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Lobbying reported per quarter

reported amounts per quarter, latest version of each report

There are two charts here because there are two different amounts. A lobbying firm reports income: what it was paid. A company that lobbies for itself reports expenses: what it spent, under one of three accounting methods it picks itself. Both appear under this company, and they are not the same measurement — so they are never added, not in a bar and not in a total.

Reported income: what lobbying firms reported receiving from this company's clients, per quarter.

Reported expenses: what this company reported spending on its own lobbying, per quarter, under the accounting method it picked itself.

Before 2025, these bars cover only the lobbying relationships that were still active in 2025 or later. Engagements that ended earlier are not included, so those years may be higher than shown.

Reported income

Q1Q2Mid-YearQ3Q4
$0$100k$200k2007: no report held for Q1, no report held for Q2, $0 Mid-Year, no report held for Q3, no report held for Q420072008: $0 Q1, no report held for Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, no report held for Q3, no report held for Q420082009: $0 Q1, no report held for Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, no report held for Q3, $0 Q420092010: $0 Q1, $0 Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $0 Q3, $0 Q420102011: $0 Q1, $0 Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $0 Q3, $0 Q420112012: $0 Q1, $0 Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $0 Q3, $0 Q420122013: $0 Q1, $20k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $20k Q3, $20k Q420132014: $20k Q1, $20k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $20k Q3, $20k Q420142015: $20k Q1, $20k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $20k Q3, $20k Q420152016: $20k Q1, $20k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $20k Q3, $20k Q420162017: $20k Q1, $20k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $20k Q3, $20k Q420172018: $30k Q1, $30k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $30k Q3, $30k Q420182019: $30k Q1, $30k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $30k Q3, $30k Q420192020: $40k Q1, $50k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $50k Q3, $50k Q420202021: $50k Q1, $50k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $50k Q3, $50k Q420212022: $50k Q1, $50k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $50k Q3, $50k Q420222023: $50k Q1, $40k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $40k Q3, $40k Q420232024: $50k Q1, $50k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $50k Q3, $50k Q420242025: $50k Q1, $50k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $50k Q3, $50k Q420252026: $50k Q1, $50k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $50k Q32026

Reported expenses

Q1Q2Mid-YearQ3Q4
$0$1M$2M2007: no report held for Q1, no report held for Q2, $120k Mid-Year, no report held for Q3, no report held for Q420072008: $280k Q1, no report held for Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, no report held for Q3, no report held for Q420082009: $250k Q1, no report held for Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, no report held for Q3, $510k Q420092010: $440k Q1, $230k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $240k Q3, $380k Q420102011: $440k Q1, $230k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $220k Q3, $330k Q420112012: $520k Q1, $260k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $240k Q3, $250k Q420122013: $540k Q1, $220k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $220k Q3, $310k Q420132014: $360k Q1, $290k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $210k Q3, $281k Q420142015: $410k Q1, $320k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $270k Q3, $280k Q420152016: $520k Q1, $270k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $210k Q3, $330k Q420162017: $370k Q1, $190k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $220k Q3, $320k Q420172018: $400k Q1, $230k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $220k Q3, $370k Q420182019: $390k Q1, $270k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $230k Q3, $370k Q420192020: $350k Q1, $220k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $220k Q3, $220k Q420202021: $400k Q1, $230k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $250k Q3, $260k Q420212022: $470k Q1, $200k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $240k Q3, $280k Q420222023: $370k Q1, $170k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $170k Q3, $280k Q420232024: $440k Q1, $220k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $160k Q3, $210k Q420242025: $390k Q1, $170k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $160k Q3, $200k Q420252026: $360k Q1, $170k Q2, no report held for Mid-Year, $150k Q32026

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9 superseded versions left out of the quarterly sums, listed here.

5 of 135 filings
The most recently posted lobbying filings for CMS
RegistrantFilingAmountPosted RegistrantAmountFilingAll amountsPosted
CMS ENERGY CORPfor CMS ENERGY CORP3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$150,000expenses (A)posted Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)CMS ENERGY CORPfor CMS ENERGY CORP$150,000expenses (A) · Oct 163rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$150,000expenses (A)Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
K&L GATES, LLPfor CMS ENERGY CORP3rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$50,000incomeposted Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Oct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)K&L GATES, LLPfor CMS ENERGY CORP$50,000income · Oct 163rd Quarter - Report3rd Quarter 2026$50,000incomeOct 16, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
K&L GATES, LLPfor CMS ENERGY CORP2nd Quarter - Report2nd Quarter 2026$50,000incomeposted Jul 19, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Jul 19, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)K&L GATES, LLPfor CMS ENERGY CORP$50,000income · Jul 192nd Quarter - Report2nd Quarter 2026$50,000incomeJul 19, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
CMS ENERGY CORPfor CMS ENERGY CORP2nd Quarter - Report2nd Quarter 2026$170,000expenses (A)posted Jul 17, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Jul 17, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)CMS ENERGY CORPfor CMS ENERGY CORP$170,000expenses (A) · Jul 172nd Quarter - Report2nd Quarter 2026$170,000expenses (A)Jul 17, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)
CMS ENERGY CORPfor CMS ENERGY CORP1st Quarter - Report1st Quarter 2026$360,000expenses (A)posted Apr 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)Apr 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)CMS ENERGY CORPfor CMS ENERGY CORP$360,000expenses (A) · Apr 201st Quarter - Report1st Quarter 2026$360,000expenses (A)Apr 20, 2026 (LD-2 at lda.gov)

The link between the client names above and CMS is a reviewed rule of ours, not something the filing states: an LD-2 names a client and carries no ticker, no CIK and no LEI.