Folks - In my view this will be a very important meeting. With the new SO2 rule, and now one on mercury, we have major artillery to go ahead on our 3 target FE plants. Besides giving new ammo for shutting down these plants, we are also presented with the opportunity to do community outreach and organizing as we go to Albright etc. and : get the experts to talk about consequences of these rules, get FE to say what they are doing to prepare for the shutdowns, promote clean energy, etc.

Not the least benefit - this should be an issue that can help revitalize the chapter's conservation work specifically and the Chapter itself generally. Just sayin'.....

I hope to see you there and to get some good thinking and planning started.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:54 PM, James Kotcon <jkotcon@wvu.edu> wrote:

I should have checked with my wife, she is hosting a Girl Scout meeting
that afternoon at 2 PM.

How about we move this up an hour and start at noon, be done by 2 PM?

Jim Kotcon

>>> Jim Sconyers <jimscon@gmail.com> 12/6/2011 12:25 PM >>>
Folks -

We are embarking on an exciting campaign, with a huge potential
payoff.

  - First Energy's (Mon Power, Potomac Edison parent) Albright,
  Rivesville, and Willow Island coal-burning power plants are our
target.
  - Retiring these plants is our goal.
  - Creating public awareness and support are essential.

Some developments coming along mean that the time is now for us to get
moving.
We want to set a major public event for mid-January - which is a lot
sooner
than it sounds.

You are invited - very warmly! - to a planning session. This is a new
venture, and we *need* your ideas and energy to make this a success.

Planning session:
Sunday, December 18, 1:00 - 3:00 (+/-) PM
Jim Kotcon's/Candice Elliott's home in Morgantown (414 Tyrone Avery
Road).
<directions below>

This link is a google map just to show where these three First Energy
plants are.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=216452375754882078896.0004a28d6825bd1e752fa&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=7&vpsrc=1


*Directions to Jim and Candice’s home*



>From I-68, Exit 7, take Rt 857 North 1.0 mile.

Turn right onto Tyrone Avery Road.

Go 1.0 mile (watch for a sharp right followed by a sharp left at 0.7
miles,
be sure to take that left).

Look for 4 mailboxes and a utility pole on the right, just before our
driveway.

Come up the gravel drive to the second house on the right.



If you need directions help day of the meeting keep this phone number
handy:
           Jim Kotcon/Candice Elliot            304.594.3322

--
Jim Sconyers
jimscon@gmail.com
304.698.9628

Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

--
Jim Sconyers
jimscon@gmail.com
304.698.9628

Remember, Mother Nature bats last.