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An energy industry analyst says Robert Murray’s idea may not be doable CLEVELAND — “The head of one of the nation’s biggest coal companies says he can keep First Energy Solutions’ coal-fired power plants from shutting down. Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray tells Bloomberg news that if government subsidies are granted he can […]
CLEVELAND — “FirstEnergy’s efforts to re-make itself into a delivery-only electric utility — and maybe shed its power plant subsidiary FirstEnergy Solutions — has many people worried that power plants will shut down and Ohio will run short of electricity. The entire future is uncertain, but what’s known right now […]
Even West Virginia, the capital of “coal country”, has more installed wind capacity than Ohio Ohio wind energy development has stalled since 2014 when a last-minute amendment slipped into that year’s budget bill increased the required distance between a turbine and a building or property line. No new wind turbines […]
CLEVELAND — “Power grid manager PJM Interconnection on Friday urged the U.S. Department of Energy not to take extraordinary action ordering subsidies to keep uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants operating. FirstEnergy’s power plant subsidiary, FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), asked the DOE for the action on Thursday morning, about 18 hours after informing PJM and […]
WASHINGTON, DC — “FirstEnergy Corp. is seeking a declaration under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act that certain coal and nuclear plants cannot close and that an electric grid operator pay plant operators enough to recover their costs. The order would apply to the PJM Interconnection, the nonprofit grid operator for […]
AKRON — “Attorneys for FirstEnergy Solutions and six affiliated debtors are to appear in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Tuesday to begin Chapter 11 proceedings before Judge Alan M. Koschik, a move that parent company FirstEnergy Corp. sees as a necessary step for it to remain viable and start anew. FirstEnergy is one […]
CLEVELAND — “Brutal competitive financial forces are poised to remake FirstEnergy into a utility without power plants and focused solely on delivering electricity. The Akron-based power company that a decade ago hired former George W. Bush administration Solicitor General Ted Olson to bully state lawmakers who were considering a return to […]
SUGAR CREEK TWP. —”The sun shined brightly inside the hearts and minds of roughly 100 people who came together at The Wilderness Center on Saturday. ‘It’s an opportunity for the solar community to talk and discuss the basics and … delve a little deeper on some subjects,’ explained Luke Sulfridge, Ohio […]
LANSING, MI — “A Midwest Energy News review of investor-owned utilities in the region found three-quarters of them have made voluntary renewable or emission pledges that go above and beyond what’s required under state laws. All but four of the 17 companies have set voluntary goals for renewables, emissions or both. Seven utilities have […]
CLEVELAND — “The FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. has shut down the Davis-Besse nuclear reactor for refueling. The company said Monday it would replace about a third of the reactor’s 177 fuel rod assemblies and do other routine inspection and preventive maintenance of the power plant’s major components. More than 1,000 […]
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Victory on fixed rate hikesThanks to the 22,765 people who filed official comments opposing Duke, AEP and DP&Ls
Clean air victory!Today we learned we have won our lawsuit against U.S. EPA for failure to update air
Victory! Clean energy majority in Ohio won the day todayCOLUMBUS — We did it! The pro-clean energy majority in Ohio won the day today when
Victory on utility bailoutsOhio electricity customers won a huge victory April 27, when the Federal Energy
Victory! Governor Kasich line-item vetoes the Tangible Personal Property Tax giveaway to utilitiesCOLUMBUS — With just hours to go before the deadline last night, Governor John Kasich
Cleveland’s controversial plan to build ‘trash-to-energy’ facility declared deadCLEVELAND — “A long-debated proposition to build an expensive and controversial
Victory! Cincinnati chooses clean, green energy – againCINCINNATI — “Yesterday the people of Cincinnati achieved another victory in the
Incinerator won’t pollute region’s air• writing personal letters to Mayor Jackson • putting yard signs in our yards •
Cincinnati becomes first major city to offer 100% green electricity to residentsCincinnati voters overwhelmingly supported 100% renewable energy as a priority
Coal plants drop off the mapEach year 819,195,781 pounds of pollution will NOT be dumped into our air and water