MN Republicans and Energy

Minnesota Republicans will make affordable energy one of our top priorities in the 2009 legislative session. House Leader Mary Seifert said Republicans will stand in the way of Democrats efforts to make energy more expensive by imposing electric energy tariffs and using 'cap and trade' schemes to regulate energy beyond what Minnesotans can afford. Established policy is stopping the free market from delivering cheap, reliable energy. Those barriers must be removed. "Seniors on fixed incomes and families stretched thin can't afford another session of legislators turning a blind eye to energy costs," said Seifert.