Montana Renewable Energy Requirement Initiative (2018)
| Montana Renewable Energy Requirement Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Energy and Environment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Montana Renewable Energy Requirement Initiative was not on the ballot in Montana as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
On June 21, 2018, proponents reported that their initiative would not be on the ballot. A sponsor of the measure, former state lawmaker Russ Doty, said the committee will decide whether to pursue the measure again in 2020.[1]
The measure was designed to require investor-owned electric utilities to increase procurement of renewable sources like wind and solar. Over time, the required percentage of energy that would need to be obtained from renewable sources would have increased and then plateaued with an 80 percent requirement by the year 2050.[2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available here.
Sponsors
MT Cares led the campaign in support of this initiative. On their website, they said, "I-184 will bring about 80% renewable electricity by 2050 while helping fossil fuel workers displaced by the transition to zero-fuel, zero pollution-control cost electricity."[3]
350 Montana supported this initiative. On their website, they said:[4]
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But we at 350 Montana think that the public should demand clean energy and would support clean energy, and I-184 deserves a good, hard look because it would:
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Path to the ballot
Ken Crouch filed the initiative with the secretary of state's office on August 24, 2017. The initiative was approved for legal sufficiency by the attorney general on October 31, 2017.[6]
Supporters needed to collect and submit 25,468 valid signatures by June 22, 2018, in order to qualify the measure for the 2018 ballot. Signatures must be equal to 5 percent of the qualified electors in each of one-third of the state's legislative districts.
On June 21, 2018, proponents reported that their initiative would not be on the ballot. A sponsor of the measure, former state lawmaker Russ Doty, said the committee would decide whether to pursue the measure again in 2020.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ WRAL, "Sponsors of at least 2 initiatives turning in signatures," accessed June 21, 2018
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "Initiative 184," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ MT Cares, "About," accessed May 21, 2018
- ↑ 350 Montana, "The importance of a citizen intiative," accessed May 21, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "Proposed 2018 Ballot Issues," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ WRAL, "Sponsors of at least 2 initiatives turning in signatures," accessed June 21, 2018
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