Guiding Federal Legislation
Missouri River Energy Services (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 our nation's capital, 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.
For 2021, MRES has prepared legislative fact sheets five topics. Click on the links below to download the fact sheets, which will be used in discussions throughout the year as MRES staff engages with federal legislators and policymakers:
Regulatory Certainty Needed on Carbon Emissions
Gregory County, South Dakota, Pumped Storage Project
Protecting the Federal Power Program
Federal Legislators
MRES serves as an advocate for its members, and continues to build on the relationships with the lawmakers and policymakers representing out member districts. Here is a listing of federal legislators.
Iowa:
Senators
- Joseph Gilson (Energy)
- Chris Conlin (Tax)
- Michael Farr (Energy)
- Tyler Brown (Tax)
Representatives
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-2nd District)
- (Energy)
- (Tax)
Rep. Cindy Axne (D-3rd District)
- Sam Ward (Energy)
- Will Binger (Tax)
Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-4th District)
- (Energy)
- (Tax)
Minnesota:
Senators
- Brian Werner (Energy)
- Matt Van Driel (Tax)
- Pete Wyckoff (Energy)
- Tim Everett (Tax)
Representatives
Rep. Jim Hagedorn (D-1st District)
- Turner Bridgforth (Energy)
- Julia Convertini (Tax)
Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-7th District)
- (Energy)
- (Tax)
Rep. Pete Stauber (R-8th District)
- Andrew Morley (Energy)
- Jeff Bishop (Tax)
North Dakota:
Senators
Sen. John Hoeven (R)
- Eric Gustafson (Energy)
- Tyler Hardy (Tax)
- Micah Chambers (Energy)
- Jason Stverak (Tax)
Representative
- Casey Fitzpatrick (Energy)
- Nicholas Tortoric (Tax)
South Dakota:
Senators
Sen. John Thune (R)
- Jon Abdnor (Energy)
- Joe Boddicker (Tax)
Sen. Mike Rounds (R)
- Logan Penfield (Energy)
- Andrew Rothe (Tax)
Representative
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-At Large)
- John Weber (Energy)
- Elizabeth Lloyd (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.