XEL: second_quarter 2026 lobbying report

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HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act; H.R. 3632, Power Plant Reliability Act; H.R. 3638, Electric Supply Chain Act; H.R. 3657, Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act; H.R. 3668, Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act; H.R. 3699, Energy Choice Act; H.R. 3843, the Baseload Reliability Protection Act; H.R. 3898, PERMIT Act; H.R. 4136 - To establish an Office of Public Engagement and Participation within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes; H.R. 4503, ePermit Act; H.R. 5600, SPEED and Reliability Act; H.R. 6336, Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates (FAIR) Act; H.R. 6633 High-Capacity Grid Act; H.R. 6983 PRICE Act; H.R. 7729 SURGE Act; H.R. 7977, Energy Bills Relief Act of 2026; H.R. 8248, Grid Expansion and Reliability Act; H.R. 8400, DATA Act; H.R. 8568, Lowering Utility Bills Act; H.R. 9332, Load Forecasting Enhancement Act; H.R. 9335, Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act; H.R. 9339, Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act; H.R. 9340, Ratepayer Protection Act; H.R. 7258, Energy Emergency Leadership Act H. 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Electric grid/energy infrastructure cybersecurity;  Energy Emergency Leadership Act; Load growth, reliability, and resource adequacy generally;  Energy security issues generally; Issues related to energy grid supply chain; Issues related to energy sector impacts from tariff policies; Distribution transformers supply chain; Energy efficiency generally, DOE grant awards and implementation, Draft legislation on permitting certainty; NextNav 900 MHz FCC Petition.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":49896,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"STEPHEN","nickname":null,"middle_name":"L","last_name":"PLEVNIAK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":63528,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARTIN","nickname":null,"middle_name":"E","last_name":"DOERN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":151105,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"MARY","nickname":null,"middle_name":"KATHERINE","last_name":"ZIMPRICH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":33,"name":"Energy, Dept of"},{"id":197,"name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"Issues related to implementing provisions of H.R. 1- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; 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