Boogai: Though this identifies Colorado U.S. senators and reps, we all have a stake in staving off future power increases and the tentacled smothering reaches of the EPA’s regulations.

By Intermountain Rural Electric Association

1: Thank Colorado’s members of the US House of Representatives who voted to stop the regulation of fly ash as a hazardous material.

It is always appropriate to give thanks where thanks are due. Our thanks go to you, our members, who contacted Colorado’s delegation in the United States House of Representatives. Your perseverance has given Colorado, our Nation, and IREA consumers a well deserved win in keeping our electric rates low. Your efforts led to the passage of a truly bi-partisan bill, H.R. 2273, sponsored by Representative David McKinley, which stopped the regulation of fly ash as a hazardous material.

TAKE ACTION TO HELP HOLD DOWN YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS:

1: Thank Colorado’s members of the US House of Representatives who voted to stop the regulation of fly ash as a hazardous material.

It is always appropriate to give thanks where thanks are due. Our thanks go to you, our members, who contacted Colorado’s delegation in the United States House of Representatives. Your perseverance has given Colorado, our Nation, and IREA consumers a well deserved win in keeping our electric rates low. Your efforts led to the passage of a truly bi-partisan bill, H.R. 2273, sponsored by Representative David McKinley, which stopped the regulation of fly ash as a hazardous material.

TAKE ACTION TO HELP HOLD DOWN YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS:

1: Thank Colorado’s members of the US House of Representatives who voted to stop the regulation of fly ash as a hazardous material.

It is always appropriate to give thanks where thanks are due. Our thanks go to you, our members, who contacted Colorado’s delegation in the United States House of Representatives. Your perseverance has given Colorado, our Nation, and IREA consumers a well deserved win in keeping our electric rates low. Your efforts led to the passage of a truly bi-partisan bill, H.R. 2273, sponsored by Representative David McKinley, which stopped the regulation of fly ash as a hazardous material.

Further, we would like to thank the members of the Colorado delegation for listening to our members and supporting their positions. Those members of Congress who voted in support of our position were Rep. Coffman, Rep. Lamborn, Rep. Tipton, Rep. Gardner, and Rep. Perlmutter. Please let them know how much we appreciate them.

Colorado U.S. House of Representatives Delegation
* District 3 Rep. Scott Tipton
* District 4 Rep. Cory Gardner
* District 5 Rep. Doug Lamborn
* District 6 Rep. Mike Coffman
* District 7 Rep. Ed Perlmutter

2: Contact Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet asking them to support similar legislation in the US Senate.

Our next request for you is to contact Senator Udall and Senator Bennet and ask them to either introduce or support legislation such as H.R.2273, the Coal Residuals, Reuse, and Management Act. With your efforts, once again, we anticipate achieving another common sense solution for Congress.

Over the years scientists and entrepreneurs have found multiple uses for fly ash, also known as coal combustion residuals, through a variety of recycling options. Businesses were embolden to recycle the material after 2 studies by the EPA in 1993 and 2000 found that fly ash is not a hazardous material and could be used by the public. The findings of these two studies specifically state that there have been no documented cases of fly ash damaging human health or the environment.

Currently, more than 42 percent of all fly ash is reused to produce goods such as constructional materials like wall board, roofing granules, cement, cosmetics, tooth paste and much more. Several co-ops have incorporated fly ash into the construction of new buildings. As a result, industries have sprung up all across America and thousands of jobs have been created by recycling fly ash.

Rep. McKinley, the sponsor of HR 2273 stated, “this bill will prevent hundreds of dollars in increased electricity costs, stop hundreds of thousands of job losses, strengthen and protect public health, and tighten the disposal and the management of fly ash, ultimately giving states control of the program and the ability to work with the EPA to ensure it is handled, stored and monitored properly.

For more information on fly ash, please read:
•National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Urges Balanced Approach to Regulation of Coal Ash
•http://mckinley.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25§iontree=6,25&itemid=380

3: Contact Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet asking them to support the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.

In addition, ask Senator Udall and Senator Bennet to support and co-sponsor Senate Bill 482, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe. Ask our Colorado Senators to contact the Senate leadership to allow Senate Bill 482 to come to the floor of the Senate for debate and vote. This legislation amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing regulations regarding the emission of a greenhouse gas without specific congressional authorization.

Colorado U.S. Senate Delegation
* Sen. Mark Udall
* Sen. Michael Bennet

For more information, please read:
Statement from Glenn English, NRECA CEO, on Introduction of “Energy Tax Prevention Act” in House and Senate

Further, we would like to thank the members of the Colorado delegation for listening to our members and supporting their positions. Those members of Congress who voted in support of our position were Rep. Coffman, Rep. Lamborn, Rep. Tipton, Rep. Gardner, and Rep. Perlmutter. Please let them know how much we appreciate them.

Colorado U.S. House of Representatives Delegation
* District 3 Rep. Scott Tipton
* District 4 Rep. Cory Gardner
* District 5 Rep. Doug Lamborn
* District 6 Rep. Mike Coffman
* District 7 Rep. Ed Perlmutter

2: Contact Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet asking them to support similar legislation in the US Senate.

Our next request for you is to contact Senator Udall and Senator Bennet and ask them to either introduce or support legislation such as H.R.2273, the Coal Residuals, Reuse, and Management Act. With your efforts, once again, we anticipate achieving another common sense solution for Congress.

Over the years scientists and entrepreneurs have found multiple uses for fly ash, also known as coal combustion residuals, through a variety of recycling options. Businesses were embolden to recycle the material after 2 studies by the EPA in 1993 and 2000 found that fly ash is not a hazardous material and could be used by the public. The findings of these two studies specifically state that there have been no documented cases of fly ash damaging human health or the environment.

Currently, more than 42 percent of all fly ash is reused to produce goods such as constructional materials like wall board, roofing granules, cement, cosmetics, tooth paste and much more. Several co-ops have incorporated fly ash into the construction of new buildings. As a result, industries have sprung up all across America and thousands of jobs have been created by recycling fly ash.

Rep. McKinley, the sponsor of HR 2273 stated, “this bill will prevent hundreds of dollars in increased electricity costs, stop hundreds of thousands of job losses, strengthen and protect public health, and tighten the disposal and the management of fly ash, ultimately giving states control of the program and the ability to work with the EPA to ensure it is handled, stored and monitored properly.

For more information on fly ash, please read:
•National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Urges Balanced Approach to Regulation of Coal Ash
•http://mckinley.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25§iontree=6,25&itemid=380

3: Contact Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet asking them to support the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.

In addition, ask Senator Udall and Senator Bennet to support and co-sponsor Senate Bill 482, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe. Ask our Colorado Senators to contact the Senate leadership to allow Senate Bill 482 to come to the floor of the Senate for debate and vote. This legislation amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing regulations regarding the emission of a greenhouse gas without specific congressional authorization.

Colorado U.S. Senate Delegation
* Sen. Mark Udall
* Sen. Michael Bennet

For more information, please read:
Statement from Glenn English, NRECA CEO, on Introduction of “Energy Tax Prevention Act” in House and Senate

Further, we would like to thank the members of the Colorado delegation for listening to our members and supporting their positions. Those members of Congress who voted in support of our position were Rep. Coffman, Rep. Lamborn, Rep. Tipton, Rep. Gardner, and Rep. Perlmutter. Please let them know how much we appreciate them.

Colorado U.S. House of Representatives Delegation
* District 3 Rep. Scott Tipton
* District 4 Rep. Cory Gardner
* District 5 Rep. Doug Lamborn
* District 6 Rep. Mike Coffman
* District 7 Rep. Ed Perlmutter

2: Contact Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet asking them to support similar legislation in the US Senate.

Our next request for you is to contact Senator Udall and Senator Bennet and ask them to either introduce or support legislation such as H.R.2273, the Coal Residuals, Reuse, and Management Act. With your efforts, once again, we anticipate achieving another common sense solution for Congress.

Over the years scientists and entrepreneurs have found multiple uses for fly ash, also known as coal combustion residuals, through a variety of recycling options. Businesses were embolden to recycle the material after 2 studies by the EPA in 1993 and 2000 found that fly ash is not a hazardous material and could be used by the public. The findings of these two studies specifically state that there have been no documented cases of fly ash damaging human health or the environment.

Currently, more than 42 percent of all fly ash is reused to produce goods such as constructional materials like wall board, roofing granules, cement, cosmetics, tooth paste and much more. Several co-ops have incorporated fly ash into the construction of new buildings. As a result, industries have sprung up all across America and thousands of jobs have been created by recycling fly ash.

Rep. McKinley, the sponsor of HR 2273 stated, “this bill will prevent hundreds of dollars in increased electricity costs, stop hundreds of thousands of job losses, strengthen and protect public health, and tighten the disposal and the management of fly ash, ultimately giving states control of the program and the ability to work with the EPA to ensure it is handled, stored and monitored properly.

For more information on fly ash, please read:

3: Contact Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet asking them to support the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.

In addition, ask Senator Udall and Senator Bennet to support and co-sponsor Senate Bill 482, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe. Ask our Colorado Senators to contact the Senate leadership to allow Senate Bill 482 to come to the floor of the Senate for debate and vote. This legislation amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing regulations regarding the emission of a greenhouse gas without specific congressional authorization.

Colorado U.S. Senate Delegation
* Sen. Mark Udall
* Sen. Michael Bennet

For more information, please read:
Statement from Glenn English, NRECA CEO, on Introduction of “Energy Tax Prevention Act” in House and Senate

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