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Power here Builds more Power there $146,700 AISE $402,000 COMBINE WINPAC AN INUSTY ISBUSEMENTS $ 49% AWEA ELIGIBLE STAFF PATICIPATION 2017 CONTIBUTE TO: 45% EMOCAT 55% EPUBLICAN 2017 FEEAL ISBUSEMENT 19 STATE OFFICIALS IN 6 STATES EEI: $800K ELECTICITY NEI: $662K NUCLEA API/ANGA: $363K OIL AN NATUAL GAS AWEA: $290K WIN SEIA: $145K 16 CYCLE INUSTY TAE ASSOCIATION COMPAISON Source: Open Secrets SOLA
Legislative Accomplishments 2017 SUCCESS IN FY18 NAA BILL: In November, Congress passed the FY18 National efense Authorization Act (NAA). AWEA and a number of member companies worked hard throughout the year to ensure that any changes to the O Siting Clearinghouse that oversees projects built near military assets would be workable for the industry. House Armed Services Committee Chairman (and #1 wind district representative) Mac Thornberry (-TX), Senate Armed Services anking Member eed (-I), ep. Elise Stefanik (-NY), Sen. Heinrich (-NM), Sen. Ernst (-IA) and many others worked with us throughout the year in order to balance the importance of national security with continued wind farm operation and development. NEBASKA WINS: This past year, meaningful victories were achieved for the wind industry in Nebraska - one of those wins included removing statutory barriers that had prevented the wind industry from developing projects that combined in-state power purchase agreements with out-of-state export contracts. This essentially was a significant deregulation of private wind development in the nation s only all Public Power State. This effort required immense leadership given that two filibusters had to be overcome during the waning hours of the 2016 Session. Ongoing strategic collaboration between the WindPAC and the Wind Coalition continues to help make the case for creating a wind-friendly business environment in Nebraska. STENGTH IN IO: We continue to have a strong group of champions in the State Senate who are supporting setback reform and a permanent extension of the PILOT, or payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, program. WindPAC s ongoing engagement in the state will educate and mobilize key state legislators. I have my WindPAC donation deducted from my paycheck just like health insurance, because I want to make sure that wind energy is the future (and it s a good investment in the future of the industry that makes that paycheck possible!) -Peter Kelley, Vice President of Public Affairs at AWEA WindPAC donor since 2010 WindPAC is a critically important way for the wind industry to provide strong support to members of Congress and enables us to have meaningful conversations directly with the members without the many distractions of C. -Steve Lockard, CEO of TPI Composites, WindPAC onor since 2010
WindPAC isbursements 2017 U.S. SENATE U.S. HOUSE OF EPESENTATIVES Tammy Baldwin Sherrod Brown Joe onnelly Tammy uckworth Joni Ernst Cory Gardner Chuck Grassley Martin Heinrich Heidi Heitkamp ean Heller John Hoeven Angus King Amy Klobuchar Claire McCaskill Jack eed Jon Tester John Thune $7,000.00 $5,500.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 I* Jodey Arrington on Bacon Earl Blumenauer Kevin Brady Mike Coffman Carlos Curbelo Lloyd oggett on Estes Frank Lucas oger Marshall ichard Neal Pat Tiberi Tom eed Peter oskam Paul yan Elise Stefanik avid Young STATE CONTIBUTIONS ecipient Amount State Party LEAESHIP ECIPIENTS Kevin de Leon House epublican Campaign Committee Minnesota FL Senate Caucus Wayne eangelo Bill Beagle Matt olan Cliff Hite andy Gardner Gayle Manning Frank Laose Casey Murdock N Senate emocratic-npl Caucus N Senate epublican Caucus N em-npl House Caucus epublican House Caucus $11,628.42 $2,000.00 $500.00 $1,500.00 $1,200.00 $2,000.00 $2,250.00 $2,250.00 $800.00 $750.00 $750.00 $350.00 $350.00 CA MN MN NJ OK N NG N N Making America Prosperous PAC Tuesday Group PAC SCC Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition PAC Great America Committee $15,000.00
For more information please contact: Jackie Beckwith Federal Legislative Affairs Associate jbeckwith@awea.org 202 322 4741