Lower Little Miami Online Media Kit
Ohio EPA appreciates your interest in covering Ohio EPA’s Ohio Environmental Education Fund’s grant for the Saturday Stream Snapshot; Peters Cartridge sampling, lower Little Miami River stream survey and Governor Ted Strickland’s new energy policy. To facilitate your reporting, we have created this online media kit. If you need more information or would like to schedule an interview to speak with a staff member about any of these subjects, please contact Heather Lauer by e-mail or phone at (614) 644-2160
Governor Strickland’s Energy, Jobs and Progress Plan Overview
Governor Ted Strickland’s Energy, Jobs and Progress plan will ensure predictability of affordable energy prices and serve as a catalyst to enhance energy industries in Ohio, bringing new jobs while protecting existing jobs.
The Energy, Jobs and Progress plan will achieve the following three objectives.
- Ensure affordable and stable energy prices to protect Ohio consumers and existing Ohio jobs.
- Attract energy jobs of the future through an Ohio advanced energy portfolio standard.
- Safeguard Ohio families by empowering consumers and modernizing Ohio’s energy infrastructure.
The plan will ensure affordable and stable energy prices to protect Ohio consumers and existing Ohio jobs by taking a middle-ground approach to electricity regulation. It includes a market-based pricing option contingent upon the development of an efficient, open and competitive market. The plan also allows utilities to choose an electricity security plan, which would give the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio responsibility for approving rates that are based on the cost of doing business.
The plan's advanced energy portfolio standard will bring the energy jobs of the future to the state, creating new opportunities for thousands of Ohioans. It requires that at least 25 percent of the electricity sold in Ohio must be generated from advanced energy technology by 2025, and no less than half of that advanced energy must be created in Ohio.
The Energy, Jobs and Progress plan will also safeguard Ohio families by empowering consumers to demand greater efficiency, transparency and service from their utility companies. This can be accomplished by encouraging investment and modernization of Ohio’s energy infrastructure, which is not only a benefit for consumers but also protects and secures the state’s economy.
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Saturday Stream Snapshot
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Please feel free to use the graphics on this page with your articles. We have provided captions for each. The images on this page are low resolution graphics. Please click on the desired image to download a high resolution copy. If you have problems downloading the files, please contact e-mail Heather Lauer or the Webmaster.
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Steve Lily takes water samples for Green Acre Foundation’s Saturday Stream Snapshot.
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Whiskey Run is a tributary to the Little Miami River.
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Bub Kuhn takes water samples for Green Acres Foundation's Saturday Stream Snapshot. The Saturday Stream Snapshot was recently named an Ohio EPA Environmental Education Fund outstanding mini-grant for 2006.
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