Why It Matters
TerraPower LLC filed a third-quarter lobbying report focused on implementation of several enacted laws and fiscal 2026 appropriations.
The filing lists lobbying on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, the One Big Beautiful Act, and fiscal 2026 appropriations.
By the Numbers
TerraPower's in-house third-quarter filing, signed Oct. 9, reports $200,000 in lobbying expenditures. That matches the second-quarter 2026 report, also $200,000.
TerraPower's in-house report for the third quarter of 2025 showed $160,000 in lobbying expenditures.
In the second quarter of 2026, Venture Government Strategies LLC and Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid LLC each filed at $80,000, bringing that quarter's client total to $360,000.
The filing names one lobbyist: Andrew Richards, TerraPower's vice president of government affairs, with no prior congressional staff experience on record.
Broader Context
The IIJA includes funding for nuclear energy infrastructure and advanced reactor programs.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) creates a tax credit for qualifying zero-emission nuclear electricity produced and sold.
The filing lists implementation of S. 870, which it describes as the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, while the bill record is titled the Native ELDER Act.
The filing lists implementation of H.R. 1042, the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act.
The filing also covers fiscal 2026 appropriations and identifies the One Big Beautiful Act as H.R. 1.
In March 2026, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved TerraPower's construction permit for the Kemmerer Power Station. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) called reliable baseload power key to energy independence.
On May 15, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Lummis, along with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), introduced the Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act, which would direct the NRC to allow commercial-grade concrete and steel in non-safety structures of nuclear plants. Lummis's release cited the NRC's precedent set for TerraPower's Natrium reactor as the basis for the bill; supporters including Americans for Prosperity, the Breakthrough Institute, and C3 Solutions Action backed it as a way to reduce construction costs without compromising safety.
At a May 20 Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) subcommittee hearing on nuclear legislation, Lummis cited TerraPower's Kemmerer project as a model for the RECHARGE Act discussion draft and stressed the need to build domestic uranium conversion and enrichment capacity ahead of the 2028 end of Russian uranium import reliance.
The Bottom Line
TerraPower's in-house spend has held steady across the first three quarters of 2026, while the outside-firm roster contracted from the multi-firm structure seen through 2025.
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