[Green] Repeal HB 6

[frogdlm at gmail.com]

Excellent letter.  I sent one to Jay Edwards for my district.
Debra

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From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> On Behalf Of gbanz42--- via Green
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:41 PM
To: green at fuusm.org
Cc: gbanz42 at suddenlink.net
Subject: [Green] Repeal HB 6

GSC Members:

    Governor DeWine just announced that he now supports repeal of HB 6, the
fraudulently legislated bill that provides millions to First Energy (from
rate-payers pockets) for their two nuclear power plants in Ohio. While I am
not optimistic that it will not be replaced by a similar bill, we can at
least push our legislators to give more support to renewable energy in a
replacement bill.

     Please feel free to borrow any of the verbiage from my message to
Repress Jones (below) and add the governor's announcement (I sent my message
before I knew about the governor's change of mind on this issue). Remember,
if you live west of Third St. in Marietta, you have a different
representative.

     I respectfully ask that you strongly consider repeal of HB 6. It is now
apparent with the revelation of the bribery scheme carried out by Mr.
Householder, Speaker of the Ohio House, and others associated with him, that
this bill was fraudulently legislated with a $60 million bribe from First
Energy  This bill clearly represents a rate-payer bail out of a company
(First Energy) that was already in bankruptcy and hence poorly managed. Ohio
needs a balanced energy strategy, but with the closing of coal-fired power
plants, non-carbon alternatives,  such as wind and solar, should be
strengthened. HB 6 gave only a token gesture to renewable energy sources.
Nuclear energy to provide electricity,, although non-carbon, is expensive to
build and to maintain, but the biggest problem with this source of energy is
how to manage, transport, and dispose of its waste product.  In the place of
HB 6 the legislature should re-introduce the incentives for renewable energy
sources that were previously in place in Ohio--this option would be much
less expensive than HB 6 for rate payers and if passed  by the legislature
without being sullied by bribes can be done with more probity than was done
with HB 6.. 

--
George Banziger
202 Lawton Road
Marietta, OH 45750-1111
740-434-5685
cell: 740-434-3354

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