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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,685 companies · $1.9B · 169 also fund a PAC

Companies don’t just donate — they hire lobbyists to push (or block) legislation. Federal law makes them disclose it. This ranks the companies and groups that spent the most lobbying Washington in 2025, drawn from Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend is the company’s total for the year across everything they lobbied on (the law doesn’t break it down per bill). The ◆ PAC column shows what the same company’s political action committee gives to candidates — the ones doing both, spending to shape laws and funding the people who write them, are worth a closer look.

Filtered to Energy & Utilitiesclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
1981Carbon Management Alliance (Formerly Called Energy Advance Center)
DC
$160K
1982Carbon Solutions
IL
$160K
1983Chelan County Public Utility District
WA
$160K
1984City And Borough Of Sitka
AK
$160K
1985Clark County Nv (Office Of The County Manager)
WA
$160K
1986Clean Fuels Alliance America (Fka National Biodiesel Board)
DC
$160K
1987Coalition For Renewable Natural Gas (F/K/A Playmaker O/B/Of Coal Renew Nat Gas)
DC
$160K
1988Colonial Pipeline
TX
$160K
1989Colorado River Indian Tribes
CO
$160K
1990Colosseum Rare Metals Inc. (Fka Dateline Resources Limited) $160K
1991Columbia Basin Project (Fka) Washington State Water Resources Association
WA
$160K
1992Columbus Partnership
OH
$160K
1993Continental Strategy Llc (O/B/O Plexos Group Llc)
DC
$160K
1994Coreshell
CA
$160K
1995Countrymark Cooperative
IN
$160K
1996Dnv
VA
$160K
1997Eavor Technologies
AB
$160K
1998Electric Power Board Of Chattanooga
TN
$160K
1999Electric Power Supply Association
DC
$160K
2000Emp Shield
KS
$160K
2001En+ Group Ipjsc $160K
2002Entegris Poco Materials
AR
$160K
2003Essential Minerals Association (Formerly Reporting As Ima-na)
DC
$160K
2004Flexsys America
OH
$160K
2005Geosynthetic Materials Association - Ata (Formerly Known As Gma - Ifai)
MN
$160K
2006Gevo
CO
$160K
2007Global Mining
OH
$160K
2008Golden Pass Lng Terminal Llc (Formerly Known As Golden Pass Products Llc)
TX
$160K
2009Gulf South Business Roundtable
DC
$160K
2010Ha Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. (Hasi)
MD
$160K
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