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Money / PACs

Aes

Aes Corporation Political Action Committee; the

Corporate PAC FEC C00507962

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$166K
Company lobbying, all issues $1.0M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Aes reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund7 of 87/8
  • Defense4 of 84/8
Foreign Relations 4 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Foreign Relations4 of 84/8

Bills named in the filings 21 bills, this period

16 more, 14 named in only one filing · Show all 21

From the filings

“H.R. 4776, SPEED Act; Siting and permitting generally; Power demand generally”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund
“Western hemisphere issues generally; Business interests in Argentina and Vietnam, generally.”
Q3 2026 filing · Foreign Relations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Energy
  • StateDOS
  • DefenseDOD
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • InteriorDOI
  • Treasury
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Aes, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 82 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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