Politicians are killing America!-----Elaborate Propane Commission Scheme May Be About Pipeline Shutdown

Elaborate Propane Commission Scheme May Be About Pipeline Shutdown

"...Jason Hayes, director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said the bill reflects a muddled state approach to energy, which tries to suppress the use of fossil fuels but then also subsidizes purchases of them.

“They force people into energy poverty by making energy too expensive and unreliable and then they subsidize people’s use of expensive and unreliable energy,” Hayes said.

...Nick Assendelft, a spokesman for the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, said the Whitmer administration supports the legislation. It does so because “replacing appliances will ultimately reduce propane use and save users money on their utility bills,” and be part of a “transition to renewable energy ... (and putting) Michigan on a path toward carbon neutrality by 2050.”

The legislation, Senate Bill 1133, authorizes the state to create a propane commission, made up of those in the industry, and to impose a levy on propane sales

...Hayes said the bill’s advocates may view the commission as a way to push back on the governor’s decision to force the closure of Enbridge Line 5. 

The Enbridge pipeline is a primary source of heating fuel to the Upper Peninsula.

...In the short term, that commitment will push rural propane users to convert to prohibitively expensive electricity for heating and cooking, he said...Read all.