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COLUMBUS — “The Columbus electric utility (NYSE:AEP) wanted state regulators to hurry up and hear the plea to ink long-term power purchase agreements for its Ohio power plants. Now, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has set dates for hearings that follow a similar proposal from Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) […]
COLUMBUS — “Hopes for re-regulating Ohio’s power industry are another example of utilities not wanting to compete, says one of the newest entrants to the state’s power generation industry. ‘They’re used to getting what they want – big, fat margins so they can pay big dividends to shareholders,’ Dynegy Inc. […]
COLUMBUS — On June 15, 2015 Ohio Citizen Action and Ohio Sierra Club members and volunteers from all over FirstEnergy’s service territory came to Columbus to deliver a message to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and Governor John Kasich.
AKRON — “FirstEnergy Corp.’s new chief executive officer thinks it’s time to have conversations about ending deregulation of the electric utility industry in Ohio, a move that some may argue is an about-face from the company’s stance in 2008. He also is making it a priority to ensure that the […]
AKRON — “FirstEnergy Corp. wants Ohio to re-regulate the electric utility industry, hoping to end an era the company itself fought for just seven years ago, in which electricity rates were set by wholesale markets without interference from the state. …Jones said FirstEnergy’s future is at risk if it cannot […]
STOW — “Our children and grandchildren should not have to grow up in an increasing polluted world. We want less pollution for them, along with lower energy costs. Long ago, when coal was discovered to be the best option for heating and power, we didn’t even know what cars, planes […]
CLEVELAND — “Akron’s FirstEnergy Corp. effectively wants its customers to be forced to invest in a handful of money-losing FirstEnergy power plants in hopes they will become profitable again and pay dividends. That’s the gist of an audacious rate-increase request that 1.9 million residential ratepayers and other customers of the Illuminating, Ohio Edison and Toledo […]
NEW YORK, NY — “Why should customers pay for FirstEnergy’s mistakes? The Ohio-based power company made a string of bad business decisions that are hurting shareholders, customers, taxpayers, and the environment. Now the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is mulling a bailout proposal that would require customers to pay off […]
AKRON — “A hard reality is that coal won’t soon disappear as an energy source, not when it accounts for almost three-quarters of the generation mix in Ohio. A coal-burning Sammis plant, equipped with the best-available pollution controls, arguably has a place then. What a sound energy strategy requires is […]
AKRON — “FirstEnergy reaped the early benefits of the deregulation of the electricity market. But as the cost of natural gas (a competitor to FirstEnergy’s plants) fell and demand for electricity waned, it has been getting harder for FirstEnergy to compete. Now that its coal and nuclear power can’t contend, […]
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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