COSTS MATTER!
About 90% of Ohio’s electricity comes from coal fired generation.
Our generation & transmission cooperative, Buckeye Power, operates the second-cleanest coal powered electric generation plant in the world, due to the investment of nearly a billion dollars in pollution controls. However, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is preparing to enact five standards which have the potential to further impact rural electric cooperatives in Ohio. These five standards are the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), Hazardous Air Pollution Standard (HAPS), Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Rule, Water Intake Rule, and the Greenhouse Performance Standards. The combination of these major regulations and policy rules, including the regulation of greenhouse gases, is estimated to eliminate about 2.5 million jobs nationally by 2030, increase energy costs more than $130 billion by 2015 and shut down 30-70 gigawatts of electricity generation.
The Logan County Electric Cooperative needs your help!
We need for you to help us “take action”. The EPA could force coal ash and coal combustion by-products to be defined as “hazardous waste” – which it is not! A hazardous designation would add huge costs to consumer electric bills and eliminate beneficial coal ash recycling. H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act would prevent the EPA from regulating coal ash as hazardous, provide regulatory certainty, and protect the beneficial use of coal ash. We currently are working on your behalf to support H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act in Washington. However, we need to strengthen our political presence, which allows Logan County Electric Cooperative to effectively serve as your advocate when speaking with legislators.
You can strengthen our political presence by becoming a member of COPA (Cooperative Owners for Political Action).
As a COPA member, you will receive quarterly newsletters keeping you up-to-date on legislative affairs. You will also be invited to participate in the annual COPA legislative luncheon (all expenses paid) as well as be involved in our grassroots “Take Action” network.
Call us (937-592-4781) or send us an email (rpetty@logancounty.coop) to learn more about how you can help keep our electricity costs as reasonable as possible. |
America is headed toward an energy crisis.
Your voice matters!
As a member of an Ohio electric cooperative, your voice matters to our members of Congress. Register your concern about Cap & Trade Tax by joining the Our Energy, Our Future campaign. Urge Congress to work with electric cooperatives to meet both federal public policy goals and your need for affordable, reliable electricity. Costs matter! Go to www.ourenergy.coop and make your voice heard.
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