Candidate for Utah House of Representatives - District 16 in 2020 Utah General Election.
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Get StartedUtah’s Constitution requires that 100% of corporate and personal income taxes be dedicated to education and I have continually voted for increases each year. As Utah’s economy has grown, so have education funds and nearly $1 billion in additional dollars has gone to public education over the past few years. Still, we need to do more. Our teachers deserve to be paid like the professionals they are. Our children deserve nothing less than a world-class education. Learn more
Interestingly, as public utility companies begin to transition away from coal to cleaner natural gas and renewables such as solar and wind resources, scientists now know that more harmful emissions are coming from automobiles. A careful balancing act must occur in order to keep Utah’s low energy prices affordable and reliable as we decrease our dependence on coal and transition to the New Energy Economy. Learn more
This past summer, I had the opportunity to attend an exciting legislative conference, Clean Energy Legislative Academy that exposed me to exciting policies that will help transition us to the new energy economy where renewables will quickly replace coal-fired power plants in the years to come. Currently, 70% of Utah’s electricity is derived from coal but that percentage will decline as technologies improve and prices are competitive. Utah’s wind resources are minimal but for utility-scale solar, hundreds of acres of solar panels, our southern desert high country is the mecca!. Learn more
© 2018 Stephen G. Handy • Paid for by friends of Steve Handy. Make no mistake, this is a complex issue and along the Wasatch Front, our geography makes our notorious winter inversions even worse! And with a growing population, everyone must do their part. Government also plays a critical role Because this is an issue that affects everyone, I’ve focused much of my legislative efforts on incentivizing cleaner vehicles and removing barriers for the production of alternative energy sources. There’s no magic bullet and you may be surprised to know that our air is cleaner today than it has been since 1952. “Old Timers” have told me about our valleys being choked because everyone was burning coal to heat their homes. Thankfully, those days are long gone. Learn more
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