Tag: Energy

Daines Applauds President Trump’s Action to Protect Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant

Executive Order Comes After Daines Urged EPA to Keep Plant Open U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today applauded President Trump’s executive order that keeps Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant open, prevents blackouts across the state, and supports Made-In-Montana energy. “With this executive order, President Trump delivered on a hallmark promise: to protect and unleash Made-In-America energy. The Colstrip Power Plant keeps the lights on for Montanans and provides jobs and revenue for the state. It’s refreshing to finally have an administration that puts the needs of our communities first, rather than pandering to woke environmentalists. I look forward to working with

Daines Bill to Keep Montana’s Bull Mountains Mine Open One Step Closer to Becoming Law

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that his bill to keep Montana’s Bull Mountains Mine open passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee with bipartisan support.  Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “The Bull Mountains Mine near Roundup, Montana, is the lifeblood of Musselshell County, providing more than 250 jobs for hardworking Montanans and a massive boost to the local economy. I am glad to see my bill pass the ENR Committee and move one step closer to the President’s desk. I’ll always fight to support Made-In-Montana energy and protect Montana jobs,” said Daines. Background: Daines introduced S.362 in March 2025. It

Daines, Sheehy, Zinke, Downing Encourage Trump Administration to Reverse Biden Anti-Energy Policies and Support Montana Energy

Letter Urges Trump EPA to Support Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) as well as Congressmen Ryan Zinke (MT-01) and Troy Downing (MT-02) today sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging a two-year compliance exemption from harmful Biden-era energy policies to support the continued operation at Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant. If the Biden policies are not reversed, they will lead to increased compliance costs, which will be passed down to the consumer in the form of higher rates or even closure of the plant, which would lead to

Daines Applauds Trump Administration for Review of Biden’s Anti-Energy Policies, Encourages Support for Small Energy Producers

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today led a letter with nine of his Republican colleagues to Secretary Doug Burgum at the U.S. Department of the Interior urging the reversal of Biden-era regulations that dramatically increase the bonding requirements for oil and gas wells on federal lands.  “We write to express our support of your review of former President Biden’s burdensome regulatory actions that will reduce American energy independence and raise costs for American families and small businesses. In Secretarial Order 3418 you direct your Assistant Secretaries to review the Bureau of Land Management’s April 2024 final rule “Fluid Mineral Leases and

Daines on Newsmax: Trump Supports Made-In-America Energy, Made-In-America Minerals

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Newsmax’s National Report, where he applauded President Trump’s commitment to support Made-In-America energy and explained the importance of his bipartisan bill to ban the import of critical minerals from Russia.  Watch the full interview HERE. Daines explained how his bill will bolster American mining: Here’s the situation. There are very few places in the world you can mine palladium and platinum. It’s a critical material that goes into catalytic converters for the automobile industry and keeps our environment cleaner. And the issue is, the Russians are dumping their palladium at way below market prices, forcing mining

Daines Leads Republican Colleagues in Introducing Bills to Unleash American Energy

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a group of his Republican colleagues in introducing two bills to unleash American energy, promote America’s energy dominance and support rural communities. The “Supporting Made in America Energy Act” would support oil and gas development by requiring four annual onshore lease sales in top oil and gas producing states, two annual offshore leases sales in the Gulf and six offshore lease sales over ten years in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The “Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act” would remove the 2 percent administration fee on federal oil and gas royalty payments to local communities. “Now that we have a President who supports

Daines on Fox Business’ The Bottom Line: President Trump’s Bold Leadership Will Unleash American Energy

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg on Fox Business’ The Bottom Line to discuss how President Trump’s bold leadership will end the radical left’s green agenda. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the need to unleash made-in-America energy: Well look, this AI race is really an energy race against China. That’s what it is. The constraint to build out the AI capabilities we will need to stay in the league globally comes down to energy, and we’re talking about baseload reliable power. Look, we’re gonna need 50 percent more energy conservatively than we’re using today just in

Daines Secures Commitment from Trump Department of Energy Secretary Nominee Chris Wright to Support Made in Montana Energy

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today secured a commitment from Trump’s Secretary of Energy nominee Chris Wright to support energy development in Montana and voiced his support for Wright’s confirmation in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.  Watch Daines’ and Wright’s full exchange HERE. Daines highlighted the importance of an all-of-above energy portfolio and asked for Wright’s commitment to support reliable, affordable sources of energy in Montana. Wright agreed. Daines: One of the first things you can do as Secretary, I think, is to refocus the Department on pro-baseload energy policies. Baseload power resources like coal, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear, I think will

Biden-Harris energy, mining policies threaten Montana way of life | Sen. Steve Daines

The following op-ed by Senator Daines appeared in newspapers across Montana, including Hungry Horse News, Three Forks Voice, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, The Livingston Enterprise, Helena IR, Ravalli Republic, Missoulian, Montana Standard, Billings Gazette, Meet Montana. Few decisions made in Washington impact Montanans more than those made about our nation’s natural resources. Unfortunately, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ pursuit of radical environmentalism and a liberal climate change agenda is shutting down our state’s energy and mining and threatening our Montana way of life. When it comes to mining, look no further than the 700 hard-working miners laid off from Montana’s own

Daines Opposes Biden’s Threats to Kill Made-in-Montana Energy

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act to challenge President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates that threaten to shut down Montana power plants, kill jobs and hurt American energy security.  “While Joe Biden’s war on energy rages on, Montanans face job losses, price increases and a threat to the reliability of our electric grid because of federal mandates from the Administration’s EPA. I strongly oppose Biden’s attempts to kill made-in-Montana energy and always will,” said Daines. To read the full text of the bill, click HERE. Daines has been pushing back on the Biden