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Renewable energy companies are deploying a former aide to President Joe Biden to lobby the White House on the specifics of its proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package that would provide huge windfalls for the industry.
Christopher Putala, a former Biden staffer on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1989 to 1998, more than doubled his client list and lobbying revenue under the new president. Putala’s one-man lobbying firm raked in $770,000 in the first three months of 2021, up from $310,000 during the same period last year.
That first-quarter haul was a personal best for Putala, who primarily represented telecom companies in Washington before Biden’s win ushered in an influx of green energy clients on Jan. 11. Putala reported bringing in a total of $300,000 from six renewable energy firms, Apex Clean Energy, Clearway Energy Group, Invenergy LLC, Pattern Energy Group, IP Renewable Energy Holdings and Longroad Energy Mana
Putala Strategies, run by Chris Putala, specializes in telecom
New clients are in energy, education sectors February 25, 2021 3:07 PM By Megan R. Wilson
Chris Putala, a former Judiciary Committee aide to then-Sen. Joe Biden, has signed up four renewable and clean energy clients, according to newly filed forms.
Heâll be lobbying on issues involving âdevelopment of clean energy production, storage, and transmission,â the disclosure documents say without going into further detail.
The new clients on his roster include solar and wind energy companies Clearway Energy Group LLC, Pattern Energy Group Services LP, and Apex Clean Energy Holdings LLC, and clean energy company IP Renewable Energy Holdings LLC. He also registered to lobby for SLM Corp., the student loan provider commonly known as Sallie Mae, on âmatters concerning origination and servicing of private education loans.â
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Greg Walden of
Alpine Group to form
Alpine Advisors, a separate strategic advisory firm. Walden spent years as the top Republican on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, and twice chaired the House GOP’s campaign arm before retiring at the beginning of this year. But retirement’s “not what it’s cracked up to be for me,” the 11-term lawmaker said in an interview.