First Solar
First Solar is the world’s leading manufacturer of thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, or solar panels, which convert sunlight to electricity at a lower cost than other types of modules. Using cadmium telluride (CdTe) as a semiconductor instead of the more common crystalline silicon, First Solar’s modules are more economical and productive in a variety of temperature and light conditions. In some laboratory testing, PV modules with CdTe technology have been shown to be somewhat less efficient at converting light to electricity, but in field performance comparisons they perform as well or better than silicon-based modules.
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Campaign Finance
Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
Latest FEC Data
covers through committee's July 2, 2012 filing.-
Summary
overview of the committee's finances- Total Raised:
- $61,681
- Total Spent:
- $17,000
- Cash on Hand:
- $66,181
- Debts:
- $0
Standardized Donation Information
covers through 2011. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.-
Top Recipients
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Lobbying
$480,000 SpentFigures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.
For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.
Lobbying On Behalf of First Solar
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Names of Lobbyists
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Firm Hired Amount Van Heuvelen Strategies $100,000 SC Partners $80,000 Washington Tax Group $50,000 -
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Taxes,
- Energy & Nuclear Power,
- Environment & Superfund,
- Clean Air & Water,
- Natural Resources,
- Fed Budget & Appropriations
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Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
Bill No. Title S.1603 Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 S.2899 Renewable Energy Incentive Act H.R.4599 Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010
Regulations
7 Mentions; 1 SubmissionsAll data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.
Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.
Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.
Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.
The tables show occurrences of "First Solar" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.
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Documents Submitted by the Organization
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Mentions in Document Text
Advisory Committees
2 people on 2 committeesData is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.
The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.
Table shows employees of "First Solar" that sat on federal advisory committees.
View all advisory committee data for First Solar