"FLY LIKE AN EAGLE" steve miller

"time keeps on slippin' into the future"

Maybe our biggest problem with power is not the inaction of the electric worker's at the power plant or the 'double dipping' of a supervisor or two. Maybe it's the fact we are standing on the tracks with a train heading towards us? Found this article does it sound familiar?

Power plant's erratic operation shocking customer's in Paducah

THE PADUCAH SUN
By Amby David Zoeller, Paducah Sun

Paducah Power System's residential electric rates are among the highest-if not the highest-in the state due mainly to the poor performance of its chief power supplier, Prairie State Energy Campus.

In comparison with 10 other electric utilities in Kentucky and southern Illinois, factoring in base rates, fuel cost adjustments and other related charges, the Paducah rates are highest by a sizable margin.....

Paducah Power has a 30-year, 'take or pay' agreement with Prairie State, which means it must pay for all contracted share of power whether or not it receives it. Even if the plant operates at less than 50 percent of capacity, or not at all, Paducah Power is obligated to pay for its full share.

'Where at the mercy of Prairie State,' said Paducah Power General Manager Dave Clark, who also is a Prairie State board member.

Currently, Paducah Power's base residential rate is 11.153 cents per kilowatt hour, making the combined rate 13.303 cents per kilowatt hour.

[Ronnie Goode is president of Cole Lumber Company stated] 'They're (the rates) the highest around, and they're not going to get any better,' he said. 'We've gone from the cheapest rates in the country to the highest in the state.'...

'My kids and grandkids are going to pay for it,' he said"

Now many on council as well as the administration will tell you Painesville has a very diverse power portfolio. Yes presently, but what happens when the new AMP-OHIO contact kicks in next year,( 2015) Yeah we didn't seem to learn much about dealing with that  bunch. Interesting with four council people up for re-election in November 2015.

Wish someone sounded the horn at city hall instead of Heisley Park.