Sempra
Based in DC
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AI Overview
With $25.4M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, Sempra is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 16 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
$25.4M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
10
Lobbyists Deployed
16
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $2.5M |
| 2019 | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $3.2M |
| 2024 | $6.0M |
| 2025 | $3.4M |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Taxation, Trade, Utilities, Commodities, Fuel/Gas/Oil and 11 more
- •Implementation of HR 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - international and business taxation aspects, including foreign earnings taxation and repatriation, deductibility of interest expenses, and limiting
- •General discussion of policies and agreements related to energy trade and trade flows
- •General discussion of proposals to change the North American Free Trade Agreement
- •General discussion of proposals
- •General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules providing end-user protections
- •General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules regarding the treatment of forward cont
- •General discussion of legislative proposals to facilitate permitting of natural gas infrastructure
- •General discussion of legislative proposals to change rules addressing emissions from natural gas tra
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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