Wisconsin-Report

Fladeboe: “American Families Need Secure Jobs And The American Economy Needs Secure Energy. The Keystone
Pipeline Provides Both.” According to a press release from Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin, “American families need
secure jobs and the American economy needs secure energy. The Keystone Pipeline provides both. The President and Senate
should act quickly to sign this bill into law and get Americans back to work.’” [Americans For Prosperity Wisconsin Press
Release, 1/9/15]
Wisconsin Club For Growth
Wisconsin Club For Growth: The Keystone XL Pipeline Would Be Able To Meet The Demand For Propane If
“Barack Obama And Democrats Down The Food Chain” Hadn’t “Contrived To Entangle” The Pipeline “In
Regulatory Red Tape For Going On Six Years.” According to the Wisconsin Club for Growth, “But also true is that a lot
of propane is delivered by rail, and railroads have seen stupendous growth in demand for their service because oil producers
need rail cars to move crude out of the Northern Plains to refiners elsewhere in the country. Much of that crude would move
by pipeline, if Barack Obama and Democrats down the food chain hadn’t contrived to entangle the Keystone XL Pipeline in
regulatory red tape for going on six years.” [Wisconsin Club for Growth, 8/27/14]
…BUT HAVE PUSHED TO RESTRICT RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Americans For Prosperity
Bloomberg: The Koch-Backed Americans For Prosperity And The American Legislative Exchange Council
“Championed Efforts Around The U.S. To Roll Back State Incentives For Renewable Power, Calling Them A
Distortion Of The Free Market.” According to Bloomberg, “Critics look at Walker’s record and see the ideological imprint
of Charles and David Koch, the billionaire Republican campaign donors. The Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity
provided funding and volunteers during Walker’s rise to power in Wisconsin. That group, and another partly funded by the
Kochs named the American Legislative Exchange Council, have championed efforts around the U.S. to roll back state
incentives for renewable power, calling them a distortion of the free market.” [Bloomberg, 9/2/15]
AFP-WI Memo: “We Urge You To Reject The Arguments Of Those Who Want To See The Rooftop Solar Industry
Financed On The Backs Of The Rest Of Us Without Our Own Energy Systems.” According to an Americans for
Prosperity Wisconsin memo, “What solar advocates are pushing for would essentially force the rest of us without the means or
desire to put solar panels on our roof or a wind turbine in our backyard to pay for their share of the grid. That’s not fair and
it’s also not a free market. We urge you to reject the arguments of those who want to see the rooftop solar industry financed
on the backs of the rest of us without our own energy systems.” [Americans For Prosperity Wisconsin Memo, 9/15/14]
AFP-WI Supported A Plan Proposed By A Number Of State Utilities, Which Could “Restrict Renewable Energy
Development,” While Tea Party Patriots Were Against The Plan. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Solar
advocates have enlisted conservatives in their bid to challenge proposals by We Energies and other state utilities that they say
would restrict renewable energy development in Wisconsin. Debbie Dooley is visiting Wisconsin this week in a trip sponsored
by the Wisconsin Solar Electric Industries Association. […] Dooley, national coordinator with the Tea Party Patriots, became
involved in energy issues while fighting plans by Georgia’s main utility, Southern Co., to charge ratepayers for cost overruns it
experienced while building new nuclear reactors. She became irked that utilities’ profits rose even as construction costs
increased from building big projects like massive power plants. But a prominent group that supports Republicans in
Wisconsin, Americans for Prosperity’s Wisconsin chapter, this week came out in support of the utilities’ rate plans.”
[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/16/14]
• AFP-WI State Director David Fladeboe: AFP “Believes That Individuals Should Have The Ability To Make
Decisions About Their Own Property And Energy Systems — But They Should Not Expect Others To Pay For
Their Choices.” According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “‘All should pay for their fair share of the electric grid,’
the group’s state director, David Fladeboe, said in a memorandum. ‘As an organization dedicated to promoting and
protecting free markets, Americans for Prosperity believes that individuals should have the ability to make decisions about
their own property and energy systems — but they should not expect others to pay for their choices.’” [Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, 9/16/14]
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