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Client disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2013 - 12/31/2013

Authorizing Officer name	Joseph W. Dalton
Title	Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs
Business name	GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc.
Address	20 City Square Suite 3
City, state, zip code	Charlestown, MA 02129
Country	US
Business interest	Energy: Petroleum, Hydro, Nuclear, Oil

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications	$44,000.00
Joseph W. Dalton	$20,000.00
Charles Bryan Burnham	$600.00
R. Olson Law Office, PLLC	$5,600.00
Total salaries paid	$70,200.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Advertising expenses	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Professional dues	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Fax charges	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Internet fees	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Legal fees	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Printing expenses	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Public relations expenses	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Rent	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Taxes	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013	Verizon Wireless (Reimburse Joseph Dalton $102 for cell phone usage)	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$102.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013		Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
7/1/2013-12/31/2013	Commonwealth of MA (reimburse R. Olson $1,149 for MA Lobby Registration; pay/reimburse $100 fee and $9 electronic payment fee for Joseph Dalton Individual Lobbyist Registration fee; and pay $315 in registration ($300) & electronic payment fee ($15) to register as lobbyists on behalf of GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc. - Joseph Dalton, R. Olson, and Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications all on 12/9/13)	Other operating expenses	$1,573.00
		Total operating expenses	$1,675.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

Date	Lobbyist name	Event type	Event location	Names and addresses of all event participants	Amount
08/12/2013		Travel	Gardiner Auditorium. State House, Boston, MA	Reimburse Joseph Dalton, 20 City Sq, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA 02129 for Metro Cab taxi fare to and from State House to attend DOER Stakeholder Meeting on SREC II program; other solar stakeholders	$19.00
10/25/2013		Travel	100 Cambridge Street, Large 2nd Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA	Reimburse parking at 100 Cambridge St (Standard Parking Garage) for Joseph Dalton, 20 City Sq, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA 02129, to attend DOER Stakeholder Meeting on Natural Gas Expansion study process; other stakeholders	$36.00
10/28/2013		Travel	DOER, 100 Cambridge St, Boston, MA	Reimburse parking at 100 Cambridge St (Standard Parking Garage) for Joseph Dalton, 20 City Sq, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA 02129, to provide winter LNG supply outlook; attending: Joe Dalton, Frank Katulak, 18 Rover St, Everett, MA; Undersecretary of Energy Barbara Kates-Garnick & DOER Commissioner Mark Sylvia and EOEEA staff all located at 100 Cambridge St, Boston	$32.00
11/18/2013		Travel	EOEEA, 100 Cambridge St, Boston, MA	Reimburse parking (Standard Parking Garage), for meeting to discuss current and potential future operations at Mt. Tom power generating plant; attending: Joe Dalton, John Shue, 20 City Square, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA; Herman Schopman, Neerav Nanavaty, 1990 Post Oak Road, Houston, TX; Secretary Richard Sullivan, Undersecretary of Energy Barbara Kates-Garnick & DOER Commissioner Mark Sylvia and EOEEA staff all located at 100 Cambridge St, Boston	$32.00
11/18/2013		Travel	EOEEA, 100 Cambridge St, Boston, MA	Reimburse airfare for Herman Schopman (United Airlines), for travel to meeting to discuss current and potential future operations at Mt. Tom power generating plant; attending: Joe Dalton, John Shue, 20 City Square, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA; Herman Schopman, Neerav Nanavaty, 1990 Post Oak Road, Houston, TX; Secretary Richard Sullivan, Undersecretary of Energy Barbara Kates-Garnick & DOER Commissioner Mark Sylvia and EOEEA staff all located at 100 Cambridge St, Boston	$995.00
11/18/2013		Travel	EOEEA, 100 Cambridge St, Boston, MA	Reimburse airfare for Neerav Nanavaty (United Airlines), for travel to meeting to discuss current and potential future operations at Mt. Tom power generating plant; attending: Joe Dalton, John Shue, 20 City Square, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA; Herman Schopman, Neerav Nanavaty, 1990 Post Oak Road, Houston, TX; Secretary Richard Sullivan, Undersecretary of Energy Barbara Kates-Garnick & DOER Commissioner Mark Sylvia and EOEEA staff all located at 100 Cambridge St, Boston	$986.00
12/19/2013		Travel	DPU, South Station, Boston, MA	Reimburse parking at Lafayette Garage for Joseph Dalton, 20 City Sq, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA 02129, to attend Salem Harbor Task Force Decommissioning Subcommittee public meeting; Task Force members, other stakeholders attended	$23.00
				Total amount	$2,123.00

Additional Expenses

Date from	Date to	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Expense	Amount
11/18/2013	11/18/2013		Marriott Residence Inn Tudor Wharf Charlestown, MA 02129	Lodging for Herman Schopman	$227.75
11/18/2013	11/18/2013		Marriott Residence Inn Tudor Wharf Charlestown, MA 02129	Lodging for Neerav Nanavaty	$227.75
				Total amount	$455.50

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