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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2019

Lobbyist name	Joseph Newman
Business name	National Grid
Address	40 Court Street, 11th Floor
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-263-3380

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: National Grid

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $12,915.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4002	An act authorizing and accelerating transportation investment	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2012	An Act to reduce gas leaks	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3791	An Act establishing a natural gas demand response pilot program	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2042	An Act relative to public safety in hoisting regulations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2847	An Act to ensure safety and transparency in pipeline repair	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1952	An Act relative to gas leaks and infrastructure	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2822	An Act increasing service quality penalty against electric and gas companies	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2849	An Act for utility transition to using renewable energy (FUTURE)	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2013	An Act ensuring public safety at natural gas sites	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1408	An Act relative to public safety in hoisting regulations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1966	An Act to promote gas safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1950	An Act ensuring the safety of residents, first responders, and gas workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2843	An Act removing barriers to solar for low-income communities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2845	An Act to promote gas safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1934	An Act requiring public interest considerations in gas infrastructure expansion proceedings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1942	An Act establishing a study of energy efficient options for low income households	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2886	An Act relative to double poles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2899	An Act relative to conservation and natural gas infrastructure	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Other	Discussed potential legislation relative to expanding renewable portfolio standard	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2905	An Act ensuring rate payer and community representation in utility company regulatory proceedings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1940	An Act for utility transition to using renewable energy (FUTURE)	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Other	discussed potential legislation relative to energy efficiency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3987	An Act Relative to Greenworks	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3894	An act relative to protecting the public from damages caused by public utility damages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1967	An Act relative to natural gas safety and responsibility	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Other	Discussed potential legislation relative to emissions targets	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2826	An Act relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2848	An Act ensuring gas safety and consumer fairness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1975	An Act relative to the Department of Public Utilities' proceedings and gas pipelines	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2812	An Act clarifying authority and responsibilities of the department of public utilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1959	An Act relative to ensuring gas safety and consumer fairness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1980	An Act protecting ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2815	An Act relative to improving public safety in excavation	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1963	An Act to ensure safety and transparency in pipeline repair	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1969	An Act relative to improving gas workers field safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4000	An Act Making Appropriations for the fiscal year 2020	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2828	An Act to modernize our natural gas infrastructure	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2916	An Act affirming that consumers not be forced to pay capital costs of natural gas pipelines	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3846	An Act relative to GreenWorks	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3893	An act facilitating public ownership of public utilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2850	An Act relative to natural gas safety and responsibility	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Other	Discussed potential legislation relative to oversight of Department of Public Utilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1986	An Act relative to Energy Savings Efficiency (Energy SAVE)	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1968	An Act relative to the failure to remove existing utility poles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2901	An Act for field safety in gas infrastructure	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1925	An Act to encourage the deployment of heat pumps	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2821	An Act relative to double poles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2906	An Act requiring executive agency liability	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2011	An Act establishing building energy performance standards	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1953	An Act creating a Department of Utilities Disaster Relief Fund	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2883	An Act relative to disaster preparedness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Other	Discussed potential legislation relative to decarbonize natural gas distribution	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
07/01/2019	Comittee for a Democratic Senate	PAC	$200.00
09/10/2019	Jose Santiago Committee	State Rep - 9th Suffolk	$150.00
09/18/2019	Joseph Wagner	State Rep - 8th Hampden	$200.00
09/24/2019	Dan Cahill Committee	State Rep - 10th Essex	$200.00
09/26/2019	Ron Mariano	State Rep - 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
10/02/2019	Committee to elect Dan Cullinane	State Rep - 12th Suffolk	$150.00
10/21/2019	Dan Ryan Committee	State Rep - 2nd Suffolk	$150.00
11/12/2019	Committee to elect Michael Moran	State Rep - 18th Suffolk	$200.00
11/18/2019	Committee to elect Hank Naughton	200	$200.00
11/20/2019	Committee to elect Patrick O'Connor	State Senate - Plymouth & Norfolk	$150.00
11/20/2019	Committee to elect David Muradian	State Rep - 9th Worcester	$150.00
12/17/2019	Joseph Broncore Committee	State Senate - 1st Suffolk & Middlesex	$200.00
		Total contributions	$2,150.00

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