Managing electricity costs, support for advanced energy to be subject of Jackson meetingPublished on 10/11/2007 For Immediate Release COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) – Homeowners, business owners and farmers are facing a long-term trend of higher electricity costs. Preparing to manage those costs is the subject of a meeting to be held on Monday, Oct. 29, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the OSU Extension Office at 17 Standpipe Road, Jackson. The meeting is being hosted by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF). Ohio’s electricity rate stabilization plan expires at the end of 2008; an event that in other states has caused electricity prices to spike by more than 50 percent. The meeting will help explain details of Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to avoid similar adverse events in Ohio by re-regulating the state’s electricity prices. Customers of Ohio’s investor-owned electric utilities can also take steps to offset cost increases. The meeting will also examine cost management strategies that will benefit consumers and businesses. Information on the plan’s support for renewable and advanced energy development in Ohio will be presented. Speakers at the meeting include representatives of the Strickland administration, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, Ohio’s Rural Electric Cooperatives and Ohio Farm Bureau. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kim Harless of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation at (740) 286-4598 or kharless@ofbf.org.
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