Duane Ankney (born April 14, 1946) is a
Republican member of the
Montana Senate
The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators elected for four years.
Composition of the Senate
:''67th Legislature – 2021–202 ...
representing District 20. Ankney was a member of Montana House of Representatives for District 43, which represents a portion of the
Yellowstone County
Yellowstone County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 164,731. Its county seat is Billings. Yellowstone County is named for the Yellowstone River which roughly bisects the county ...
area from 2007 to 2015.
Political positions
Energy
Ankney is a supporter of
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
usage. In 2015, Ankney introduced Senate Bill 402, which would have required utilities to pay an impact fee to close a power plant before 2025. Portions of the revenue made from the fee would have gone to school districts and the Montana Department of Commerce. The bill failed on a 49–49 vote in the
Montana House of Representatives
The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years.
Composition of the House
:''67th Legislature – 2021†...
. While debating with
senators from Washington state on whether to shut down the
Colstrip Power Plant, Ankney argued that the electricity helped build the state in the 1970s.
References
External links
Duane Ankney at ballotpedia.org
Living people
1946 births
Republican Party members of the Montana House of Representatives
Republican Party Montana state senators
21st-century American legislators
21st-century Montana politicians
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