Drilling rigs like this one pictured in October, 2011, in Carroll County are becoming more common in eastern Ohio.
AKRON — “The steady development of Ohio’s shale gas is pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s economy and creating a manufacturing renaissance.
That has some questioning why Ohio should continue on its course to mandate electrical energy efficiency and requirepower companies to embrace renewable energy such as wind and solar – all of which cut into utility sales and drive up rates.
These two themes dominated the seventh annual Northern Ohio Energy Management Conference Tuesday at the John S. Knight Convention Center.”
— John Funk, The Plain Dealer
