MtLeg Viewpoint: Unleash Montana’s Energy Potential
MtLeg Viewpoint: Unleash Montana’s Energy Potential
"We must unleash Montana’s energy potential so that our kids and grandkids will have a good future."
"We must unleash Montana’s energy potential so that our kids and grandkids will have a good future."
"With a regulatory sandbox in place to fast-track innovation, our state could become a destination for business nationwide."
"With a regulatory sandbox in place to fast-track innovation, our state could become a destination for businesses nationwide."
Regulatory sandboxes are a mechanism used by states to identify unneeded red tape and fast-track innovative businesses with good ideas to the market. Regulatory sandboxes grant businesses a space to operate free from burdensome and outdated regulations for a set period of time, while still undergoing oversight to protect consumers’ health and safety. This gives...
"Increased regulatory costs don’t just apply to oil and natural gas, they also have a direct impact on wind, solar, nuclear, and geothermal projects."
"Prioritizing energy production at home will require a change from politicians and groups who historically have been dedicated to growing the size and scope of the government."
"Conservation groups and other private organizations have indicated that they would like to clean up these mines, unfortunately federal red tape is holding them back."
"Montana leaders have a choice to make: Either welcome crypto entrepreneurs or watch the economic activity generated by this fast-growing industry move elsewhere."
"By affording this budding industry a light regulatory touch with flexibility for new ideas, Montana could become home to the next world changing innovation."
"If we have so much regulation that it makes it not worthwhile, then we’re not going to be able to stay in business.”
"Montana officials can keep the momentum going after eliminating pharmacy technician ratios by expanding pharmacist prescribing so that we can continue to increase health care access, especially in our rural communities."
"Anytime there's a regulation it’s going to create a cost and it has to be either absorbed or passed on."
"Advances in geothermal energy technology provide Montana the opportunity to enhance our energy sector while powering the nation."
Rule notices indicate the Red Tape Relief Initiative has already spurred large reductions in the state’s regulatory burden.