We currently have this address for you as part of our Energy committee list, but it is a new year and time to update our Committee roster.

If you are interested in continuing to be active on the Chapter Energy Committee, please respond affirmatively. We also would like contact info and a phone number for more urgent actions. If you can not commit to an active role tight now, please let us know that too.

The Chapter is launching a major campaign on energy efficiency, and we will be calling on active members to write letters, make phone calls, and meet with public officials to encourage more energy efficiency in west Virginia.

Right now, we have a target of opportunity with state utilities who have filed petitions with the WV Public Service Commission to acquire some used coal-fired power plants from Ohio affiliates (total cost ~$2.5 billion). We will be urging people to ask that the PSC require the utilities invest in energy efficiency instead of more coal-fired power plants. So West Virginia is facing a choice in the next couple months between continued intensification of our reliance on coal versus shifting toward a clean, energy efficient future.

An Energy Committee conference call will be held next Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7 PM and we would like to get all active members of the committee to join in to help plan and execute this campaign.