2022 WI Governor's race: on Energy & Oil


Tim Michels: Claimed cancelling Keystone Pipeline increased gas prices

Michels noted he spent 12 years in the Army, as a commanding officer who led hundreds of soldiers and now leads a company with his brothers that employs more than 8,000 people.

The company--Michaels Corp., which builds a wide range of infrastructure from tunnels to transmission lines--grew from just a few hundred employees "despite government bureaucracy, despite excessive taxation, despite the government attitude of so many on the left, as Barack Obama said, 'you didn't build that.'"

"We did build that, with a lot of hardworking people at our side, thousands of great paying jobs . like building the Keystone Pipeline, which we were doing on the inauguration day" when Biden signed an order canceling the project, he said. Michels claimed the result was today's high gas prices, which "are driving up the price of everything.

Fact checks by several news organizations, however, have disputed that cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline resulted in higher pump prices.

Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette on 2022 Wisconsin Governor race Jul 14, 2022

Timothy Ramthun: Co-sponsored bill to allow private community solar gardens

Eight organizations are pushing for passage of a bill that would allow businesses and residents to invest in private "community solar" gardens. Community solar is a way to access the environmental and economic benefits of renewable energy for those who rent, have too much shade or otherwise can't put solar panels on their roofs. Sponsored by Sen. Duey Stroebel and Rep. Timothy Ramthun, the bill would require utilities to purchase energy from community solar programs within their territories.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal on 2022 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race Jul 21, 2021

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Gubernatorial Debates 2020:
DE: vs.Carney(incumbent) vs.Williams(D)
IN: vs.Holcomb(incumbent) vs.Melton(D) vs.Myers(D)
MO: Parson(incumbent) vs.Galloway(D) vs.Neely(R)
MT: Bullock(retiring) vs.Fox(R) vs.Perry(R) vs.Gianforte(R) vs.Stapleton(R) vs.Olszewski(R) vs.Neill(D) vs.Schreiner(D) vs.Cooney(D) vs.Williams(D)
NC: Cooper(incumbent) vs.Forest(R) vs.Grange(R)
ND: Burgum(incumbent) vs.Coachman(R) vs.Lenz(D)
NH: Sununu(incumbent) vs.Volinsky(D) vs. fsFeltes(D)
PR: Rossello(D) vs.Garced(D) vs.Pierluisi(D)
UT: Herbert(retiring) vs.Huntsman(R) vs.Cox(R) vs.Burningham(R) vs.Newton(D) vs.Hughes(R)
VT: Scott(incumbent) vs.Holcombe(D) vs.Zuckerman(D)
WA: Inslee(incumbent) vs.Bryant(R) vs.Fortunato(R)
WV: Justice(incumbent) vs.Folk(R) vs.Thrasher(R) vs.Vanover(D) vs.Smith(D) vs.Ron Stollings(D)
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Murphy(D) vs.Ciattarelli(R)
VA:
Northam(D,term-limited) vs.Herring(D) vs.Chase(R) vs.Fairfax(D)

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Bevin(R) vs.Goforth(R,lost primary) vs.Adkins(D,lost primary) vs.Beshear(D) vs.Edelen(D,lost primary)
LA:
Edwards(D) vs.Rispone(R) vs.Abraham(R) vs.Kennedy(R,declined)
MS:
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