Mid-Cycle Report DECEMBER 2017

American Wind Energy Association • 1501 M Street NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20005

Power hereBuilds morePower there

$146,700RAISED

$402,000COMBINED

WINDPAC AND INDUSTRY

DISBURSEMENTS

• 2017 •

CONTRIBUTED TO:

‘16 CYCLE INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION COMPARISON

2017 FEDERAL DISBURSEMENT

55% REPUBLICAN

45% DEMOCRAT

$

49%AWEA

ELIGIBLE STAFF PARTICIPATION

19 STATE OFFICIALSIN 6 STATES

OIL AND NATURAL GAS

WIND

NUCLEAR

ELECTRICITY

EEI: $800K

NEI: $662K

AWEA: $290KAPI/ANGA: $363K

SEIA: $145K

Source: Open Secrets

SOLAR

Legislative Accomplishments2017SUCCESS IN FY18 NDAA BILL:In November, Congress passed the FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). AWEA and a number of member companies worked hard throughout the year to ensure that any changes to the DOD 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 (R-TX), Senate Armed Services Ranking Member Reed (D-RI), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Sen. Heinrich (D-NM), Sen. Ernst (R-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.

STRENGTH IN OHIO: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 DC.” -Steve Lockard, CEO of TPI Composites, WindPAC Donor since 2010

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.

NEBRASKA WINS:

WindPAC Disbursements2017

Recipient Amount Party

U.S. SENATE

Tammy BaldwinSherrod BrownJoe DonnellyTammy Duckworth Joni Ernst Cory Gardner Chuck GrassleyMartin Heinrich Heidi HeitkampDean HellerJohn Hoeven Angus King Amy KlobucharClaire McCaskill Jack ReedJon TesterJohn Thune

$1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $7,000.00 $2,500.00 $5,500.00 $5,000.00 $4,000.00 $1,000.00 $4,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00

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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Recipient Amount Party

Jodey ArringtonDon BaconEarl BlumenauerKevin BradyMike Coffman Carlos CurbeloLloyd DoggettRon EstesFrank LucasRoger MarshallRichard NealPat TiberiTom Reed Peter RoskamPaul RyanElise StefanikDavid Young

$5,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00

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STATE CONTRIBUTIONS

Recipient Amount State Party

Kevin de Leon House Republican Campaign CommitteeMinnesota DFL Senate CaucusWayne DeAngelo Bill BeagleMatt Dolan Cliff Hite Randy Gardner Gayle Manning Frank LaRose Casey Murdock ND Senate Democratic-NPL CaucusND Senate Republican CaucusND Dem-NPL House CaucusRepublican House Caucus

$11,628.42 $2,000.00

$500.00

$1,000.00 $1,500.00 $1,200.00$2,000.00 $2,250.00 $2,250.00 $800.00 $5,000.00 $750.00

$750.00

$350.00

$350.00

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MN

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NG

ND

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LEADERSHIP RECIPIENTSRecipient Amount Party

Making America Prosperous PACTuesday Group PACDSCCSustainable Energy and Environment Coalition PACGreat America Committee

$5,000.00 $2,500.00 $15,000.00 $2,500.00

$5,000.00

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For more information please contact: Jackie Beckwith • Federal Legislative Affairs Associate • jbeckwith@awea.org • 202 322 4741