After many months of strategy meetings, emails and face-to-face time with local government, LWV Elizabeth Crowe reports that the Berea City Council unanimously supported net metering at its June 19 meeting, without further limiting the customer base, without discrimination to net metering customers, and without a deadline or requirement for renewal.
We all learned a lot about air pollution, health and the effects of global warming in the process, and that means a lot. The show of support from the community will also make it more difficult for any future local government officials to dismantle or weaken the agreement.
Steve Boyce and Robert Ukeiley deserve special recognition for doing the heavy lifting on this: by poring over city documents, compiling technical and policy data, and by taking the time to speak one-on-one with so many of the city council members. We appreciate the time and energy you devoted to this important issue!
It's important to thank and even send a note to city council members and to Berea Utilities Director Donald Blackburn, thanking them for the time they took to get more informed on the importance of net metering. We are hopeful that the city and utility will continue to be open to additional positive steps toward clean energy.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
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