“Painesville shoots down AMP energy program” – source: news-herald.com
If nothing else, the City of Painesville certainly made the morally correct decision when they rejected AMP’s latest Power Sales Contract. Only time will tell if it was also a good fiscal decision.
Closer to home, AMP initially tried to get Wapakoneta to sign off on a 17 megawatt power sales contract for the Fremont venture, but Wapakoneta city administrators said no to that proposal. Subsequently both a 13 megawatt and a 7 megawatt contract were also rejected. Wapakoneta administrators did finally put a 3 megawatt Power Sales Contract in front of the City Council who voted to approve it. For more on the Wapak story, see: http://www.wapakdailynews.com/content/fremont-center-deal-okd-wapak-council
But the really big news is Painesville’s total rejection of AMP’s latest proposal. The embedded video above and excerpted content below are “borrowed” from a more extensive article originally published on 6/21/2011 at news-herald.com.
PAINESVILLE — During the past few months, American Municipal Power has worked to get its member cities to participate in its Fremont Energy Center project to meet their energy needs.
The city of Painesville will not be one of them.
Cities such as Cleveland and Cuyahoga Falls have recently voted to take part in the program, which utilizes a newly purchased 512-megawatt gas-fired generating station in Fremont, Ohio, and aims to give cities a better deal on power than current market values.
However, at the urging of city residents, Painesville City Council voted down the measure 6-0 at Monday’s meeting.
Residents voiced concerns that the 35-year agreement was simply too long, especially given the changing landscape of power supply nationwide.”
— Max Reinhart, News Herald
View the full story in its entirety @ news-herald.com
