Federal Legislative & Regulatory

Guiding Federal Legislation

MRES and its members remain active and involved in the legislative process, and we accomplish that through an aggressive legislative effort. Energy-related issues continue to remain a focus at a national level, and our staff closely monitors pending federal legislation relevant to MRES and its members. Working with our congressional delegation and other key policymakers is an integral part of our work agenda.

Advocating for Public Power: MRES Federal Legislative Priorities

As we meet with our Congressional delegation, Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) remains steadfast in advocating for policies that support the reliability, affordability and sustainability of public power. Our federal legislative papers outline key issues that directly impact our 61 member communities and the millions of customers they serve.

Read the full legislative papers below to learn more about our priorities and how they impact our communities.

Federal Legislative Papers

• Municipal Tax Issues
• Protecting the Federal Power Program
• Transmission and Permit Reform
• FEMA
• Pole Attachements

Federal Congressional Delegations

Below is information about the congressional delegations from all four member states:

Iowa

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)

Committees:

• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• Budget
• Finance
• Judiciary (Chair)

Legislative Contacts:

• Eli Harberts (Energy)
• Chris Conlin (Tax)

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)

Committees:

• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• Armed Services
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Chair)
• Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Legislative Contacts:

• David Bean (Energy)
• Haydyn Hendricks (Tax)

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-1st District)

Committees:

• Energy and Commerce
• Veterans’ Affairs

Legislative Contacts:

• Sam Dunford (Energy)
• Matt Brady (Tax)

Rep. Zach Nunn (R-3rd District)

Committees:

• Agriculture
• Financial Services

Legislative Contacts:

• Andrew Bohn (Energy)
• Caroline Sayers (Tax)

Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-4th District)

Committees:

• Agriculture
• Ways & Means

Legislative Contacts:

• Heath Brandt (Energy & Tax)

Minnesota

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota)

Committees:

• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Ranking Member)
  
• Joint Congressional on Inaugural Ceremonies (Chair)
  
• Commerce, Science and Transportation
• Joint Economic
• Judiciary
• Rules & Administration

Legislative Contacts:

• Seth Barnes (Energy)
• Jeff Nowill (Tax)

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota)

Committees:

• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
• Finance
• Indian Affairs

Legislative Contacts:

• Maggie Blomgren (Energy)
• Omar Taher (Tax)

Rep. Brad Finstad (R-1st District)

Committees:

• Agriculture
• Armed Services
• Small Business

Legislative contacts:

• John Altendorf (Energy)
• Tyler Dunn (Tax)

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-6th District)

Committees:

• Financial Services

Legislative Contacts:

• Emma Diehl (Energy)
• Kevin Gannon (Tax)

Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-7th District)

Committees:

• Rules
• Ways & Means

Legislative Contacts:

• Jack Long (Energy)
• Savannah Bolender (Tax)

Rep. Pete Stauber (R-8th District)

Committees:

• Natural Resources
• Small Business
• Transportation and Infrastructure

Legislative Contacts:

• Shawn Rusterholz (Energy)
  
• Sean Sullivan (Tax)

North Dakota

Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota)

Committees:

• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• Appropriations
• Energy and Natural Resources
• Indian Affairs

Legislative Contacts:

• Eric Gustafson (Energy)
• Tyler Hardy (Tax)

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota)

Committees:

• Armed Services
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
• Environment and Public Works
• Veterans’ Affairs

Legislative Contacts:

• Reilly Lamp (Energy)
• Mary Silverthorn (Tax)

Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-North Dakota)

Committees:

• Energy and Commerce

Legislative Contacts:

• Ty Kennedy (Tax)
• Talmage Tyler (Energy)

South Dakota

Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota)

Committees:

• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• Commerce, Science and Transportation
• Finance

Legislative Contacts:

• Ashlynne Beninga (Energy)
• Adam Wek (Tax)

Sen. Mike Rounds (R)

Committees:

• Armed Services
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
• Indian Affairs
• Select Committee on Intelligence
• Appropriations

Legislative Contacts:

• Matt Yetter (Energy)
• Joel Burke (Energy for AI)
• Kathleen Gayle (Tax)

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-South Dakota)

Committees:

• Agriculture
• Select Committee on China
• Transportation and Infrastructure

Legislative Contacts:

• Mason Ohnstad (Energy)
• Elizabeth Walters (Tax)

Impacting Federal Regulation

MRES and its members actively monitor and participate in major federal regulatory matters, as the regulatory landscape is changing. We participate or intervene in matters that affect MRES and our member municipal electric utilities through targeted efforts in specific agency dockets. We will post more information when issues important to MRES and to our members arise.