​Many of us knew Bill Howley.  His Calhoun PowerLine blog has been indispensable for anyone following West Virginia utility issues.  He will be missed.


Jim Kotcon

From: Bill Price <bill.price@sierraclub.org>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 9:37 AM
To: James Kotcon; Liz Wiles; David W. Sturm; David Muhly; Adam Beitman; Mark Kresowik; Bridget Lee; Daniel Chiotos; Seth Long
Subject: Fwd: Sad News for all concerned
 
See email below. This is a shock to us all. Bill did not always agree with the Sierra Club positions, but he was one of the most knowledgable and passionate people around cleaner energy that I know. 

Bill Price, Organizing Representative

Sierra Club

Environmental Justice Program

Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign

Phone: 304-389-8822 (Cell)

Email: bill.price@sierraclub.org


"If there's no struggle, there's no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without plowing the ground..." Frederick Douglass 1817-1895


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From: John Christensen <jbc4re@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:07 AM
Subject: Sad News for all concerned
To: Patience Wait <pwaitster@gmail.com>, Keryn Newman <keryn@frontiernet.net>, John Case <jcase4218@gmail.com>, John Unger <john.unger@wvsenate.gov>, Mary Hott <mary@mtvsolar.com>, Mike Manypennny <globalimpactman@gmail.com>, Gary Zuckett <garyz@wvcag.org>, Jeff Kessler <jeff.kessler@wvsenate.gov>, Evan Hansen <ehansen@downstreamstrategies.com>, Aaron Sutch <asutch@mountain.org>, Than Hitt <thanhitt1@gmail.com>, Dan Conant <conantd@gmail.com>, Daniel Chiotos <trouserdude@gmail.com>, Chuck Wyrostok <wyro@appalight.com>, Don Garvin <dsgjr@aol.com>, Connigl <connigl@aol.com>, Denise Poole <deniseap@earthlink.net>, Bill Price <bill.price@sierraclub.org>, Cathy Kunkel <cathykunkel@gmail.com>, Vickie Wolfe <ibtreehugger@gmail.com>, Emmett Pepper <emmett@eewv.org>, Ron Miller <ronald.miller@wvsenate.gov>


It has come as a shock to me to hear the news of long-time power utility activist and solar advocate extraordinaire Bill Howley has died suddenly in a car crash while making a trip to Charleston.  Words are hard to come by for me as Bill was one of my personal mentors and friends.  I am heartbroken for his wife Lauren who was away at the time of his death.  I think a memorial of some kind in his memory will be forthcoming.  I hate to bring this news but it reminds us all how precious life is.
John