Take a close look before transferring well ownership
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Winter in Ohio began this year with a warning from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC, that the eastern U.S. was at risk of blackouts on the coldest days, due to high demand for electricity and low supply.
NERC issued a second, longer-term warning, stating the risk to reliability will increase over the next 10 years. NERC is a not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the electric grid.
Thankfully, Ohio experienced no rolling outages from power supply shortages during a January cold stretch. Ohio’s electric cooperatives recommended easy at-home energy conservation measures to its members, which helped reduce electricity demand.
Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives represents 25 not-for-profit electric cooperatives which serve 77 of Ohio’s 88 counties. Cooperatives recommend energy conservation on the hottest and coldest days of the year to help lower demand, and they send members peak alerts—messages letting them know electricity usage is high and expected to peak.
How Ohioans can help increase the reliability of electricity at home
- Do laundry late evening.
- Run a full dishwasher at bedtime.
- Adjust thermostat when not home.
- Unplug appliances not in use.
- Clean or replace dirty filters—HVAC, dryer, refrigerator.
- Shower in 10 minutes or less.
- Seal window, door gaps.
- Insulate your home.
- Turn off lights in unused rooms.
- Only use LED light bulbs.
These simple energy conservation steps will not only make electricity more reliable on the coldest—or hottest—days of the year, they will also help you save on your electric bill.
About Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives
A not-for-profit statewide organization, who along with Buckeye Power, a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative, serves 25 member-owned electric cooperatives, who distribute electricity to 380,000 homes and businesses in 77 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
My first recommendation in your journey is to start out with a local farming friend or mentor along with joining an organization like Ohio Farm Bureau.
We’re just so thankful for the Farm Bureau and the foundation for helping put this together. And of course, the Boyert family for the vision they had with this grant. It’s jumping us forward 10 years. It’s unbelievable.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
It wasn’t until I joined the Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureau that I truly saw how my passion could translate into leadership, advocacy and a career.
The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.
Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.
So many of the issues that OFBF and its members are advocating for are important to all Ohioans. I look at OFBF as an agricultural watchdog advocating for farmers and rural communities across Ohio.
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