Energy millionaires club
The following companies and groups interested in energy policy spent at least $1 million on lobbying last year.
Client | Total | |
1. | AARP | $20,880,000 |
2. | General Electric Company (including subsidiaries) | $17,200,000 |
3. | Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. | $16,578,785 |
4. | Edison Electric Institute | $12,000,000 |
5. | The Business Roundtable | $9,740,000 |
6. | Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers | $8,024,989 |
7. | General Motors Corp | $7,940,000 |
8. | ExxonMobil Corp. | $7,660,000 |
9. | Association of American Railroads | $6,760,000 |
10. | International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) | $6,760,000 |
11. | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | $6,706,575 |
12. | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $6,550,000 |
13. | National Association of Manufacturers | $6,180,000 |
14. | American International Group, Inc. | $5,487,300 |
15. | Southern Company Services, Inc. | $5,220,000 |
16. | Honeywell International | $5,200,000 |
17. | Ford Motor Co | $4,640,000 |
18. | American Forest & Paper Association | $4,633,940 |
19. | Chevron USA Inc. (including subsidies of parent ChevronTexaco Corp) | $4,620,000 |
20. | National Mining Association | $4,600,000 |
21. | Shell Oil Company | $4,535,101 |
22. | Biotechnology Industry Organization | $4,260,000 |
23. | Union Pacific Corporation | $4,099,929 |
24. | United States Steel Corporation | $3,800,000 |
25. | United Technologies Corp | $3,491,253 |
26. | Marathon Oil Corp. | $3,360,000 |
27. | International Paper | $3,320,000 |
28. | American Petroleum Institute | $3,140,000 |
29. | National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) | $3,140,000 |
30. | PG&E Corporation | $3,130,000 |
31. | Exelon Corp. | $2,864,400 |
32. | Honda North America | $2,523,000 |
33. | CSX Corporation | $2,496,500 |
34. | Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | $2,420,000 |
35. | Sempra Energy | $2,404,455 |
36. | First Energy | $2,345,818 |
37. | DTE Energy | $2,280,000 |
38. | TXU Business Services Company | $2,220,000 |
39. | American Chemistry Council | $2,140,000 |
40. | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) | $2,080,000 |
41. | Accenture LLP | $2,060,000 |
42. | Occidental International Corp. | $2,026,269 |
43. | Duke Energy Corporation | $2,000,000 |
44. | Norfolk Southern Corporation | $2,000,000 |
45. | National Grid USA | $1,980,000 |
46. | USEC, Inc. | $1,940,000 |
47. | 3M Corporation | $1,920,000 |
48. | Progress Energy Company | $1,896,000 |
49. | Dow Chemical Company, The | $1,800,000 |
50. | Unocal Corporation | $1,740,000 |
51. | Lyondell Chemical Company | $1,700,000 |
52. | Siemens Corp. | $1,680,000 |
53. | Entergy Services, Inc. | $1,647,000 |
54. | Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) | $1,644,000 |
55. | Florida Power & Light Company | $1,560,000 |
56. | Bayer Corporation | $1,520,000 |
57. | Southern California Edison | $1,460,000 |
58. | TECO Energy, Inc. | $1,440,000 |
59. | Burlington Northern Santa Fe | $1,420,000 |
60. | Portland Cement Association | $1,400,000 |
61. | Weyerhaeuser Company | $1,400,000 |
62. | Alcoa, Inc. | $1,360,000 |
63. | Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | $1,360,000 |
64. | Reliant Energy | $1,350,000 |
65. | PacifiCorp | $1,340,018 |
66. | ConocoPhillips | $1,300,000 |
67. | Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. | $1,280,000 |
68. | Kerr-McGee Corporation | $1,260,000 |
69. | University of California | $1,240,000 |
70. | Cummins Inc. | $1,220,000 |
71. | Ashland Inc. | $1,160,000 |
72. | Metropolitan Water District of So. Calif | $1,160,000 |
73. | National Multi Housing Council, Inc. | $1,160,000 |
74. | Cinergy Corp. | $1,142,024 |
75. | Farmers Educational Cooperative Union of America | $1,133,266 |
76. | General Atomics | $1,120,000 |
77. | PPL Corporation | $1,040,000 |
78. | Xcel Energy, Inc. | $1,030,000 |