{"id":4711,"date":"2023-08-04T18:58:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2023-08-04T19:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:09:03","slug":"wmc-responds-to-gov-evers-vetoing-pro-consumer-energy-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4711","title":{"rendered":"WMC Responds to Gov. Evers Vetoing Pro-Consumer Energy Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wmc-responds-to-gov-evers-vetoing-pro-consumer-energy-bills\/\">https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wmc-responds-to-gov-evers-vetoing-pro-consumer-energy-bills\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MADISON<\/strong> \u2013 Today, Governor Evers vetoed three bills \u2013 AB 141, AB 142, and SB 49 \u2013 that would have protected consumer access to gas-powered vehicles and equipment, as well as access to natural gas for home heating. In response, Craig Summerfield, WMC\u2019s Director of Environmental &amp; Energy Policy, released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWisconsin\u2019s business community is deeply disappointed by the vetoes of these pro-consumer energy bills. AB 141 and AB 142 were supported by a broad coalition of business trade organizations and vehicle enthusiasts, as the overwhelming majority of Wisconsin businesses and consumers depend on gas-powered motor vehicles and products. The bills simply ensured continued consumer access to affordable and reliable leaf blowers, lawn mowers, snow blowers, cars, motorcycles, trucks and many other products.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn addition, the veto of SB 49 is just as troubling, as it would have protected consumer access to natural gas. The natural gas distribution system is especially reliable, and 75% of Wisconsin homes use natural gas. Twenty-four states enacted similar legislation to SB 49 with bipartisan support \u2013 making today\u2019s veto all the more perplexing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEnergy decisions should be dictated by energy consumers, not heavy-handed government mandates. Today\u2019s vetoes are a step backward for Wisconsin businesses, families and every consumer seeking to use the most affordable and reliable energy products.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the bills would have done the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SB 49 \u2013 Prohibit state\/local restrictions on utility service based on the energy source. For example, the bill would prohibit a municipal ban on natural gas service lines.<br \/>\n\u2022 AB 141 \u2013 Prohibit state\/local restrictions on the sale or use of a device based on the energy source, such as a ban on a gas-powered leaf blower or lawn mower.<br \/>\n\u2022 AB 142 \u2013 Prohibit state\/local restrictions on the sale or use of motor vehicles based on the power source, such as a ban on gas-powered cars or trucks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wmc-responds-to-gov-evers-vetoing-pro-consumer-energy-bills\/\">WMC Responds to Gov. Evers Vetoing Pro-Consumer Energy Bills<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\">WMC Wisconsin&#8217;s Chamber <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wmc-responds-to-gov-evers-vetoing-pro-consumer-energy-bills\/ MADISON \u2013 Today, Governor Evers vetoed three bills \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4712,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions\/4712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}