Corporate Energy Buyers Association lobbied on 5 issues. See lobbying
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
No published list of positions
This committee’s site publishes no list of positions we could read, and we found no statement of why it exists. We do not write one for it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
No candidate-directed contributions or explicitly supportive independent expenditures were returned.
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$4,679 in 1 payment
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Other PACs and committees
1
$4.7K · 100%
All recipients
1
$4.7K
By the candidate’s state
No recipient here is matched to a candidate with a state on record.
Where the money came from $5,000 reported receipts
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$5,000100%
Largest donors
Richard PowellOne contribution on Jan 1, 2025 · CEO · CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATIO · WASHINGTON, DC$5,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The largest of the donors is listed. In all, 1 itemized contribution was filed this cycle, totaling $5K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Total reported receipts $5,000
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Dec 31, 2025.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $5,000 placed by state
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Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
District of Columbia1 contribution · 100%
$5,000
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $5,004 reported
Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$4,67994%
Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$3256.5%
Total reported disbursements $5,004
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Dec 31, 2025.
What the payments were for $4,679 itemized
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$4,679100%
What Corporate Energy Buyers Association lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Corporate Energy Buyers Association pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$1.1M
Quarterly reports read
9
Bills it named
77
Topics it lobbied on
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Energy/Nuclearin 9 report entries · 67 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to clean energy project development (including siting, permitting, interconnection or contracting), electricity market design, transmission, energy storage, demand response or micro grid projects.
Legislation and regulatory policies impacting existing fossil and nuclear power plants.
H.R.301: Geothermal Energy Opportunity (GEO) Act;
H.R.573: Studying NEPAs Impact on Projects Act;
H.R.603: Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme Weather Act;
H.R.1047: Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable (GRID) Power Act (queue jumping);
H.R.1077/S.456: Streamlining Thermal Energy Through Advanced Mechanisms (STEAM) Act;
Nothing from this committee’s or its sponsor’s site is quoted yet.
Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
The official FEC committee record remains available under Filings.
$4.7K
Bars drawn to $4.7K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
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No candidate committee activity was returned for this PAC.
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
No committee-to-committee receipts were itemized this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
$4.7K across 1 recipient committee, or 94% of everything this committee reports spending.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Clean Energy Buyers Associatio1 contribution · 100% of ranked
$5,000
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
CEO1 contribution · 100% of ranked
$5,000
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Paid to
Clean Energy Buyers Association PAC$4,679
Total itemized disbursements $4,679
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Dec 31, 2025.
All 1 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Spending over time
$5K spent from Jan 2025 to Dec 2025. Most in one report: $4.7K, Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2025.
$5K
Jan 2025Dec 2025
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Each report’s total
Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2025$4,714
Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2025$290
H.R.1698: Committing Leases for Energy Access Now (CLEAN) Act;
H.R.1994: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2025;
H.R.2072/S.1020: A bill on hydro relicensing;
H.R.2301: To promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.;
H.R.2703: Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies Act of 2025;
H.R.2813: Small Modular Reactor Commercialization Act;
H.R.2986: Expediting Generator Interconnection Procedures Act of 2025;
H.R.3638: Electric Supply Chain Act;
H.R.3751: Reliable Grid Act;
H.R.4503: ePermit Act;
H.R.4776: Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act;
H.R.5576: Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act;
H.R.5587: Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act;
H.R.5600: SPEED and Reliability Act;
H.R.5631: Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Review Act;
H.R. 6287: Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Modernization Act of 2025;
H.R.6336/S.3287: Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act (changes to beneficiary pays cost allocation);
H.R.6357: TVA Increase Rate of Participation (TVA IRP) Act;
H.R.6529: Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act;
H.R.6633: High-Capacity Grid Act;
H.R.6709: Office of Fusion Act;
H.R.6805: Expand scope of the advanced reactor demonstration program; as well as the Create Expedited Reviews to Transform American Infrastructure Now (CERTAIN) Act discussion draft;
H.R.522:, the Unleashing Low-Cost Rural AI Act;
S.3088/H.R.5441: the Fusion Advanced Manufacturing Parity Act;
S.3016: the Advancing Research in Nuclear Fuel Recycling Act of 2025;
H.R.1687: the CLEAN Act;
S.1183: Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025.
H.R.7568: Hot Rock Act;
S. 3814: ARC Act of 2026;
S.3518: the Fair Licensing for Operations of Water Structures (FLOWS) Act;
H.R.6474: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates;
H.R.3657 Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act;
S.1968 Working Waterfronts Act;
H.R.5597 BECCS Advancement Commission Act;
HR.5617 Geothermal Gold Book Development Act;
H.R.7606: the Powering Productivity Act;
H.R.7607: the Energy METRIC Act;
H.R.7741/S.3926: digital energy management tools;
S.3497: the Reconductoring Existing Wires for Infrastructure Reliability and Expansion (REWIRE) Act;
S.4166: the GEO Power Act
Issues related to clean energy project development (including siting, permitting, interconnection or contracting), electricity market design, transmission, energy storage, demand response, and load growth.
Sections of the following bills related to these topics: H.R.2347: Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act, issues related to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act and related discussion drafts;
H.R.2074: POWER Act;
H.R.8308: CERTAIN Act;
S.3947: REWIRE Act;
H.R.7977: Energy Bills Relief Act;
S.4116/H.R.8437: Geo POWER Act;
H.R.5631: Geothermal Energy Advancement Act;
S.3814: ARC Act of 2026;
H.R.7595: TVA IRP Act;
H.R.9340 and S.5028, the Ratepayer Protection Act;
S.4784, the National Defense Authorization Act;
H.R.4776 SPEED Act.
Potential regulatory actions regarding the Bonneville Power Administration's Day-Ahead market decision.
Draft legislation on Data Center Interconnection.
Potential legislation to reauthorize the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program.
Permitting issues related to the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, and the Federal Power Act, including transmission siting authority, interregional transmission planning, cost allocation, local transmission oversight, utility disclosure, and advanced transmission technologies.
Federal policy affecting deployment of advanced nuclear and geothermal energy.
Issues related to clean energy project development (including siting, permitting, interconnection or contracting), electricity market design, transmission, energy storage, demand response, load growth, or micro grid projects.
Sections of the following bills related to these topics: Draft legislation on permitting and transmission reform.
H.R.5631, the Geothermal Energy Advancement Act;
Nuclear REFUEL Act;
H.R.7977: Energy Bill Relief Act;
H.R.4128: CIRCUIT Act;
H.R.4776 SPEED Act;
H.R.8308: the CERTAIN Act;
S.4795: FREEDOM Act;
H.R.301: GEO Act;
S.456/H.R.1077 STEAM Act.
White House implementation of the Ratepayer Protection Pledge.
Permitting issues related to the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, Federal Power Act, PURPA, and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
Budget/Appropriationsin 6 report entries · 3 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to FY 2027 appropriations, including federal R&D or agency funding for grid infrastructure and components, resilience, advanced transmission technologies, clean energy, project siting, energy storage, demand response, micro grid projects or transmission build-out.
Focus on DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing; the Grid Resilience and Innovations Partnerships (GRIP) Program; the Transmission Facilitation Program; and the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program.
Sections of the following bills related to these topics: H.R.1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act;
H.R.5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.
Issues related to the FY2025, FY2026, and FY 2027 appropriations, including federal R&D or agency funding for grid infrastructure and components, resilience, advanced transmission technologies, clean energy, project siting, energy storage, demand response, micro grid projects or transmission build-out.
H.R.1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act;
Focus on DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing; the Grid Resilience and Innovations Partnerships (GRIP) Program; the Transmission Facilitation Program; and the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program, including relevant sections in H.R. 9022, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Codein 6 report entries · 9 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to various clean energy credits and guidance, including the advanced manufacturing production tax credit; and a potential transmission tax incentive.
Enactment and implementation of H.R.1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its provisions and amendments related to clean energy including tax credits and foreign entities of concern;
S.1183/H.R.2160: Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act;
Implementation of Treasury EO Executive Order 14315, Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources for clean energy;
H.R.6476 To amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to expand the meaning and edibility of energy communities;
H.R.6474: the Parity for Nuclear Energy Investment Act;
H.R.6873: the Geothermal Tax Parity Act
Issues related to various clean energy credits and guidance, including the advanced manufacturing production tax credit, renewable energy tax credits, the clean electricity investment credit, and a potential transmission tax incentive.
Sections of the following bills related to these topics: H.R.8482: the Nuclear Rate Stabilization Act;
H.R.6873: Geothermal Tax Parity Act; draft legislation to expand 45X eligibility for critical minerals and grid components; draft legislation to expand 48E eligibility for geothermal drilling costs.
Implementation of H.R.1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its provisions related to clean energy, including tax credits and foreign entities of concern including finalization of such guidance as initiated in Notice 2026-15.
Sections of the following bills related to these topics: H.R.5441/S.3088: Fusion Advanced Manufacturing Parity Act.
Implementation of H.R.1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its provisions and amendments related to clean energy including tax credits and foreign entities of concern.
Government Issuesin 2 report entries · 3 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to federal government leasing of land for or procurement of clean energy, clean energy projects, energy storage, demand response, micro grid projects or transmission.
H.R.1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (See, 50303.
Renewable Energy Revenue Sharing);
H.R.1994: the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act;
H.R.2301: To promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.
Trade (domestic/foreign)in 2 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to international trade, including the imposition of new tariffs, duties, quotas on or exclusions for imported clean energy materials and equipment (i.e., wind project components; solar panels; steel and aluminum;
Chinese products; transformers; batteries).
H.R.3638: the Electric Supply Chain Act;
H.R.6636: to advance sensible priorities;
S.1325: the Foreign Pollution Fee Act;
S.3499: DOE periodic assessments on electricity sector supply chain; provisions impacting pricing of foreign emissions.
Corporate Energy Buyers AssociationIts own staff · 1 report$140K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION”, found by searching “ENERGY BUYERS”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Oct 27, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.