Ted Strickland vs. PUCO Chairman Alan Schriber: Who is Right?
Published April 26th, 2008 @ 2:00 pm. Tags: electricity, Keith Daily, PUCO, stricklandDuke Energy Ohio Inc., the utility serving Greater Cincinnati, has challenged the state’s new energy and utility law.
Duke has filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulation Commission to move ownership of its power plants to unregulated companies owned by North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp.
Duke made the FERC filing as the Ohio Senate approved Gov. Ted Strickland’s energy bill on Wednesday.
The new law specifically prohibits such transfers of ownership unless the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio agrees, an unlikely consent any time soon.
The Strickland administration was not happy about the development.
“Obviously, the governor does not support this,” said spokesman Keith Dailey. “And judging by the timing of the FERC filing, it would appear they are trying to keep the recently enacted bill from applying to them.”
Another way the state can stop the move is to file objections with the federal agency.
Alan Schriber, the PUCO chairman, said Thursday he was aware of Duke’s plans and didn’t think it was an attempt to avoid the new law.
Someone didn’t get their story straight. Did Keith Dailey misspeak?
Meanwhile, the goofs at the Ohio GOP blog have a video of Jon Husted applauding the death of any hope of electricity competition in Ohio and the creation of alternative energy mandates. How embarrassing! As P.J. O’Rourke one said, Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected to prove it.
Im a small bissiness owner here in franklin ohio are these guys for real. I mean the gas companies and the puco that is set in place to protect the citizens of ohio, at least I thought that was there postions. Seems ther are no more then puppets on a string (the puco members) come on guys maybe you dont have to pay for your gas and electric after all we have to pay for ours. iSNT THERE ENOUGH FLEESING GOING ON IN THIS ECONOMY. they should be no person on ony board in this state that has any stocks or interest that would benifet them or their family members , including family members to make and decsion about rates. lets put some common people up there that has no forgot that people are srtuggling payday to payday to live. profits are no reason to make more suffering go on in the housholds not only in ohio but thruout the united states. seems most in politics are only interested in seeting up there retiremnt accts. at the tax payewrs exp. oping my gas and electric bill at my shop and find out that one more rate hike for us thanks guys you have seccededd in putting me under so much for the american dream huh.,