[Green] Fw: Action Alert: Ohio HB 79 Support Needed

[anne sparks]

Hi Rebecca, This looks like it may have been from OEC originally, but I
don't see the attachments. I'm looking for the information about where to
send the written comments and I don't see it.
Thanks,
Anne Sparks

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 11:16 AM Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Written comments needed by Tuesday, April 25.
>
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."--
> Cicero
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Peg Fischer <cclpfischer at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 24, 2023 10:52 AM
> *To:* bennphil at hotmail.com <bennphil at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* Action Alert: Ohio HB 79 Support Needed
>
> From OEC-testimony needed
> URGENT-Support HB 79
> House Bill 79, which creates energy efficiency programs, has the
> opportunity for proponent testimony this *Wednesday 4/26 at 11:00am. *If
> you, your members, or partners would like to submit testimony, details are
> below. *Written testimony is preferred to be sent in by Tuesday at 11 am*.
> House Bill 79 would allow utilities to create voluntary efficiency
> programs for residential customers, at a smaller scale and cost than what
> was offered before HB 6, which gutted the state’s energy efficiency
> resource standard. The utilities, if they choose to, can offer programs to
> save consumers money.The bill allows utility companies to charge
> residential customers a maximum of $1.50 per month and spend it improving
> their homes’ energy efficiency through rebates on efficient appliances or
> technology like smart thermostats.
>
> You can either testify in person OR submit written-only testimony. There
> is unfortunately no virtual option. Testimony must be submitted at least 24
> hours in advance of the committee hearing (10am Tuesday). One important
> note – chairman often puts witnesses up in the order in which they
> receive testimony so the sooner the better. I have attached the following:
>
>    - The committee notice
>    - The witness slip that must be completed and submitted with
>    the testimony (emailed to PublicUtilitiesCommittee at ohiohouse.gov)
>    - The OEC Action Fund's memo on HB 79
>
> Short Bullet points on the legislation:
> ● Ohioans are already experiencing the impacts of climate change: poor air
> quality,
> extreme weather, and increasing temperatures are putting our most
> vulnerable citizens
> at risk. The summer of 2021 was one of the hottest in Ohio’s history, with
> many cities
> seeing their hottest temperatures in a century.
> ● Energy waste reduction will help us in the fight to mitigate these worst
> impacts of climate change, reducing the demand for electricity generation.
> These programs will reduce emissions that hurt Ohioans’ health and harm our
> natural environment. In doing so, we’ll create good paying jobs while
> improving health outcomes for our children and
> grandchildren.
> ● By reducing electric demand, this legislation will prevent us from
> having to build more
> power stations, allowing our money saved to be used towards other critical
> projects, like
> updated infrastructure and a resilient grid. Reducing electricity
> generation means less
> particulate matter pollution will be generated, reducing the chance of
> asthma attacks,
> heart attacks, and premature deaths.
> ●  This will create jobs and help Ohio scale up for the future clean
> energy careers created by federal programs such as the Inflation Reduction
> Act
>
>
>
> --
>
> submitted by NOLAN RUTSCHILLING |Managing Director of Energy Policy
>
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