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2 0 1 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T

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2014 was another banner year for PowerPAC.

A record 198 individuals contributed $67,731.88,

enabling PowerPAC to support the election of

congressional candidates on both sides of the political aisle

who appreciate the value public power utilities bring to their

communities and customers. With your support, PowerPAC

helps APPA develop constructive working relationships

with key Members of Congress in order to communicate

the public power industry’s concerns on a range of issues

including tax-exempt financing, environmental regulations,

grid security and many more. How Congress addresses

these issues is a significant factor in public power’s ability

to continue its long tradition of providing affordable and

reliable electricity to our communities in the future. Your

commitment to PowerPAC and your partnership in this

endeavor ensures that public power’s voice is heard in

Washington.

E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y

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Receipts - $67,731.88

Contributors - 198

Disbursements - $67,850

Breakdown by Chamber1

House - $34,850 (51%)

Senate - $33,000 (49%)

Breakdown by Chamber and Party

Senate Republicans - $17,250 (52%)

Senate Democrats - $15,750 (48%)

House Republicans - $18,600 (53%)

House Democrats - $16,250 (47%)

2 0 1 4 A C H I E V E M E N T S & A C T I V I T I E S

1 All percentages are approximate.

Highlightsn Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R,

CA-01) addressed the annual Pow-erPAC President’s Circle Breakfast during APPA’s Legislative Rally in March. Congressman LaMalfa was the lead cosponsor of H.R. 1038, the Public Power Risk Management Act of 2014, an APPA-supported bill intended to fix provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation that inadvertently hin-dered public power utilities’ ability to hedge future energy needs. H.R. 1038 was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives on June 12, 2014.

n PowerPAC held a fundraiser dur-ing the APPA National Conference in June for Congressman Scott Tipton (R, CO-03). Congressman Tipton sits on three committees of importance to public power: the House Agriculture, Natural Re-sources and Small Business Com-mittees. He has also been a great advocate for expanding access to hydropower.

n Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D, CO-01) addressed PowerPAC’s annual breakfast during the APPA National Conference in June. In addition to serving as the Chief Deputy Whip of the House Demo-cratic leadership, she is a member of the powerful Committee on Energy and Commerce, an exclu-sive congressional committee with vast jurisdiction over issue areas important to public power such as energy policy, electricity markets, telecommunications and environ-mental protection.

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T H A N K Y O U , 2 0 1 4 P O W E R P A C C O N T R I B U T O R S !

John Bilda Steven BlanchardAndy BoatrightLarry BrownellGeorge CaanAustin CarrollBill Carroll Lonnie Carter Will Coffman

President’s Circle Members ($750+)

Eldon Cotton Mark CrissonPhyllis CurrieRon Davis Paula DiFonzoJoy Ditto Lisa Dowden Jeff Feldt Kevin Gaden

Marc GerkenJohn GodfreyColin HansenTom Heller Doug Hunter Mike Hyland Sue Kelly Jeanne LaBellaBob Lynch

Kyle McClurePatrick McCullarScott Miller Barry Moline Allen Mosher Joe Nipper Bud Para Delia PattersonMichael Peters

John RoukemaBill Slaton Coleman SmoakGary Stauffer Sharon Staz Robert Talley Amy ThomasDean ThompsonJolene Thompson

John Twitty Mike Vinson Seth Voyles Robert Williams

Jeff Armfield Bill Bottiggi Annette Creekpaum

Platnium Members ($500 - $749)

Meena Dayak Anita Decker Duncan Kincheloe

Richard Kizer Nathan MitchellTony Modafferi

Terrance NaultyMichael PostarTom Rider

Jackie SargentWalter Schlink Marc Tye

Mason BakerSam BennettJohn Black Victoria BudreauRebecca CasperDavid Clark Allen Crowser

Silver Members ($150 - $299)

Michael DavisFloyd Gilzow Jeff Haas Bob Haug Dan Hodges Martin HopperJohn Humphries

Susan JacksonLarry JohnstonTom Kierspe Puesh KumarEwell LawsonAl Lopez Andy McMahon

Dave ModisettePaul Pallas Lori Pickford Mike Poston Bill Radio Ted RamptonRick Rigel

Brad Roos Harold ScheiboutLeon Schochenmaier Ursula SchryverJeff Shields Forrest SholarsJack Simmons

Ron Skagen Keith Smith Laura Varn Dennis WalstraJim Weeks Pam WilliamsMark Zion

Shawn AbramsBill Acee Barb AteshzarEd Bodie Ron BowmanBryan Boyd Linda BrowderR. Michael BrowderAnthony CannonMark Chesney

Bronze Members ($50-$149)

Larry Clark Steve Cope Andy ColosimoLaura CornwellJim Coutts Wendy Cruce Ed CummingsTroy DeJoode Chris DibbernMichelle Dolan

Clayton DowellAnnette Dupont-EwingPaul Fisk Kevin GarlickBill Gordon Linda Gott Scotty Griffin Ernest HardwickLynn HemingerPatrick Hickie

John HolbrookJuan HolmesJane Hood Murray HulsteinTanzina IslamMark IversonRobert KappelmannElizabeth KesleyBen Kostick Don Kraus

Tara McCall Lianne McGinelyLisa Miller Sean Neal Mark Nibaur Michael NolanStephen PelcherJohn Perino Thomas RudebuschShelley Sahling-Zart

Genevieve Shiroma Michele SuddlesonTim SutherlandLynne TejedaJoseph ThorndykeDuane ThorpeBeth Vargas DuncanElizabeth WarnerJason Williams

Paul Beckhusen Cynthia BogoradRodney BoydJames Brogdon Jim Cater

Gold Members ($300 - $499)

Scott Corwin Michael CrosbyDuane DahlquistRobert FlemingGlenda Gillette

Walter HaaseAlex HofmannRobert JablonLeslie JamesJack Kegel

Mark McCainDoc Mueller David OsburnPhil Pierce Theresa Pugh

Toby Sellier Brian SkeltonKevin Wailes David Walters Phil Williams

Nick BradenHerman Holmes

Starter PAC ($1 - $49)

Patrick HowleWilliam Lankford

Bryan LewisJill Marshall

Mike StantonTom Wagner

Special recognition goes to Santee Cooper for their strong showing of support for PowerPAC in 2014! All together, 36

Santee Cooper employees contributed to PowerPAC in 2014. Thank you!

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PowerPAC in the 2013-2014 Election Cycle

Receipts - $130,950.34

$20,970.38 more than receipts received during the 2011-2012 election cycle

Contributors – 245

21 more contributors than the 2011-2012 election cycle

Disbursements - $131,500

$24,675 more than disbursements made during the 2011-2012 election cycle

Breakdown by Chamber

Senate - $55,500 (42%)

House - $76,000 (58%)

Breakdown by Chamber & Party

Senate Republicans – $28,500 (51%)

Senate Democrats - $27,000 (49%)

House Republicans - $42,250 (56%)

House Democrats - $33,750 (44%)

2013-2014 Election Cycle Disbursements: An In-Depth Look

We strive to ensure that your contributions are spent where they have the greatest impact. When deciding who to give to, we take into consideration several factors, including committee assignments, committee leadership, party leadership, the number of public power utilities a Senator or Representative represents, as well as positions and actions on issues important to public power. Power-PAC’s bylaws stipulate that we only contribute to incum-bents, except in extraordinary circumstances.

It is PowerPAC’s policy to keep our contribution ratios roughly in-line with the party ratios of each chamber. This policy is more an art than a science due to some mitigat-ing factors we must consider in order to most effectively leverage your dollars. For example, in the Senate, we also take into consideration when the election will occur (Sen-ators serve six-year terms). When faced with a situation where we have limited dollars and two Senate candidates we want to give to, we try to give to the candidate who is “in-cycle,” that is, who will be on the ballot in the next election. If we have given to an incumbent Representative or Senator and they announce, sometime within the same election cycle, that they will not seek reelection we almost always receive a refund of our contribution.

In addition to contributing to the campaign funds of individual candidates, PowerPAC is a member of the four main political party committees: the Democratic Senato-rial Campaign Committee (DSCC), National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the National Repub-lican Congressional Committee (NRCC). Membership in these organizations gives PowerPAC access to small-group policy and fundraising events where there is often the op-portunity to meet and speak with multiple lawmakers.

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Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)Senator Carper sits on three committees with jurisdiction over issues important to APPA members: the Senate Environment & Public Works, Senate Finance, and Senate Homeland Security Committees.

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)Senator Collins serves on the Senate Intel-ligence and Appropriations Committees. She was an original co-sponsor of S.1802, the Public Power Risk Management Act

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)A former member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, Senator Coons jumped to the Senate Appro-priations Committee in 2013. He was reelected in 2014.

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)Senator Cornyn is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax issues important to public power like tax-exempt financing. As the Senate Minority Whip, he is also a member of the Senate Republican leadership.

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID)Senator Crapo serves on two committees important to public power: the Senate Finance and the Senate Environment & Public Works Committees.

Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN)A moderate, “red state” Democrat, first-term Senator Joe Donnelly joined with Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in 2013 to introduce S. 1802, the Public Power Risk Management Act.

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) APPA has many members in the state of Tennessee. Senator Alexander handily won a third term in the 2014 midterm elections. He is a member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee.

Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)A former House member, Senator Tammy Baldwin is a longtime friend of public power in Wisconsin. Senator Baldwin served on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee in the 113th Congress.

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY)Senator Barrasso sits on the Energy & Natural Resources Committee and the Environment and Public Works Commit-tee, both of which have jurisdiction over issues important to public power. He also serves as Chairman of the Senate Repub-lican Conference Policy Committee and Chairman of the Senate Western Caucus.

Senator Mark Begich (D-AK)Senator Begich sat on the Senate Com-merce, Science, and Transportation and Senate Homeland Security Committees, which oversee the rail shipper and a portion of cybersecurity issues, respec-tively, in the 113th Congress. He lost his reelection bid in the midterm elections to Republican Dan Sullivan.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)Senator Blumenthal was elected to the Senate in 2010. He serves on the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee and has been an advocate for electricity market reform in the Northeast.

Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)Senator Cardin is currently serving his second term in the Senate. He sits on the Senate Finance and Senate Environment & Public Works Committees. He is a strong supporter of tax-exempt municipal bonds.

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Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ)After representing Arizona’s 6th Congres-sional District in the House for 10 years, Flake was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. Senator Flake is a member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee and has a good working relationship with Arizona’s public power utilities.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)Senator Graham was reelected to his third term in the 2014 midterm elections and serves on the Senate Appropriations and Budget Committees.

Senator Al Franken (D-MN)Senator Franken defeated his Republican opponent, Norm Coleman, in 2008 by the slightest of margins - and he wasn’t sworn into office until over six months after the election due to litigation over the elec-tion. Luckily for him, getting reelected to his second term in 2014 was far less arduous. He is a member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC)Senator Hagan, another moderate Democrat, was defeated in her bid for a second term in November by Republican North Carolina State House Speaker Tom Tillis.

Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)Senator Heitkamp’s dogged support for the energy industry in her home state of North Dakota extends to the electricity industry: she was an original cosponsor of S. 1802, the Public Power Risk Manage-ment Act, and she has led other moderate Democratic Senators in pushing back against EPA efforts to regulate carbon dioxide from power plants. She is a member of the Senate Agriculture and Homeland Security Committees.

Senator John Hoeven (R-ND)Like his fellow North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Senator Hoeven is a powerful advocate for energy production in both North Dakota and America writ large. He is a member of the Senate Agriculture and Senate Energy Natural & Resources Committees and has led efforts in the Senate for an appropriate legislative plan to regulate coal ash as a non-hazardous waste.

Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK)With the Senate in Republican control, longtime EPA critic Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) regained position of chair of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, where he has promised to lead aggressive oversight of EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations for new and existing plants, the Waters of the U.S. rule, and other environmental regula-tions. Along with Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Senator Inhofe introduced S. 1802, the Public Power Risk Management Act in the 113th Congress.

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)Senator Landrieu was yet another “red-state” Democrat to fall victim to a Republican challenger, in her case Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA), in the 2014 midterm elections. A longtime vocal proponent of increased domestic oil and gas production, she briefly led the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee in 2014 after former Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) moved to the Senate Finance Committee.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)Senator McCaskill, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Senate Commerce Committees, joined other moderate Democratic Senators in send-ing EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy a letter in December 2014, regarding their concerns about the EPA’s “Clean Power Plan” to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

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Senator Jim Risch (R-ID)Senator Risch handily won a second term in November. He is the third most senior Republican on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee.

Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)Senator Roberts won a fourth term in the Senate in November after a big scare from independent challenger Greg Orman. In the 114th Congress, Senator Roberts chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee. As a member of the Finance Committee, he has been very supportive of maintain-ing public power utilities’ unfettered access to tax-exempt financing.

Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)Senator Pryor was another conservative Southern Democrat defeated in the 2014 midterms, having been easily beat by Congressman Tom Cotton (R-AR).

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)In addition to serving in the Senate Democratic leadership, Senator Schumer is a member of the powerful Senate Finance Committee. Along with Rep-resentatives Chris Gibson (R-NY) and Sean Maloney (D-NY), Senator Schumer emerged in 2014 as a vocal critic of a new capacity zone in New York. The trio of lawmakers successfully inserted language ordering FERC to regularly report to Congress on the financial effects of the capacity zone into a report accompanying a $1.1 trillion spending bill that passed the Senate in December.

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)With his November reelection and the Republican takeover of the Senate, Sena-tor McConnell accomplished his life-long goal of becoming the Senate Majority Leader. A proud supporter of Kentucky’s coal industry, McConnell has promised to introduce a “disapproval resolution” to prohibit the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants in 2015.

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)As the Ranking Member on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee in the 113th Congress, Senator Lisa Murkowski released an energy “blueprint” in early 2013 to increase domestic energy production, among other things. Now, as the Committee Chair, Senator Murkowski will have more sway to put her blueprint into action. She is likely to move energy legislation – possibly on electric reliability -- through the committee in the first 100 days of the new Congress.

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)Senator Murray’s home state of Wash-ington is home to many public power utilities, and APPA has worked closely with her to protect the original purpose of the federal power marketing adminis-trations (PMAs) to provide clean, reliable hydropower at cost-based rates to prefer-ence customers.

Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS)As Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in the 2013-2014 election cycle, Senator Moran oversaw Republicans’ successful effort to take over the Senate majority for the first time in eight years.

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Senator Tom Udall (D-NM)Senator Tom Udall, first elected to the Senate in 2008 after spending 10 years in the House as U.S. Representative from New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, won a second Senate term in the 2014 midterms. A former member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, Udall will serve on the Senate Commerce Committee in the 114th Congress.

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO)First-term Senator Mark Udall (New Mexico Senator Tom Udall’s cousin) lost his reelection bid in the November midterms to Republican Congressman Cory Gardner. Udall was a member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee.

Senator David Vitter (R-LA)With the Republican takeover of the Senate, Senator Vitter lost his position as the top Republican on the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee to Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK). He will remain on the Committee as the second-most senior Republican, and undoubtedly will continue to be a vocal critic of many EPA air regulations affecting APPA member utilities.

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)Senator Ron Wyden will remain the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Com-mittee in the 114th Congress. He will also be the second most-senior Democrat on the Senate Energy Committee, which he used to chair. Senator Wyden has been a supporter of the Power Marketing Administrations.

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)After serving one term in the House representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appointed Scott to serve out the remainder of departing Senator Jim DeMint’s seat in early 2013. He easily won a full-term in the Novem-ber, midterm elections. In the 113th Congress, Scott served on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources and Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committees.

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)Senator Shaheen closely edged out challenger – and former Massachusetts Senator – Scott Brown in the midterm elections to win a second term in the Sen-ate. Along with Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman, Shaheen cosponsored a widely-publicized energy efficiency bill that was twice pulled from consideration on the Senate floor due to unrelated con-troversies over the Affordable Care Act. She and Portman say they will continue to push for consideration of their bill in the new Congress.

Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)Senator Tester is a moderate Western Democrat and a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. He was recently elected to head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the organization charged with helping Democrats get elected to the U.S. Senate.

Senator John Thune (R-SD)With the beginning of the 114th Congress in January, Senator Thune took the helm of the Senate Commerce Committee. Senator Thune has been a great friend to public power, and has advocated on behalf of rail shippers experiencing diffi-culty with coal shipments. Senator Thune is the third most senior Republican in the Senate; he currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.

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MajorityRep. Marsha Blackburn (R, TN-7)

Rep. John Boehner (R, OH-8) – Speaker of the House

Rep. Charles Boustany (R, LA-3)

Rep. Dave Camp (R, MI-4) – Chair, House Ways & Means Committee

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, NJ-11)

Rep. Cory Gardner (R, CO-4)

Rep. Sam Graves (R, MO-6) – Chair, House Small Business Committee

Rep. Doc Hastings (R, WA-4) – Chair, House Natural Resources Committee

Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R, CA-1)

Rep. Billy Long (R, MO-7)

Rep. Frank Lucas (R, OK-3) – Chair, House Agriculture Committee

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R, CA-23) – House Majority Whip

Rep. Tom McClintock (R, CA-4) – Chair, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water & Power

Rep. David McKinley (R, WV-1)

Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R, WA-5) – Chair, House Republican Conference

Rep. Pete Olsen (R, TX-22)

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R, KS-4)

Rep. Paul Ryan (R, WI-1)

Rep. Tom Reed (R, NY-23)

Rep. Dave Reichert (R, WA-8)

Rep. Jim Renacci (R, OH-16)

Rep. Tom Rice (R, SC-7)

Rep. Hal Rogers (R, KY-5) – Chair, House Appropriations Committee

Rep. Mike Rogers (R, MI-8) – Chair, House Intelligence Committee

Rep. Aaron Schock (R, IL-18)

Rep. John Shimkus (R, IL-15) – Chair, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & the Economy

Rep. Adrian Smith (R, NE-3)

Rep. Lee Terry (R, NE-2) – Chair, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade

Rep. Pat Tiberi (R, OH-12) – Chair, House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Rep. Scott Tipton (R, CO-3)

Rep. Fred Upton (R, MI-6) – Chair, House Energy & Commerce Committee

Rep. Greg Walden (R, OR-2) – Chair, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications & Technology

Rep. Daniel Webster (R, FL-10)

Rep. Ed Whitfield (R, KY-1) – Chair, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy & Power

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MinorityRep. John Barrow (D, GA-12)

Rep. Xavier Becerra (D, CA-34)

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D, OR-3)

Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D, NC-1)

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D, SC-6) – Assistant Democratic Leader

Rep. Jim Costa (D, CA-16)

Rep. John Dingell (D, MI-12)

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D, OR-4) – Ranking Member, House Natural Resources Committee

Rep. Diana DeGette (D, CO-1)

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D, CA-18) – Ranking Member, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications & Technology

Rep. Gene Green (D, TX-29)

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D, MD-5) – House Minority Whip

Rep. Derek Kilmer (D, WA-6)

Rep. Ron Kind (D, WI-3)

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D, AZ-1)

Rep. Jim Langevin (D, RI-2)

Rep. Sander Levin (D, MI-9) – Ranking Member, House Ways & Means Committee

Rep. John Larson (D, CT-1)

Rep. John Lewis (D, GA-5) – Ranking Member, House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight

Rep. Jim McDermott (D, WA-7)

Rep. Jerry McNerney (D, CA-9)

Rep. Jim Matheson (D, UT-4)

Rep. Doris Matsui (D, CA-6)

Rep. Grace Napolitano (D, CA-32) – Ranking Member, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water & Power

Rep. Richie Neal (D, MA-1) – Ranking Member, House Ways& Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Rep. Colin Peterson (D, MN-7) – Ranking Member, House Agriculture Committee

Rep. Mark Pocan (D, WI-2)

Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D, MD-2) – Ranking Member, House Intelligence Committee

Rep. Terri Sewell (D, AL-7)

Rep. Mike Thompson (D, CA-5)

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D, MD-8) – Ranking Member, House Budget Committee

Rep. Tim Walz (D, MN-1)

Rep. Peter Welch (D, VT-AL)

Rep. John Yarmuth (D, KY-3)

2 All leadership positions are for the 113th Congress; some may have changed in the new Congress.

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The American Public Power Association 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, VA 22202-4804202.467.2900

www.PublicPower.org

Many thanks again to all of PowerPAC’s supporters in 2014. We hope you will join us again in 2015 – there are two easy ways to contribute:

1. Fill out the enclosed PowerPAC enrollment form and mail with a check or credit card number to the following address:

PowerPAC c/o Amy Thomas American Public Power Association 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, VA 22202

2. Go to Aristotle.publicpower.org, click on the PowerPAC tab and select “PowerPAC login.” Login in to make a secure contribution online using your work email as a username and the password “POWERPAC.”

Don’t forget, by contributing online you have the option to break up your contribution into convenient automatic monthly or quarterly payments!

Questions? Comments? Contact Amy Thomas at [email protected] or at 202/467-2934.

L O O K I N G A H E A D :

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The purpose of PowerPAC is to support political candidates on the federal level who support issues and policies important to public power utilities. You have the right to refuse to contribute to PowerPAC without fear of reprisal. Membership levels are merely suggestions and you are free to contribute more or less than the guidelines suggest; you will not be favored or disadvantaged by reason of the amount of your contribution or your decision not to contribute.