Energy / Fossil Fuels
Oil, gas, coal, and petrochemical companies plus trade associations like API.
Tracked receipts of sector PACs
$3,024,425
Direct giving to candidates
$3,970,394
IE supporting candidates
$0
IE opposing candidates
$0
Transfers to other committees
$2,864,715
LDA reported lobbying spend
$285,957,593
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors outside the sector gave $3M in tracked direct contributions to the 98 sector PACs tracked here, led by Chevron Corporation PAC (Chevron Employees PAC), KOCH INDUSTRIES INC. PAC, American Petroleum Institute PAC.
IIThose PACs gave $4M directly to candidates; transferred $3M to other committees ($1M of it to other PACs in this sector). The top tracked candidates by direct giving plus IE support were Greg Abbott, TONY GONZALES FOR CONGRESS, CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including Energy Permitting Reform Act; Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376); Inflation Reduction Act - Energy Provisions (H.R.5376).
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Top sector PACs (98 tracked)
| # | Name | Direct to candidates | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevron Corporation PAC (Chevron Employees PAC)pac | $395K | $0 |
| 2 | KOCH INDUSTRIES INC. PACpac | $357K | $0 |
| 3 | American Petroleum Institute PACpac | $301K | $0 |
| 4 | OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OXYPACpac | $250K | $0 |
| 5 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $249K | $0 |
| 6 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PACpac | $184K | $0 |
| 7 | Energy Transfer Partners Texas PACpac | $165K | $0 |
| 8 | PHILLIPS 66 PACpac | $149K | $0 |
| 9 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $148K | $0 |
| 10 | ExxonMobil PACpac | $139K | $0 |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Direct contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com Incorganization | $50K |
| 2 | WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $20K |
| 3 | ARVEST BANKorganization | $19K |
| 4 | BANK OF AMERICAorganization | $18K |
| 5 | Steven Curtis Smithperson | $15K |
| 6 | James J. Stephenperson | $15K |
| 7 | Richard E. Muncriefperson | $15K |
| 8 | BROOKSHIRE GROCERY COMPANY PACpac | $15K |
| 9 | Mary M Streettperson | $14K |
| 10 | Donnie W Brownperson | $12K |
Top candidates by sector PAC money
| # | Name | Direct from sector PACs | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Abbottperson | $160K | $0 |
| 2 | TONY GONZALES FOR CONGRESSpac | $140K | $0 |
| 3 | CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESSpac | $128K | $0 |
| 4 | VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESSpac | $127K | $0 |
| 5 | HUNT FOR CONGRESSpac | $105K | $0 |
| 6 | Dan Patrickperson | $97K | $0 |
| 7 | MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKApac | $92K | $0 |
| 8 | GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESSpac | $88K | $0 |
| 9 | GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSpac | $86K | $0 |
| 10 | JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESSpac | $84K | $0 |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy Permitting Reform Act legislation · failed | 13 |
| 2 | Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376) legislation · enacted | 11 |
| 3 | Inflation Reduction Act - Energy Provisions (H.R.5376) legislation · enacted | 10 |
| 4 | Repeal of EPA Methane Rule (CRA) legislation · enacted | 10 |
| 5 | Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulation · enacted · finalized | 8 |
| 6 | IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits (Sections 45/48) legislation · enacted | 8 |
| 7 | LNG Export Pause (DOE Review) executive_action · challenged | 8 |
| 8 | H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act legislation · passed | 7 |
| 9 | Grid Reliability and Resilience Act legislation · introduced | 4 |
| 10 | Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions legislation · enacted | 3 |
Methodology
Sector PACs are the PAC-typed entities tagged energy_fossil_fuels minus candidate, party and leadership committees (excluded by FEC designation and name rule). Every dollar figure counts only donation rows that pass the standard exclusions (no conduit memos, self-transfers, unverified name matches, quarantined or superseded rows). Direct contributions, independent expenditures supporting, independent expenditures opposing, transfers to other committees and LDA lobbying are reported as separate figures and never added together. Receipts count donors outside the sector only, so a super PAC funding its own affiliated committees is not counted twice. Lobbying amounts cover every issue on each LDA filing. Numbers reflect QPQ Tracker rows only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete.