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COLUMBUS — “FirstEnergy Corp. is keeping mum about sharp comments from Ohio’s top regulator. The utility’s focus is not on switching Ohio’s electric power industry back to regulation, the Akron utility said in response to Andre Porter‘s comments in a Tuesday Columbus Business First story. Instead, it’s squarely focused on […]
COLUMBUS — “Andre Porter, chosen in April by Gov. John Kasich to lead the influential state agency, agreed with comments made by Ohio’s electric utility executives from Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) and Columbus’ American Electric Power Company Inc. (NYSE:AEP) that it’s important to ensure power reliability. But Porter isn’t sounding […]
AKRON — “FirstEnergy’s next rate case is going to a full-scale hearing at the end of this month — without the recommendations of state experts who should have already analyzed it. The centerpiece of the case is a never-before-seen 15-year “power purchase agreement” between FirstEnergy’s three traditional Ohio utilities — the […]
COLUMBUS — “…in a filing that PUCO observers cited as odd, PUCO staff on Friday delayed testimony. Their expert opinion is one of the final steps needed before the hearings can begin. “Comes now the staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and respectfully requests that the due date […]
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 […]
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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