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Utilities Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Utilities: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code UTI.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $32.0M in itemized Utilities lobbying disclosures across 218 filers, among them AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE, SOUTHERN COMPANY, ranking #50 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#50
of 79 issues by spend
$32.0M
tracked Utilities lobbying
218
organizations lobbying
$147K
average per filer

Issue code: UTI · 218 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$32.0M
Organizations
218

Utilities filing shape

Utilities (UTI) averages $147K per filer across 218 organizations.

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL leads this issue's filer table with $41.9M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 218 filers on Utilities provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $41.9M
#2 EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE $25.1M
#3 SOUTHERN COMPANY $24.8M
#4 NEXTERA ENERGY, INC $19.3M
#5 KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $19.3M
#6 DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION $14.9M
#7 SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY) $14.1M
#8 LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY $11.5M
#9 CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC $10.6M
#10 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC $10.5M
#11 NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) $7.4M
#12 SEMPRA $7.4M
#13 ENTERGY SERVICES LLC $6.7M
#14 INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS OF AMERICA $6.1M
#15 EDISON INTERNATIONAL $5.5M
#16 EXELON BUSINESS SERVICES CO. $5.5M
#17 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION $5.4M
#18 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP $5.3M
#19 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $5.0M
#20 CARGILL, INCORPORATED $4.6M
#21 PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION $3.3M
#22 AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY $3.2M
#23 NATIONAL GRID USA $3.1M
#24 AVANGRID $3.1M
#25 ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION $2.9M
#26 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION $2.8M
#27 FIRSTENERGY CORP. $2.8M
#28 AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION $2.7M
#29 PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC. $2.5M
#30 CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. $2.3M
#31 MCWANE, INC. $2.2M
#32 FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. $2.0M
#33 COBANK ACB $2.0M
#34 TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. $1.9M
#35 SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES INC $1.9M
#36 SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT $1.7M
#37 LARGE PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL $1.6M
#38 NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY $1.6M
#39 NISOURCE INC. $1.6M
#40 EXELON CORPORATION $1.4M
#41 KOPPERS, INC. $1.4M
#42 SUNRUN INC. $1.4M
#43 CERES, INC. $1.1M
#44 WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY $1.1M
#45 PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $1.0M
#46 BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION $1.0M
#47 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S. $979K
#48 ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES $845K
#49 BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY INC $810K
#50 NATIONAL ENERGY & FUELS INSTITUTE $800K

Registrant concentration on Utilities

Top organizations filing on Utilities, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$41.9MEDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE$25.1MSOUTHERN COMPANY$24.8MNEXTERA ENERGY, INC$19.3MKOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$19.3MDUKE ENERGY CORPORATION$14.9MSHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL O…$14.1MLYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY$11.5M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Utilities · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code UTI; covers 218 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Utilities?
$32.0M was reported on Utilities (UTI) by 218 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Utilities lobbying?
Top filers on Utilities include AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE, SOUTHERN COMPANY. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code UTI.
How many organizations lobby on Utilities?
218 organizations filed on Utilities during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.