2012 Montana Senate Debates: on Energy & Oil


Dennis Rehberg: Help avoid closure of Billings coal-fired power plant

Tester touted his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which he said aims to increase logging and wilderness. Rehberg attacked Tester for letting down business groups who needed help dealing with burdensome environmental regulations. As a result, Rehberg blamed Tester for the closure of a coal-fired power plant near Billings. Tester countered that plant owner PPL Montana could pay for the environmental upgrades without compromising its profits.
Source: Billings Gazette on 2012 Montana Senate debates Oct 15, 2012

Dennis Rehberg: Cap-and-trade policy is an energy tax

Rehberg went after Tester for supporting the federal stimulus bill, cap-and-trade policies that he described as an "energy tax," and particularly the Affordable Care Act that he warned will eventually be implemented with costly "entitlements" of insurance premium subsidy and Medicaid expansion. Rehberg said, "I don't think government should be picking winners and losers. Government should be creating an environment of liberating Main Street."
Source: Daily Inter Lake on 2012 Montana Senate debates Oct 14, 2012

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