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We have an energy challenge.

The U.S. Congress will soon be considering climate change legislation. Congress must find solutions that keep costs down and electricity available - while addressing climate change. See what America's Electric Cooperatives say about our energy future on www.ourenergy.coop.

Now is the time to have conversations with your elected officials. Begin a dialogue today. Together, we can find solutions and strike the right balance. This is a critical issue and it's important to contact your representatives. Here are some questions you can ask:

• Experts say that our nation's growing electricity needs will soon go well beyond what renewables, conservation and efficiency can provide. What is your plan to make sure we have the electricity we'll need in the future?
• What are you doing to fully fund the research required to make emissions-free electric plants an affordable reality?
• Balancing electricity needs and environmental goals will be difficult. How much is all this going to increase my electric bill and what will you do to make it affordable?
  
  

More information and resources

Climate Change Legislation - The Carbon Conundrum

This is a PowerPoint presentation that is being offered at Basin Electric member annual meetings in 2008. See more ...

Basin Electric's Position on Climate Change Legislation

Extreme Legislation

Basin Electric Power Cooperative supports reasonable climate change legislation with achievable targets. However, Basin Electric cannot support the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007, S. 2191. It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars and produce no tangible benefits. See more ...

Letter on Lieberman - Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

The text of a letter from Basin Electric CEO and General Manager sent to the congressional delegates in the service territories of Basin Electric's member systems on S. 2191, America's Security Act of 2007. See more ...

Testimony of Dr. Anne Smith

This is a pdf of the testimony Dr. Smith gave to the Senate Environmental and Pulic Works Committee on America's Climate Security Act of 2007, S. 2191, on Nov. 8 2007. See more ...

Presentation of Dr. Anne Smith

This is a PowerPoint presentation given by Dr. Smith to the Rural Electric Statewide Manager's Association on "Overall economic cost of addressing Climate Change Goals" on Jan. 18, 2008. See more ...

The Electric Power Research Model (EPRI)

This is a PowerPoint presented by Bryan Hannegan, Vice president, Environment, EPRI, at Rural Electric Statewide Managers Association Meeting in January 2008 called Electric Technologies in a Carbon-Constrained World. See more ...

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Letter on Leiberman-Warner

Ron Harper letter to congressional delegates

 

 Hot Topic: Carbon

Part I Cost of legislation to be born by consumers.
Part II Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007, cap-and-trade legislation.
Part III Basin Electric supports reasonable climate change legislation. 
Part IV U.S Chamber of Commerce voices opposition to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act.
Part V National Rural Electric Cooperative Association encourages cooperative stakeholders to take action.