Kalk speaks out against ‘cap-and-trade’

Brian Duggan, Bismarck Tribune
Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk continued to speak out against the so-called cap-and-trade bill before Congress in two speeches in Fargo and Minot on Tuesday.
The three-member PSC in May said the sweeping energy policy, which passed the U.S. House in June with Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., voting no, [...]

Kalk advocates for change in U.S. energy policy

Jill Schramm, Staff Writer, Minot Daily News
Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The United States can best meet its energy and environmental goals without a cap and trade plan, according to Brian Kalk, North Dakota’s newest public service commissioner.
Kalk, who was elected last November, held a news conference in Minot Tuesday to recommend that a national energy [...]

Kalk says cap and trade is harmful to North Dakota

Patrick Springer, The Fargo Forum
Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Brian Kalk, a North Dakota public service commissioner, said Tuesday that cap-and-trade legislation passed by the U.S. House would “devastate” the state’s economy.
Kalk, in an appearance in Fargo, called for a comprehensive federal energy policy that would spur renewable energy and conservation without imposing costs that would [...]

Cap and Trade and National Energy Policy Summary

Dr. Brian P. Kalk, Ph.D.,
National Energy Policy Summary
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
KEY FINDINGS

§ North Dakota is one of the most coal dependent states and its consumers will be impacted more than those in nearly any other state. Energy bills are regressive in nature and higher energy costs will harm low income customers the most.
§ Abrupt changes in energy [...]