Explore Candidates State Senate District 32 Tara Johnson on Energy

Tara Johnson on Energy

Tara Johnson is neutral on construction of new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin

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Believes the state needs to keep its options open, but that nuclear energy is not an immediate solution. Her feelings about nuclear power come from having grown up in Pennsylvania during the time of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.

Tara Johnson opposes making it easier for developers to build wind energy farms over the objections of neighbors

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Believes wind energy can be a part of solution to energy problems, but ultimately supports local communities ability to decide whether they want wind farms.

Tara Johnson is neutral on subsidizing the use of ethanol in motor vehicle fuels

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Believes the state needs to look at other ethanol sources besides corn, including biomass such as wood and switchgrass, which can be produced in Western Wisconsin.

Tara Johnson opposes restricting local governments’ power to regulate where ethanol and other renewable energy plants can be located

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Believes in local decision making.