People often accuse lobbyists of having too much power, but Dan Murray just started lobbying for a company that wants to sell all of theirs.
Murray left the office of Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) for electricity giant Southern Company in August and filed his first lobbying disclosure this past month. Atlanta-based Southern supplies energy products throughout the Southeast, yet Murray is stationed in their D.C. office as a governmental affairs manager. He joined the company after nearly nine years in Congress, the last of which he served as a senior policy adviser in Risch's office.
Murray had been with Risch since 2009, joining his staff as a legislative correspondent and being promoted to legislative assistant after several months. At the beginning of 2015 he became a senior policy adviser, to Risch a position he held until his departure for Southern. Risch currently chairs the Energy Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Since joining Southern, Murray has lobbied on a variety of energy and environmental issues, including greenhouse gas regulations, clean air and water standards and electricity rate pricing.
Prior to his positions with Risch, Murray worked for former Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) beginning in 2006, first as a legislative correspondent and then as a deputy legislative assistant.
