Summertime brings family vacations, cookouts, camping trips, baseball games, and swimming pools. It also brings long, hot, muggy days. During the hottest summer days, communities occasionally put out a peak power alert. What is a peak power alert and how does it affect you? What Are Peak Power Alerts? Peak power alerts are sent out
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- August 18, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
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What Are RTO, PJM, and MOPR?
As attention to Ohio House Bill 6 continues to grow, more people are beginning to look into the legislation surrounding it. Three acronyms that keep appearing across legal and legislative documents are RTO, PJM, and MOPR. Acronyms and jargon are often confusing to those outside of the industry, and can make understanding documents more difficult.
- August 04, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Our Blog
Renewable Energy and Aggregation
Over time, it has become clear that natural gas, coal, oil, and other fossil fuels are a limited commodity. Not only are they destined to run out eventually, but they also damage our atmosphere and contribute to global warming. Only about 3% of Ohio’s energy sources used in 2018 were renewable. There are still many
- August 01, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Our Blog
What Are Slamming & Cramming?
Slamming and cramming are two terms regarding utilities that some may have heard of, but don’t quite understand. Slamming is switching a customer’s utility provider without their knowledge or consent. Cramming is when a utility carrier charges a customer for an unauthorized product or service. Slamming and cramming are rare, but unfortunately do happen. Cramming
- July 23, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Latest News, Our Blog
The Importance of Ethics in Energy
In our previous post, we discussed the controversy surrounding Ohio House Bill 6 itself. Today, we will explore the importance of ethics in energy. Ohio House Bill 6: A Recap FirstEnergy, now known as Energy Harbor following a bankruptcy and rebranding earlier this year, owns two nuclear power plants in Ohio. One is the Davis-Besse
- July 22, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Latest News, Our Blog
Ohio House Bill 6: A Brief Overview
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and 4 others have been charged in a $60 Million bribery case regarding Ohio House Bill 6, which has been under fire since it’s passing. This post shall be a brief overview of HB6 and the controversy surrounding the bill itself. In the next post, we’ll discuss Householder’s involvement and
- July 07, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Our Blog
How Do I Join An Aggregation Program?
To join an aggregation program, your community first must agree to aggregate. After that, there are two ways to join depending on which type of aggregation chosen by the local government. There are two types of governmental aggregation recognized by Ohio: opt-in aggregations and opt-out aggregations. Of the two, opt-out aggregations are more common. They
- July 04, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Our Blog
4th of July Firework Safety
Happy Independence Day from Trebel! One of the most common celebrations on the 4th of July is a fireworks display, but COVID-19 has changed the way many of us will be celebrating this year. Many places aren’t hosting a community fireworks show, and instead, people are having their own. Today we will discuss firework safety.
- June 23, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Our Blog
Is Aggregation A Scam?
People sometimes think that aggregation is a scam by shifty utility companies. The good news is, no, aggregation is not a scam. It is highly regulated by the government, and community members are involved in every step of the process. Who Regulates Governmental Aggregation? The Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4928 outlines the laws regarding retail
- June 17, 2020
- Posted by: Mayra Hernandez
- Category: Our Blog
Opt-In vs. Opt-Out Aggregation
When a local government in Ohio decides to aggregate energy, they have the option of choosing between opt-in aggregation and opt-out aggregation. Both types of aggregations require the local government to pass legislation. Ordinances to create an energy aggregation program depend on the public’s feedback to be created, and are voted on. The specific steps