Plunderbund

After months of fighting to get a reasonable energy bill through the house, Governor Ted Strickland finally got his chance to sign SB 221 today- keeping big energy companies from raising our rates by up to 80% and committing the state to investing in renewable energy sources.
(ht to bsb)

I know AEP is pissed about the new energy bill that just passed the house this morning because the bill - thanks to a lot of push-back by Governor Strickland - won’t let AEP immediately raise our rates like they wanted.
Funny coincidence though. Not but an hour after the bill was passed my power […]

I just heard that the House FINALLY passed the revised energy bill 91-1. Don’t hold me to that number- but it definitely did pass.
It looks like Tom Patton (R-18) from Strongsville is the only one who voted no.
UPDATE:
The actual vote was 93-1.
UPDATE:
My power went out about 15 minutes after this vote finished and […]

Oil/gas isn’t the only fossil fuel whose cost is on the rise.
The cost of Northern Appalachian coal just broke $110/ton - up from $45/ton last April.
One hundred dollars a ton doesn’t seem like that much until you consider that a typical coal-burning power plant will use 10,000 tons A DAY- and sometimes 3-4 times that […]