Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
THOMAS LANTZ CRAIG iiiDuke Energy CorporationCovered position: LA,Projects Director & Personal Assistant to Majority Leader Frist LA & Projects Manager to Sen. Lamar Alexander Energy & Water Subcommitte Staff Director to Senator Thad Cochran Same as above to Senator Richard Shelby54 filingsthrough 2026
Joshua C ZiveBracewell LLP53 filingsthrough 2023
Edward KrenikBracewell LLP
The filings
The 20 most recent of 326 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: duke-energy-corporation.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
ENV
141 filings
$106M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
130 filings
$61.4M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
114 filings
$105.9M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
106 filings
$104.6M on those filings
Utilities
UTI
96 filings
$48.6M on those filings
Fuel/Gas/Oil
FUE
62 filings
$4.9M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
53 filings
$78.7M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
33 filings
$46.1M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
31 filings
$45.2M on those filings
Commodities (big ticket)
CDT
27 filings
$27.9M on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
116th Congress
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019
10 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 2741116th CongressLeading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act10 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3136116th CongressSTORE Nuclear Fuel Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 3306116th CongressNuclear Energy Leadership Act10 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1142116th CongressEnergy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1234116th CongressNuclear Waste Administration Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1359116th CongressClean Energy Standard Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
S. 1685116th CongressLaunching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 201910 filingsthrough 2020
S. 903116th CongressNuclear Energy Leadership Act10 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 1443115th CongressEnergy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act10 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 590115th CongressAdvanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 201710 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 723115th CongressEnergy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 201710 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 761115th CongressPension and Budget Integrity Act of 201710 filingsthrough 2018
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Pepper NatonskiDuke Energy CorporationCovered position: Rep. Richard Hudson, CoS, Rep. Daniel Webster, CoS, Rep. Joe Wilson, Communications Director, Rep. Paul Broun, Communications Director, Rep. Tom Feeney, Communications Director, Rep Thelma Drake, LC, Rep. Tom Feeney, Staff & Executive Assistant51 filingsthrough 2026
Elizabeth Dee MartinBracewell LLP51 filingsthrough 2021
Louis RenjelDuke Energy CorporationCovered position: Deputy Staff Director, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 2002-4 Legislative Assistant, Sen. James M. Inhofe, 2000-2002 Legislative Clerk, House Energy and Commerce Committee, 1997-199946 filingsthrough 2026
Sam GeduldigCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Coalitions, House Financial Services Committee 2001-2003; Senior Advisor, Majority Whip Roy Blunt 2003-200638 filingsthrough 2026
John StipicevicCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Floor Operations, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, 2011-2014; Deputy Chief of Staff for Floor and Member Services, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 2014-201538 filingsthrough 2026
Jay CranfordCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Boehner Mar 2006-Dec 2006; Policy Advisor, Minority Leader Boehner Jan 2007-Dec 2010; Asst Policy Speaker Boehner Jan 2011-May 1, 201136 filingsthrough 2025
Matt BravoS-3 GroupCovered position: Director of Floor Operations for Maj. Whip Steve Scalise; Prof Staff, E&C; Floor Asst to Maj. Leader Eric Cantor33 filingsthrough 2026
Kevin CaseyS-3 GroupCovered position: Senior Pol Dir, Dem Caucus; Counselor, Leg. Dir, Leg. Asst, Rep. Joseph Crowley; Staff Asst, Leg. Correspondent, Rep. Bob Weygand33 filingsthrough 2026
Michael FerenceS-3 GroupCovered position: Senior Pol Adv, Maj. Leader Eric Cantor and Maj Whip Roy Blunt; Leg Asst, Senator Inhofe33 filingsthrough 2026
Michaeleen Earle CrowellS-3 GroupCovered position: Leg Director, Rep. Denise Majette; Leg Director, Rep. John Lewis; Chief of Staff, US Sen. Bernie Sanders32 filingsthrough 2026
Jeffrey HolmsteadBracewell LLPCovered position: Asst. Admin, Air & Radiation, EPA (2001-05); Assoc. White House Counsel (1989-93)32 filingsthrough 2016
Michael B. SewellDuke Energy CorporationCovered position: Served as Legislative Director for Rep. Clay Shaw31 filingsthrough 2020
John A HaysbertDuke Energy Corporation31 filingsthrough 2016
Toby S ShortDuke Energy Corporation31 filingsthrough 2016
Steve ClarkCgcn Group, LLC30 filingsthrough 2024
Mike NielsenCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Sen. Robert F. Bennett 1999-2001; Staff Director Subcommittee Financial Institutions 2002-06; Senior Policy Advisor Sen. Robert F. Bennett 2007-1030 filingsthrough 2024
Norman BrownsteinBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP25 filingsthrough 2026
Russell W. SullivanBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: Staff Director, Senate Finance Committee; Chief Counsel, Senate Finance Committee; Leg. Director, Sen. Bob Graham25 filingsthrough 2026
Mark L. PryorBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLPCovered position: United States Senator25 filingsthrough 2026
Michael Baker ElmoreDuke Energy CorporationCovered position: Intern, Sen. Lindsey Graham; Leg. Dir. Rep. Joe Wilson25 filingsthrough 2026
William SauerDuke Energy Corporation24 filingsthrough 2024
Aaron L SzaboCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: Analyst, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 - 2014; Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2014-2017; Senior Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 2017-201824 filingsthrough 2023
Scott RiplingerCgcn Group, LLCCovered position: (5) Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dean Heller, 2007 - 2011; Shared Employee and Staff Assistant, U.S. House Small Business Committee, Rep. Don Manzullo, 2005 - 2007.23 filingsthrough 2024
Michael Sean HaywoodLtd Group, LLCCovered position: LA to Senator Jim Bunning23 filingsthrough 2015
Brian D VanderbloemenMcguirewoods Consulting (a Subsidiary of Mcguirewoods LLP)Covered position: Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Burr22 filingsthrough 2015
Drew PrestonDuke Energy Corporation20 filingsthrough 2026
Covered positions · 80 of 118 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
