Senator Louis W. Blessing Jr. This is Me

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1. 1. OPSB Members/Addresses

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   Senator Louis W. BlessingState HouseColumbus, Ohio 43215Phone: (614) 466-8068

2. 2. Colerain Township, Ohio

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   Louis W. Blessing, Jr.
   
   Ohio House of Representatives, 35th District
   
   77 South High StreetColumbus, Ohio 43215-6111Local: 741-8506Columbus: 614-466-9091

3. 3. www.greenenergyohio.org

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   Published on: 4/8/2008   Last Visited: 4/23/2008

   Lou Blessing, a Cincinnati Republican, wants to start the program in Northeast Ohio in school districts served by FirstEnergy Corp's Illuminating Co. and Ohio Edison. He figures the project would rescue districts from skyrocketing electric bills if FirstEnergy ends discounted school rates next year, as it has told the state it intends to.School districts here are bracing for 40 percent higher bills if the discounts end. During the school year, Blessing says, districts could use the solar power generated on their roofs rather than buy it from FirstEnergy.
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   Accelerated depreciation under federal tax rules and a 30 percent renewable energy tax credit, which is up for renewal in Congress, would cut that in half, Blessing said.Reduced electric bills for the schools would make up the difference over time, he says. "A project of this size would literally turn Ohio's economy around," Blessing said in an interview.
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   Blessing is a member of the Public Utilities Committee of the Ohio House and has sat through weeks of hearings over Gov.
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   Blessing said he got the idea after reading a Plain Dealer article airing the complaints of Northeast Ohio school officials at a hearing about FirstEnergy rates. The utility has offered all schools a lower rate and included an extra discount for districts that paid three years ahead.But FirstEnergy wants to base its electric rates on wholesale power markets beginning in 2009, a move it says would require it to end all discounts. "I read that story and thought it would be absolutely insane not to do this," Blessing said.
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   Blessing said he submitted an amendment to Strickland's bill last week and also gave the proposal to the governor's office.
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   Blessing has already talked to one company, the Xunlight Corp., a Toledo-based spin-off from tax-funded research at the University of Toledo. He said he planned to sit down today with representatives of First Solar Inc., an established thin-film solar panel producer in Perrysburg.The 9-year-old company exports most of its current production.
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   Blessing said a number of analysts have reviewed his plan's financial assumptions.Not all analysts agree that installation costs would be what he assumes.