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Protect and enhance coal, oil, gas and uranium production

Eric stands with Wyoming's energy workers and the industries that power our state. He supported legislation protecting and enhancing coal, oil, gas and uranium production and uses, better allowing Wyoming to decide our energy future. Eric backs innovation on Wyoming's terms. He voted to streamline permitting processes to ensure Wyoming values and community interests were heard and respected, rather than by distant federal bureaucracies.
Source: 2026 Wyoming Gubernatorial campaign website BarlowForWyo.com , Feb 9, 2026

Discourage sale of coal-fired power plants to keep in use

SF159: This bill provides that the rates charged by a utility shall not include recovery of costs associated with new facilities built to replace retired coal fired electric generating facilities unless the utility made a good faith effort to sell the facility to another person prior to its retirement.

Utility Dive e-zine summary:Wyoming lawmakers passed a bill to encourage the sale of coal-fired power plants in a bid to extend their lives amid an industrywide trend of retirements. Senate File 159 would direct utilities to attempt to find new buyers for coal plants before retiring them and proposing replacement generation. It passed both legislative chambers by wide margins.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 50-8-2 on Feb/26/19; Passed Senate 27-0-3 on Feb/25/19; Eric Barlow voted NO; Signed by Governor Mark Gordon on Mar/8/19

Source: BetterWyoming blog on Wyoming voting records SF159 , Feb 25, 2019

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Mark Gordon
Megan Degenfelder
Rex Rammell
Theresa Livingstone
WY Senatorial:
Cynthia Lummis
Harriet Hageman
James W. Byrd
John Barrasso
Reid Rasner
Scott Morrow

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