Why It Matters
First Solar Inc. has added Capitol67 Strategies LLC in a new lobbying registration signed Nov. 6, with a $0 filing amount and no bills or specific issues listed. It lists Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, and Manufacturing, and describes the work as a government relations strategy.
First Solar already lobbies in-house and through Mission Strategies LLC (Texas), registered in November 2025, and Thorn Run Partners, which reported from the second quarter of 2025. Earlier firms include Boundary Stone Partners LLC, terminated effective Dec. 31, 2025, and Quickel Consulting Services LLC and Hollier & Associates LLC, both terminated effective July 31, 2025, after second-quarter 2025 reports.
By the Numbers
First Solar's in-house report shows $320,000 in the third quarter and $270,000 in the second quarter. Mission Strategies' third-quarter report shows $90,000. Thorn Run's third-quarter report shows $80,000.
The filing lists two lobbyists, Keith Pemrick and Andrew Robreno, both Co-Founder/Managing Partners at Capitol67.
Broader Context
The White House's Aug. 6 proclamation set minimum import prices for polysilicon, wafers, cells and modules, plus a 15% duty on specified derivatives, effective Dec. 4, according to The White House.
A Congressional Research Service brief updated Oct. 20 says the 2025 reconciliation law added foreign-entity restrictions to the Section 45X manufacturing credit and keeps full credits for solar components sold before 2030, per the Congressional Research Service.
PV Magazine USA reported Oct. 30 that First Solar lowered its 2026 sales forecast, with executives citing customer caution over the import measures and foreign-entity rules.
Between The Lines
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) said in a July 24 press release that First Solar is a major Northwest Ohio employer undercut by unfairly traded solar imports. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) described a tour of First Solar's manufacturing campus in an April 13 press release.
At a Sept. 2 House subcommittee hearing, witness Pete Wyckoff of Evergreen Action argued that losing wind and solar tax credits will cost ratepayers billions.
Competitive Landscape
Oshkosh Corp. hired Covenant Government Affairs LLC on Nov. 6 to lobby on manufacturing. Southwest Power Pool Inc. hired Williams & Jensen PLLC on Nov. 5 on energy/nuclear. Mobix Labs Inc. hired Continental Strategy LLC on Nov. 5 on manufacturing.
The Bottom Line
First Solar now has a third outside firm working alongside its in-house team on the same broad policy areas. The registration puts Capitol67 on record for energy, tax and manufacturing alongside the firms already reporting for the company.
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