicares reimbursement formula; and replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a long term solution that provides for stable, predictable updates for physicians (H.R. 3961). Urged Congress to enact legislation that would provide stable payments for all physician specialties for at least five years while providing higher updates for undervalued evaluation and management services, require that different payment models (including Patient-Centered Medical Homes) be pilot-tested on a voluntary basis during the five year period of stable payments, and designate a specific transition period for broad adoption of the new models that have been shown to be the most effective based on the pilots. Urged enactment of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act (H.R. 574), as introduced in Feb. 2013 by Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck (R-NV). This legislation would eliminate the SGR once and for all and transition to better payment and delivery systems that are aligned with value. Specifically, H.R. 574 would repeal the SGR formula, provide more than 5 years of stable physician payments, with positive increases for all physician services, and higher payments for primary care, preventive and care coordination services, and establishes a process for practices to transition to new, more effective, models of care by 2018.Advocated for the Patient-Centered Medical Home model should be scaled up for broad Medicare adoption, recognized, through the medical neighborhood concept, that specialty and subspecialty practices, hospitals, and other healthcare professionals and entities that provide treatment to the patient need to be recognized and provided with incentivesboth non-financial and financialfor engaging in patient-centered practices that complement and support the efforts of the PCMH to provide high quality, efficient, coordinated care; advocated for ACPs High Value, Cost-Conscious Care Initiative, which includes clinical, public policy, and educational components, designed to help physicians and patients understand the benefits, harms, and costs of an intervention and whether it provides good value, as well as to slow the unsustainable rate of health care cost increases while preserving high-value, high-quality care. Advocated for halting the nearly 25 percent cut in physician payments resulting from the flawed SGR formula, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2014; Advocated for H.R. 2810, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013, which would repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system; Advocated for H.R. 4015/S.2000, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, legislation introduced on Feb. 6, 2014 to repeal the SGR and transition to a new value-based payment and delivery system. Medical Education: Provide incentives to medical schools, community health centers, or hospitals, to increase the numbers of physicians choosing primary care; authorize HHS to selectively eliminate Graduate Medical Education (GME) caps for residency programs in primary care, advocated for S. 1627, which would increase the number of Medicare-supported training positions for medical residents by 15 percent (approximately 15,000 slots) over five years, requiring at least 50 percent of the new positions to be allocated to specialties facing a current shortage; Advocated to protect Medicare beneficiary access to health care services by preserving existing Medicare financing for Graduate Medical Education (GME). FY2015 Appropriations: Advocated for the highest level of funding possible for the Labor-HHS-Education bill within the discretionary cap established by the Budget Control Act (BCA); Supported funding to "improve health care quality, enhance consumer choice, advance patient safety, improve efficiency, reduce medical errors, and broaden access to essential services; Advocated for funding for AHRQ, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Title VII, Section 747, Primary Care Training and Enhancement; National Health Service Corps, Community Health Centers Fund, National Health Care Workforce Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Operations and Management of Exchanges. Public Health Programs and Funding: Increase funding to accomplish the core missions and activities of the major federal public health agencies, including: biomedical and behavioral research, disease prevention and health promotion, access to safety net health care services, health professions education, mental health and substance abuse, health services research, health care for American Indians and Alaska natives, food and drug safety. Advocated to federal health agencies that wellness programs must not be used as a means to discriminate against the sick and vulnerable. Wellness programs must be developed to encourage prevention and improve health rather than penalize those who are medically unable to meet wellness program goals; Advocated that employers and health plans should fund programs proven to be effective in reducing obesity, stopping smoking, deterring alcohol abuse, and promoting wellness and providing coverage or subsidies for individuals to participate in such programs. Improving Access to Primary Care in the Context of Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Legislation (H.R. 3962/H.R. 3590/H.R. 4872): Ensure that all Americans will have access to affordable coverage. Provide sliding scale subsidies based on income to buy coverage from qualified plans; Qualified plans should: provide evidence-based benefits, including preventive services; and be prohibited from excluding persons with pre-existing conditions, charging them more, cherry-picking enrollees, or cancelling or failing to renew coverage; Expand Medicaid to cover all persons below the Federal Poverty Level and ensure fair payments to participating physicians; As coverage becomes affordable, all persons should participate and coverage should be guaranteed; Responsibility for financing should be shared by individuals, employers and government. Regarding the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 16, 2011, the College advocated for striking a balance between comprehensiveness and affordability while giving States some freedom to determine a package that best serve the needs of residents. The College believes that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within and across categories.State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Advocated to repeal the mandate that requires a prescription for over-the-counter medications purchased through a Health Savings Account. Advocated for legislation that would provide coverage under Medicare for voluntary consultations between doctors and patients to discuss advance care plans, as included in H.R. 1173, the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013; advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Medicare Advantage Participants Bill of Rights, H.R. 4998 and S. 2552, that would prevent Medicare Advantage plans from terminating physicians from Medicare Advantage plan networks without sufficient notice or cause. Essential Health Benefits: Commented on the proposed rule regarding essential benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation as issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on November 20, 2012; Advocated that strong oversight is needed when determining the initial benchmark plan (and whether it reflects the coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act) and how the package will be updated, particularly if insurers are given the ability to substitute benefits within categories. State and the federal government must work in concert with physicians, health care providers and payers to determine and promote use of clinically effective and cost-effective services that result in improved patient health while bending the cost curve. Pilot test new Medicare payment models that re-align incentives to support effective, efficient, patient-centered, coordinated care. Priority should be given to models designed to support the value of services provided by primary care physicians as well as to models that would create incentives, across physician specialties and sites of services, to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of care provided. Policy criteria for selecting the most promising models for pilot testing should be developed, in consultation with outside experts; The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), which has shown great promise in meeting the policy objectives suggested above, should be among the models selected for broader testing on a national pilot basis; the establishing of a new CMS Innovation Center to pilot-test new payment models, such as the medical home; the use of the medical home model for treatment or services under private health plans, the requirement of health plans to provide incentives to promote and report on medical home services provided, the establishment of community health teams and a primary care extension program to educate and support primary care practices in the delivery of medical home services, and the establishment of a demonstration project to educate physicians and other clinicians in training in the competencies required to deliver care consistent with the medical home care model. National workforce policy to ensure sufficient numbers of primary care and other physicians: Urged support for a national workforce commission to recommend national goals relating to the numbers and distribution of physicians and other health care professionals, including increasing the supply of primary care physicians; Fully fund the commission at levels authorized in the Affordable Care Act; Increase the number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education positions available each year in adult primary care specialties; Provide new loan repayment and medical school scholarship programs in exchange for primary care service in critical shortage health facilities, or in critical shortage areas of the country; Increase funding for scholarships and loan repayment programs under Title VII as well as increase funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC); Provide new practice-entry bonus for scholarship or loan repayment award recipients who remain in underserved communities after completion of service obligation. Reform the medical liability system and the enormous costs associated with frivolous lawsuits and defensive medicine: Impose caps on non-economic damages; and test and fund new models--like health courts, which would have cases heard by an expert panel rather than by a lay jury; Advocated for the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act (H.R. 4106), which establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. Workforce: Advocated for H.R. 1201, The Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act, S. 577, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, H.R. 487, the Primary Care Workforce Access and Improvement Act of 2013, and legislation to permanently reauthorize the Conrad State 30 J-1 visa waiver program through S. 616, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act.Medicaid Pay Parity: Advocated for extending for at least two more years, beyond 2014, the Medicaid primary care payment increase, as enacted under the Affordable Care Act, which has only recently been implemented in a majority of states, and (2) including physicians practicing obstetrics and gynecology as qualified specialties, subject to the current eligibility requirement that at least 60 percent of their Medicaid billings are the primary care services as defined by the authorizing legislation, for the purposes of qualifying for the Medicaid primary care increases; Advocated for at least a two-year extension of the Medicaid payment parity provision beyond its 2014 expiration date, namely through S. 2694, the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act. Tobacco Regulation: Expressed strong opposition to House appropriators to any amendment that would exempt any type of cigar from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, P.L. 111-31, or would impede the rulemaking process the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has initiated to determine the appropriate level of oversight for tobacco products not currently regulated by the agency; the FDA should retain the authority to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, and should be permitted to use a science-based process for determining those regulations; Advocated in Aug. 2014 for the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014, which gives the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the authority to require the use of child-proof packaging on liquid nicotine containers sold to consumers. Medicares Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment: Commented in July 2014 to CMS on the proposed rule requesting clarification and making recommendations on changes to the Medicare benefit structure to ensure that any proposed changes not increase the administrative burden on physicians or other health care professionals.

Client expense: $101,924 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), President of the U.S., SENATE

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: oS 2262: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 oHR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 oHR 1659: Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 oHR 2351: To repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act. oH.R. 2689 - Energy Savings Through Public Private Partnership oDraft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 5072, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, to establish federal RES and EERS; H.R. 5322, the Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014, to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment; H.R. 5335, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014; H.R. 5548, the Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2823, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Continue to oppose waiver request to the EPA to raise the permissible ethanol content in gasoline from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15), until there are conclusive scientific findings that it does not harm vehicles of any age. Monitored HR 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act Monitored HR 550, the Phantom Fuel Reform Act Supported HR 875, requiring a comprehensive assessment of scientific/technical research implication of use of mid-level ethanol blends Monitored HR 1415, the Innovative Technologies Investment Incentive Act Monitored HR 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act Monitored HR 1461, to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard Supported HR 1462, to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard and to prohibit introduction of E15 gasoline to the marketplace Monitored HR 1524, requiring 85% domestic content in green tech purchased by federal agencies or with federal funds and in property eligible for the renewable energy production or investment tax credits Monitored HR 1569, to amend the Internal Revenue Service code to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate tax rate Monitored HR 1582, to prohibit the EPA Administrator from promulgating finals energy-related rules that cost over $1 billion and will cause adverse effects on the economy Monitored HR 2162, the Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act Monitored HR 2267, the American Fuel Protection Act Monitored HR 2445, the CAFE Standards Repeal Act Monitored HR 2493, the Open Fuel Standard Act Monitored HR 2502, the Renewable Energy Parity Act Monitored HR 3727, the Keep the EPA Honest Act Monitored HR 3758, the Second Generation Biofuel Extension Act Supported HR 4013, the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act Monitored S 107, to prohibit regulation of carbon dioxide emissions until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions Monitored S 318, the Environmental Protection Agency Accountability Act Monitored S 332, the Climate Protection Act Supported S 344, prohibiting the EPA Administrator from approving gasoline with greater than 10 percent volume ethanol Monitored S 389, the Freedom Fuels Act Monitored S 802, the Sensible Environmental Protection Act Monitored S 830, the EPA Fair Play Act Monitored S 906, Changing How America Reduces Greenhouse Emissions (CHARGE) Act Monitored S 1100, the North American Alternative Fuels Act Monitored S 1195, the Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act Monitored S 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act Monitored S 1563, the Biofuels Market Expansion Act Monitored S 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act Supported S 1807, the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act Monitored S 1853, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including ozone and particulate matter transport, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), Cooling Water Intake Structures (316(b)), Coal Ash, and New Source Performance Standards for greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions.Legislation related to energy efficiency, including H.R. 540 - Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (Eshoo), H.R. 4615 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014 (King-Perlmutter); H.R. 3301 North American Energy Infrastructure Act (Whitfield) (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure project); S. 1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Markey); S. 1218 - State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (Warner); S. 1200 Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013 (Sanders); S. 2165 American Access to Consumer Energy Information (Udall-Markey); H.R. 2689/S. 1308 Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act; S. 2262/S. 2074 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 (Shaheen-Portman) which contains: S. 1199 All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 (Hoeven-Manchin); S. 1205- Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013 (Franken); S. 1206 bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; Better Buildings Act of 2013 (Bennet-Collins); S. 1261 Energy Efficiency Technology Act (Udall-Risch); and S. 1106 Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2013 (Bennett-Isakson); and H.R. 1616 - Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (McKinley-Welch). Legislation related to climate change, a price on carbon emissions, or cap-and-trade program, including S. 17 - Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 (Vitter), S. 332 - Climate Protection Act of 2013 (Sanders), S. 1202 - SAFE Act (Waxman-Baucus), S. 7 - Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act (Reid), and related legislation. H.R. 3080/S. 601 The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (Shuster), provisions related to the Army Corp of Engineers. Federal policy regarding transmission siting, permitting, management issues, and associated return on equity. Federal policy regarding upstream gas production and downstream gas distribution infrastructure issues.

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE

H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 540, Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, provisions pertaining to the energy efficiency in the utility industry; H.R. 1616, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to natural gas utilities; H.R.1659, Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumptionpercentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act, provisions pertaining to the utility industry; S. 1020, All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry, including efficiency mandates; S. 1199, All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry, including efficiency mandates; S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, provisions pertaining to the nuclear industry; S. 2262, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, provisions pertaining to the natural gas utilities, including efficiency mandates; S.2326, a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State and local governments, the consideration of State and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the NRC, provisions pertaining to the nuclear industry; S.1240, a bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes, provisions pertaining to the nuclear energy industry. H.R. 4667, Atomic Energy Act of 2014, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State and local governments, the consideration of State and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the NRC, provisions pertaining to the nuclear industry. General advocacy on oversight of Nuclear Regulatory Commission, provisions pertaining to the utility industry.

Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to the health impacts of air pollution including the following legislation: H.R.275 End Radon in Schools; H.R.367 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; H.R. 1154 BREATHE Act; H.R. 1220 Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2013; S.15 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; S.332 Climate Protection Act of 2013;H.R.271 Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R.1582 Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013; H.R.2127 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.; H.R.2023 Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act; H.J.RES.64 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units"; H.R.3341 VALUE Act of 2013; S.1401 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act; S.1627 American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 4012 the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R.3826 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.1905 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.1988 A bill to allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances; H.R.3702 Refinery Regulatory Reduction Act of 2013; S.J.Res.30 A joint resolution to disapprove a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units; H.R.4795 Promoting New Manufacturing Act; H.R.4808 Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act; H.R.4813 Protection and Accountability Regulatory Act of 2014; H.R.4850Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014; H.R.4947 ORDEAL Act of 2014; H.R.4956 American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014; H.R.4957 To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to exceptional event demonstrations, and for other purposes; S.1514 Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013; S.1905 Electricity Security and Affordability Act; S.2414 Coal Country Protection Act; S.2514 ORDEAL Act of 2014; S.2526 Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014; H.R.4923 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015; H.Con.Res.96 Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024; Issues relating to Fiscal Year 2015 Interior & Environment Appropriations; Issues related to air pollution and health; Issues related to air pollution from vehicles and fuels; Issues related to air pollution from power plants and other stationary sources; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 H.R. 3654, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013 S. 1218, State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 S. 1595, Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013S.1240, Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 S. 1627, American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (issues related to Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES) S. 2074, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and issues generally associated with the need to have a full complement of NRC Commissioners Issues generally associated with post Fukushima related regulations Issues related to pipeline safety and methane generally Issues related to natural gas supply generally Issues related to transmission siting, permitting, management and associated return on equity Issues related to smart grid and grid resiliency generally Issues related to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Fukishima regulations generally Issues related to energy markets and regulations generally

Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013;H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings; S 2074: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S 1218: Race to the Top; HR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; 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.

Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.

Client expense: $2,050,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE, White House Office

Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S.1240, A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes. HR 3354, To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask storage, and for other purposes.S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act;" Promote & protect the interests of natural gas 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: oS 2262: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 oHR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 oHR 1659: Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 oHR 2351: To repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act. oH.R. 2689 Energy Savings Through Public Private Partnership oDraft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards

Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 400, the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S.1240, A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes. HR 3354, To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask storage, and for other purposes.S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act;" Promote & protect the interests of natural gas 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: oS 2262: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 oHR 1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 oHR 1659: Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 oHR 2351: To repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act. oH.R. 2689 Energy Savings Through Public Private Partnership oDraft legislation on energy efficiency and codes and standards

Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office