Representative Sue Ellspermann (R-Boonville, District 74)

2011 Voting Records:  Representative Sue Ellspermann (R, District 74)

2010 Campaign Contributions accepted from Utility, Coal, Oil and Railroad Corporations: $1,250

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Pro-Consumer Percentage: 0%

The following is a synopsis of how the Representative voted in the 2011 General Assembly on the bills that CAC was tracking. We consider that 80% is a passing grade for the legislators, meaning that if their "Pro-Consumer Voting Percentage" is 80% or above, they are working to protect consumers in the State House. If their percentage is below 80%, they are not working to protect consumers.

SB 251: This bill was the mother lode for the utilities this
year. It does the following:

• Defines clean energy as virtually any technology that
  produces electricity; which includes truly renewable sources like wind
  and solar, but also includes, but is not limited to, nuclear, coal
  gasification, solid waste, coal bed methane, and industrial byproducts.
• Gives the utilities all kinds of trackers, which allow the
  utilities to raise your rates when their costs go up without having to lower your
  rates when their costs go down.
• Gives eminent domain to private corporations for carbon
  dioxide pipelines
• Allows utilities to use Construction Work in Progress
  (CWIP) to charge ratepayers to uprate nuclear power plants before the uprate actually
  produces any electricity

Rep. Ellspermann's Vote on SB 251: 10 votes - all Anti-Consumer

HB 1128: This bill was essentially the same as SB 251, except
that it did not include the eminent domain.

Rep. Ellspermann's Vote on SB 1128: 2 votes - both Anti-Consumer

SB 71: This bill will essentially open the State of Indiana to
hydrofracking (hydraulic fracturing) coal seams for the purpose of
extracting coal bed methane, with no requirement that the operators of
these wells comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act or even allow the
public to comment on the permits or know the location of where these
operations will take place.

Rep. Ellspermann's Vote on SB 71: Anti-Consumer

SB 66: This bill amends the definition of "renewable energy resources" in utilities law to add low temperature, oxygen starved gasification of municipal solid waste (burning trash to make electricity).

Rep. Ellspermann's Vote on SB 66: Anti-Consumer