National Grid
Lobbying client
The UK-headquartered energy company that has provided gas service in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island for more than a century through legacy utility networks. Its New York City gas operations run through two subsidiaries, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company (doing business as National Grid NY, or KEDNY) for Brooklyn and Queens, and KeySpan Gas East Corporation (KEDLI) for Long Island and the Rockaways. National Grid has filed 32 lobbying disclosures with the city since 2024, working through Greenberg Traurig and Yoswein New York to lobby Council Member James Gennaro on energy legislation, Local Law 97 implementation and climate and energy policy.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 32
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $390,502
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $163,102,000 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $2,044,054,609 · 36 since 1988, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $1,370,080,144
- Won without a fresh bid
- 75% of contract value · $1,524,054,609 · 35 contracts
Lobbied these council members
- James F. Gennaro Council Member, District 24 (Queens)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lobbyist firm
- Yoswein New York, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Environmental Protection City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Energy related legislation
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Legislation
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Legislation impacting public utilities
- Rule - LL97 Rules and Implementation; Procurement - Payment issues; Local Legislation (including introduction) - Climate and energy policy
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. National Grid's NYC gas utility subsidiary serving Brooklyn and Queens
- 102(f)-National Grid West Gas Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620275000035 $157,841,000
- Gas Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620275000045 $5,261,000
- RELOCATION OF SUPPORT OF BROOKLYN UNION GAS FACILITIES Department of Environmental Protection · CT18268906196 · ended 2025 $520,000,000
- 102(f) National Grid West Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620265000063 · ended 2026 $116,407,000
- Natural Gas NatGrid Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620245000062 · ended 2024 $113,535,000
- 102(f)-National Grid West Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620255000031 · ended 2025 $106,090,000
- PURCHASE OF NATURAL GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620135000061 · ended 2013 $95,555,902
- NATURAL GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620215000017 · ended 2021 $82,879,000
- PURCHASE OF NATURAL GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620115000015 · ended 2011 $82,324,980
- NATURAL GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620205000018 · ended 2020 $79,912,000
- GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620235000062 · ended 2023 $79,393,000
- Natural gas Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620245000045 · ended 2024 $3,900,250
- Gas Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620265000001 · ended 2026 $3,075,739
- 2025-102(f)-National Grid East Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620255000077 · ended 2025 $2,669,664
- GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620235000015 · ended 2023 $2,257,000
- PURCHASE OF GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620125000090 · ended 2012 $2,210,781
- NATURAL GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620205000035 · ended 2020 $2,210,000
- PURCHASE OF GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620135000078 · ended 2013 $2,181,975
- GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620225000062 · ended 2022 $2,145,000
- PURCHASE OF GAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620145000075 · ended 2014 $1,799,575
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- James F. Gennaro It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction