2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ) (House Roll Call 303)
Passed in the House (81 to 18) on April 17, 2008, to mandate that electric utilities reduce the amount of energy they provide by 1 percent each year beginning in 2012, and gas utitities reduce production by 0.75 percent per year. To accomplish this they would be required to charge higher rates to pay for programs that “target customer behavior, equipment, or devices without reducing the amount or quality of energy services.” Utilities that fell short of the energy production reduction mandates could potentially be ordered by the Public Service Commission to reduce their prices. See also House Bill 5525, which caps competition between electricity providers in Michigan. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 81 in favor, 18 opposed, and 11 not voting
(House Roll Call 303 at House Journal 35)
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The following legislators supported 2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ):
The following legislators opposed 2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ):
The following legislators did not vote on 2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ):
| Amos (R) | Bennett (D) | Brandenburg (R) | Espinoza (D) | Gaffney (R) | Garfield (R) |
| Hoogendyk (R) | Jackson (D) | Palmer (R) | Scott (D) | Sheen (R) |
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1) A step in the right direction for energy. [by Anonymous Citizen on June 20, 2008]2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ) (House Roll Call 303)
Passed in the House (81 to 18) on April 17, 2008, to mandate that electric utilities reduce the amount of energy they provide by 1 percent each year beginning in 2012, and gas utitities reduce production by 0.75 percent per year. To accomplish this they would be required to charge higher rates to pay for programs that “target customer behavior, equipment, or devices without reducing the amount or quality of energy services.” Utilities that fell short of the energy production reduction mandates could potentially be ordered by the Public Service Commission to reduce their prices. See also House Bill 5525, which caps competition between electricity providers in Michigan. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 81 in favor, 18 opposed, and 11 not voting
(House Roll Call 303 at House Journal 35)
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Legislators (Democrat)
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58 total votes
Legislators (Republican)
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34%
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52 total votes
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1 total vote
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The following legislators supported 2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ):
Accavitti (D) Angerer (D) Ball (R) Bauer (D) Bieda (D) Booher (R)
Brown (D) Byrnes (D) Byrum (D) Calley (R) Caswell (R) Caul (R)
Cheeks (D) Clack (D) Clemente (D) Condino (D) Constan (D) Corriveau (D)
Coulouris (D) Cushingberry (D) Dean (D) Dillon (D) Donigan (D) Ebli (D)
Farrah (D) Gillard (D) Gonzales (D) Griffin (D) Hammel (D) Hammon (D)
Hansen (R) Hildenbrand (R) Hood (D) Hopgood (D) Horn (R) Hune (R)
Johnson (D) Jones, Rick (R) Jones, Robert (D) Knollenberg (R) Lahti (D) LaJoy (R)
Law, David (R) Law, Kathleen (D) LeBlanc (D) Leland (D) Lemmons (D) Lindberg (D)
Marleau (R) Mayes (D) McDowell (D) Meadows (D) Meisner (D) Melton (D)
Meltzer (R) Miller (D) Moore (R) Moss (R) Nofs (R) Opsommer (R)
Palsrok (R) Pastor (R) Pearce (R) Polidori (D) Proos (R) Rocca (R)
Sak (D) Shaffer (R) Sheltrown (D) Simpson (D) Smith, Alma (D) Smith, Virgil (D)
Spade (D) Tobocman (D) Vagnozzi (D) Valentine (D) Walker (R) Ward (R)
Warren (D) Wojno (D) Young (D)
The following legislators opposed 2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ):
Acciavatti (R) Agema (R) Casperson (R) DeRoche (R) Elsenheimer (R) Emmons (R)
Green (R) Huizenga (R) Meekhof (R) Moolenaar (R) Nitz (R) Pavlov (R)
Robertson (R) Schuitmaker (R) Stahl (R) Stakoe (R) Steil (R) Wenke (R)
The following legislators did not vote on 2007 House Bill 5525 (Mandate state power production decline ):
Amos (R) Bennett (D) Brandenburg (R) Espinoza (D) Gaffney (R) Garfield (R)
Hoogendyk (R) Jackson (D) Palmer (R) Scott (D) Sheen (R)
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Rep. Agema, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:
“Mr. Speaker and members of the House:
We are again asking rate payers to cough up more money for their energy based on a government mandate.”
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Moleface, if you really want to take a stand against the oil companies, how about doing what former President Carter tried to to (and should have been allowed to do), which is to pass a windfall profits tax on the oil companies, which would not be allowed to be passed onto consumers. The money from that tax would be used to support alternative fuel sources and alternative energy production.
But then, moleface, you and your legislature are like a bunch of pigs at the public trough. You are all the worst bunch of incompetent, self-serving losers in state history.
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