{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-um-bber-report-reaffirms-devastating-impact-of-obamas-war-on-affordable-energy", "Daines: UM BBER Report Reaffirms Devastating Impact of Obamas War on Affordable Energy", "2015-11-18", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.18.15\n\t\t\t Daines: UM BBER Report Reaffirms Devastating Impact of Obama's War on Affordable Energy \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tAnnounces telephone townhall to discuss alarming UM report, Daines' efforts to block anti-coal regulations\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Steve Daines today called a new report on the impact of President Obama's anti-coal regulations devastating for Montana and announced that he will hold a telephone townhall meeting this evening to discuss the alarming report with Montanans.\r\nThe University of Montana (UM) Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) today released a study on the economic implications of implementing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan in Montana.\r\nThe study shows that the EPA's new regulations will likely lead to the full closure of Montana's Colstrip Power Plant and the loss of more than 7,000 good-paying Montana jobs. The implementation of the regulations will also likely result in in the loss of $500 million in annual income for Montana households and the loss of $145 million per year in state and local revenues.\r\nThe report also details that the EPA's regulations will change Montana from being asignificant energy exporter to relying on imported power from other regions much of the time.\r\nThis report reaffirms what Montanans have long known: Montanans can't afford President Obama's anti-coal agendaand this could be the biggest economic impact in Montana in decades,Daines stated.President Obama's job-killing, anti-affordable energy regulations will devastate significant parts of Montana's economy and likely shutter the Colstrip Power Plant. They will destroy thousands of family-wage union and tribal jobs, cause energy bills to skyrocket for Montana families and result in the loss of millions of dollars in tax revenue for our schools and roads. This report proves that President Obama's war on energy is devastating for Montana and must be stopped.\r\nIn light of this news, Daines also announced that he will hold a telephone townhall meeting this evening to discuss the alarming BBER report and his work to stop the EPA regulations. During the event, Daines will share his views on the report and take questions and comments from Montanans.\r\nThe telephone townhall meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:00PM MT.\r\nMontanans interested in participating in tonight's telephone townhall meeting may sign uphere. Members of the press interested in listening in can RSVP and receive call-in information by emailingpress@daines.senate.gov.\r\nDaines is anoriginal cosponsorof two bipartisan Congressional Review Act resolutions of disapproval that will block the Obama administration's regulations on new and existing coal-fired power plants. The two resolutionspassed the Senatelast night on bipartisan vote of 52-46.\r\nDaines has long fought to protect Montana jobs and access to low-cost energy from the Obama administration's overreach.Daines is anoriginal cosponsorof theAffordable Reliable Energy Now Act(ARENA),which holds the EPA accountable and protects states' rights by requiring the EPA to demonstrate how their proposed regulations could impact each state.\r\nIn April, Daines took EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to task for pushing forward new EPA carbon regulations without fully consulting affected states and tribes or addressing the plan's detrimental impacts on coal production and jobs in Montana.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-um-bber-report-reaffirms-devastating-impact-of-obamas-war-on-affordable-energy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.027482096105814, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}