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The Honorable Jenifer French, Chair
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
180 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3793
Dear Chair French,
Last week, Ohioans faced devastating blackouts, in the midst of dangerous storms and extreme heat. As organizations focused on advocating for a reliable, efficient, and clean energy system, we join calls from the Ohio Consumers Counsel and the Ohio Manufacturers Association for a public investigation into these devastating outages. In the interest of equity and transparency, any investigation should include the opportunity for the public to participate. We request that the Commission ask AEP to answer the following questions and provide information regarding the following as part of that investigation:
Ohioans deserve a clean, efficient, and affordable energy system. Ohio utility customers also deserve answers into how ratepayer funds are spent on grid resiliency. We encourage the PUCO to thoroughly and publicly investigate these outages, and to require the utilities to answer the above questions.
Sent on behalf of
Nolan Rutschilling
Ohio Environmental Council, Managing Director of Energy Policy
Neil Waggoner
Sierra Club, Ohio Sr. Campaign Representative
Robert Kelter
Environmental Law and Policy Center, Senior Attorney
Dan Sawmiller
Natural Resources Defense Council, Ohio Energy Policy Director
Rachael Belz
Ohio Citizen Action, CEO
Melissa English
Ohio Consumers Power Alliance, Executive Director
Tom Bullock
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio, Executive Director
Tracy Sabetta
Moms Clean Air Force, Ohio Organizing Director
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