First Energy says 7 utilities filed IRPs, but theirs is the only one being picked on!
This looks like an opportunity to expand the news attention, and emphasize our message..
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160423/first-energy-says-15-year-plan-do...
Should we plan a call Monday to get our action in order?
JBK
I'm adding Rudhdi to this this loop. She is preparing the advisory for Wednesday. Seth is sending a text on Monday.
CAG will send an alert tomorrow. Jim, can you get a HELEN alert out also?
Text message for Wednesday.
Come to a gathering at Noon on Wednesday, April 27th outside the Public Service Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston. Tell them we want clean energy, good jobs and affordable bills NOW. WV deserves a clean energy future.
Contact Bill Price at 304-389-8822 if you need further information.
Note: Jackie Roberts would like not to have a hearing also, but to concentrate on getting experts. We can discuss on Tuesday's call whether a call for hearings or not should be in our message on Wednesday. For now concentrating on the demands of clean energy, good jobs and affordibiltty will resonate with Charleston area folks.
Bill Price, Senior Organizing Representative
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
922 Quarrier Street, Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
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
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 7:35 AM, James Kotcon jkotcon@gmail.com wrote:
First Energy says 7 utilities filed IRPs, but theirs is the only one being picked on!
This looks like an opportunity to expand the news attention, and emphasize our message..
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160423/first-energy-says-15-year-plan-do...
Should we plan a call Monday to get our action in order?
JBK
Sorry,
I just read the last line about a call on Monday. I'm trying to take Monday off, but if people do want a call, I can arrange that. The morning would be better for me.
Bill Price, Senior Organizing Representative
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
922 Quarrier Street, Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
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
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Bill Price bill.price@sierraclub.org wrote:
I'm adding Rudhdi to this this loop. She is preparing the advisory for Wednesday. Seth is sending a text on Monday.
CAG will send an alert tomorrow. Jim, can you get a HELEN alert out also?
Text message for Wednesday.
Come to a gathering at Noon on Wednesday, April 27th outside the Public Service Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston. Tell them we want clean energy, good jobs and affordable bills NOW. WV deserves a clean energy future.
Contact Bill Price at 304-389-8822 if you need further information.
Note: Jackie Roberts would like not to have a hearing also, but to concentrate on getting experts. We can discuss on Tuesday's call whether a call for hearings or not should be in our message on Wednesday. For now concentrating on the demands of clean energy, good jobs and affordibiltty will resonate with Charleston area folks.
Bill Price, Senior Organizing Representative
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
922 Quarrier Street, Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
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
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 7:35 AM, James Kotcon jkotcon@gmail.com wrote:
First Energy says 7 utilities filed IRPs, but theirs is the only one being picked on!
This looks like an opportunity to expand the news attention, and emphasize our message..
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160423/first-energy-says-15-year-plan-do...
Should we plan a call Monday to get our action in order?
JBK
Thanks, Bill.
On Friday, the Commission granted our petition to intervene but denied the request for a hearing. Order attached.
Happy to discuss tomorrow, but I don't see much value in pushing any further for a hearing given this decision. Also, if I'm understand Jackie's thinking correctly, it's that we'll have a better chance to challenge a request to transfer ownership in the Pleasants plant in a future proceeding if less happens at this stage. That is, if a hearing were held now, that could put FE in a better position with respect to the asset transfer because they could argue that the transfer was contemplated in the IRP and a hearing was held, etc etc.
Bridget
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Bill Price bill.price@sierraclub.org wrote:
I'm adding Rudhdi to this this loop. She is preparing the advisory for Wednesday. Seth is sending a text on Monday.
CAG will send an alert tomorrow. Jim, can you get a HELEN alert out also?
Text message for Wednesday.
Come to a gathering at Noon on Wednesday, April 27th outside the Public Service Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston. Tell them we want clean energy, good jobs and affordable bills NOW. WV deserves a clean energy future.
Contact Bill Price at 304-389-8822 if you need further information.
Note: Jackie Roberts would like not to have a hearing also, but to concentrate on getting experts. We can discuss on Tuesday's call whether a call for hearings or not should be in our message on Wednesday. For now concentrating on the demands of clean energy, good jobs and affordibiltty will resonate with Charleston area folks.
Bill Price, Senior Organizing Representative
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
922 Quarrier Street, Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
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
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 7:35 AM, James Kotcon jkotcon@gmail.com wrote:
First Energy says 7 utilities filed IRPs, but theirs is the only one being picked on!
This looks like an opportunity to expand the news attention, and emphasize our message..
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160423/first-energy-says-15-year-plan-do...
Should we plan a call Monday to get our action in order?
JBK
That makes sense. Glad we were granted intervention.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Bridget Lee bridget.lee@sierraclub.org wrote:
Thanks, Bill.
On Friday, the Commission granted our petition to intervene but denied the request for a hearing. Order attached.
Happy to discuss tomorrow, but I don't see much value in pushing any further for a hearing given this decision. Also, if I'm understand Jackie's thinking correctly, it's that we'll have a better chance to challenge a request to transfer ownership in the Pleasants plant in a future proceeding if less happens at this stage. That is, if a hearing were held now, that could put FE in a better position with respect to the asset transfer because they could argue that the transfer was contemplated in the IRP and a hearing was held, etc etc.
Bridget
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Bill Price bill.price@sierraclub.org wrote:
I'm adding Rudhdi to this this loop. She is preparing the advisory for Wednesday. Seth is sending a text on Monday.
CAG will send an alert tomorrow. Jim, can you get a HELEN alert out also?
Text message for Wednesday.
Come to a gathering at Noon on Wednesday, April 27th outside the Public Service Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston. Tell them we want clean energy, good jobs and affordable bills NOW. WV deserves a clean energy future.
Contact Bill Price at 304-389-8822 if you need further information.
Note: Jackie Roberts would like not to have a hearing also, but to concentrate on getting experts. We can discuss on Tuesday's call whether a call for hearings or not should be in our message on Wednesday. For now concentrating on the demands of clean energy, good jobs and affordibiltty will resonate with Charleston area folks.
Bill Price, Senior Organizing Representative
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
922 Quarrier Street, Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
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
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 7:35 AM, James Kotcon jkotcon@gmail.com wrote:
First Energy says 7 utilities filed IRPs, but theirs is the only one being picked on!
This looks like an opportunity to expand the news attention, and emphasize our message..
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160423/first-energy-says-15-year-plan-do...
Should we plan a call Monday to get our action in order?
JBK
-- Bridget Lee Staff Attorney Sierra Club 50 F Street, NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20001 202-675-6275 202-547-6009 (fax) bridget.lee@sierraclub.org
Bridget:
Thanks for the update, I had not seen the Order, and it raises the question of why the newspaper ran the article on Sunday (saying FE does not want a hearing), if FE already had an Order on Friday denying the request for a hearing. The timing of the Order, a week before the close of the comment period, leaves our timetable in question. We assumed that doing a publicity event two days before the deadline to intervene would be OK.
So what do we do with an "event" now? I am not clear on what the best message is. We certainly want to submit the letters generated by our members, but a consistent media message would be helpful.
Jim Kotcon
________________________________ From: ec-bounces@osenergy.org ec-bounces@osenergy.org on behalf of Bridget Lee bridget.lee@sierraclub.org Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 12:30 PM To: Bill Price Cc: Seth Long; Nachy Kanfer; Rudhdi Karnik; James Kotcon; ec@osenergy.org Subject: Re: [EC] First Energy Rejects Calls for Public Hearing
Thanks, Bill.
On Friday, the Commission granted our petition to intervene but denied the request for a hearing. Order attached.
Happy to discuss tomorrow, but I don't see much value in pushing any further for a hearing given this decision. Also, if I'm understand Jackie's thinking correctly, it's that we'll have a better chance to challenge a request to transfer ownership in the Pleasants plant in a future proceeding if less happens at this stage. That is, if a hearing were held now, that could put FE in a better position with respect to the asset transfer because they could argue that the transfer was contemplated in the IRP and a hearing was held, etc etc.
Bridget
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Bill Price <bill.price@sierraclub.orgmailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org> wrote: I'm adding Rudhdi to this this loop. She is preparing the advisory for Wednesday. Seth is sending a text on Monday.
CAG will send an alert tomorrow. Jim, can you get a HELEN alert out also?
Text message for Wednesday.
Come to a gathering at Noon on Wednesday, April 27th outside the Public Service Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston. Tell them we want clean energy, good jobs and affordable bills NOW. WV deserves a clean energy future.
Contact Bill Price at 304-389-8822tel:304-389-8822 if you need further information.
Note: Jackie Roberts would like not to have a hearing also, but to concentrate on getting experts. We can discuss on Tuesday's call whether a call for hearings or not should be in our message on Wednesday. For now concentrating on the demands of clean energy, good jobs and affordibiltty will resonate with Charleston area folks.
Bill Price, Senior Organizing Representative
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
922 Quarrier Street, Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone 304-389-8822tel:304-389-8822 (cell)
Email: bill.price@sierraclub.orgmailto: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
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 7:35 AM, James Kotcon <jkotcon@gmail.commailto:jkotcon@gmail.com> wrote: First Energy says 7 utilities filed IRPs, but theirs is the only one being picked on!
This looks like an opportunity to expand the news attention, and emphasize our message..
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160423/first-energy-says-15-year-plan-do...
Should we plan a call Monday to get our action in order?
JBK
-- Bridget Lee Staff Attorney Sierra Club 50 F Street, NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20001 202-675-6275 202-547-6009 (fax) bridget.lee@sierraclub.orgmailto:bridget.lee@sierraclub.org
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