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EAPA
President Congratulates this Year's Safety Award
Winners on a Job Well Done!
May
5, 2008 ... "It is with great pleasure that
I announce this year's Job Safety Award winners",
announced EAPA President & CEO J. Michael
Love. "Many thanks to the members of
the EAPA Accident Prevention Committee for all of your
work on this project." Safety is of paramount importance to the Energy
Association of Pennsylvania (EAPA) and its
member companies and the Association congratulates
this year's Safety Award
Winners.
CLICK
HERE for details on individual
award winners and photos as they
become available.
EAPA
President & CEO Encourages General Assembly
to Continue Support of Competitive Energy Market -
Avoid Extending Rate Caps
Feb.
12, 2008 ... Allowing
competition to evolve in PA is vital to all electric
customers. Extending rate caps will only delay
dealing with the realities of a global electric
market, force utilities to buy power at prices much
higher than the prices at which they are allowed to
resell it to their customers, and ultimately, not
protect the PA consumer from higher rates.
CLICK
HERE
to access press release in its entirety.
CLICK
HERE to read complete
statement by Susan Tierney, Ph.D., Analysis Group
(former state & federal regulator) -- "Why
Extending Electricity Rate Caps Ultimately Would Not
Protect Consumers from Rising Electricity Prices"
Independent
Report Calls for Pennsylvania to Support Competitive
Electric Market
"Good
policy now will avoid repeat of California's
"ill-fated" electricity crisis
Jan.
29, 2008 ... An
independent study of the future of the
Pennsylvania
energy market concludes that state lawmakers should
continue to support a competitive market, and refrain
from extending rate freezes. The study,
conducted by Dr. Susan F. Tierney, an expert on energy
policy at the Analysis Group, a firm of energy and
economic consultants based in Boston, said that while
higher energy prices are going to be the “new
normal” in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, state
regulatory policies that promote the continued
development of a competitive energy market, coupled
with consumer education and a well-designed wholesale
power market will keep prices as low as possible in
Pennsylvania.
“This
study, by one of the leading experts in the field,
concludes that maintaining competitive markets and
implementing orderly transition plans is the best
course for Pennsylvania to keep energy costs
manageable and to keep Pennsylvania businesses
competitive,” said Mike Love, president of the
Energy Association of Pennsylvania.
“Allowing
rate freezes to expire as the original legislation
intended will likely spur further competition,” Love
said, “thereby helping to offset energy cost
increases while at the same time encouraging
investment in infrastructure, and the offering of new
services. This study further reinforces the argument
that
Pennsylvania
one of the few states to get it right from the
beginning.”
CLICK
HERE to read full Press Release
CLICK
HERE to view full Report
entitled
"Pennsylvania's Electric Power Future: Trends
and Guiding Principles"
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ENERGY ... $AVE MONEY ... CONSERVE!
EAPA
Conservation Tips
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EAPA
Salutes Customers, Response Teams and Regional Media
for Exceptional Efforts During Recent Severe Ice
Storm (CLICK
HERE)
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EAPA
Releases Talking Points Report Showing "Chapter 14" is
working!
November
2007 ... The Energy Association of
Pennsylvania assembled the following "talking
points" touting the benefits of "Chapter
14" (the Responsible Utility Customer Protection
Act) and showing that despite some negative claims,
Chapter 14 has been and continues to be a success
story. CLICK
HERE for a copy of the report, "Chapter
14 Success Story - Talking Points". (pdf
format)
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2007
Safety Award winners Announced!
May
16, 2007 ... Safety is of paramount importance to the Energy
Association of Pennsylvania (EAPA) and its
member companies. The EAPA and members of its
Accident Prevention Committee are pleased to announce,
and congratulate, the 2007 Safety Award
Winners. CLICK
HERE for details and photos as they
become available.
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A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVING UTILITY AND TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE IN
PENNSYLVANIA
April
4, 2007 ... A report authored by Commissioner
Terrance J. Fitzpatrick, of PA's
Public Utility Commission calls attention to "infrastructure problems"
and suggests "a different
approach to addressing them – an approach that
focuses on infrastructure as a comprehensive topic
that transcends the various industries, instead of
considering it in a piecemeal fashion as one component
of transportation issues, one component of drinking
water issues, one component of electricity issues,
etc."
"Despite
the obvious importance of maintaining and improving
our utility and transportation infrastructure, in many
instances we have allowed it to deteriorate. This is
true both in the
United States
generally, and in
Pennsylvania
specifically."
CLICK
HERE for a copy of Commissioner
Fitzpatrick's complete report.
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Major
PA Consumers tell Governor Rendell they support
Competitive Electricity Markets
"The
electricity customers who have signed this letter
strongly support the development of competitive
electricity markets and encourage the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to maintain its commitment to policies
which allow for the continued evolution and
implementation of such markets, especially the
Commonwealth's competitive retail market."
The January 2007 letter to Governor Rendell
represents 4,411 facilities and over $120 million in
annual electricity costs as consumers of electricity
in Pennsylvania.
January
19, 2007 Letter from PA Electricity Customers to
Governor Ed Rendell
Electric
Power Supply Association Summary
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Latest
issue of "Natural Gas Winter
Operations Update" for the 2006-07 Winter
Heating Season is released
January
16,
2007 ...
The Energy Association of Pennsylvania today released
its latest issue of the "Natural Gas Winter
Operations Update" for the 2006-07
winter heating season. This publication,
distributed twice each month from November to March,
reports on EAPA members' projections for gas demand
and supply sources, and, provides additional useful
and timely information. CLICK
HERE to read the latest publication or
access archived editions.
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EAPA
Pres & CEO partners with PA Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
July
2006 ... On a recent segment of Pennsylvania
Newsmakers, J. Michael Love,
President and CEO of the Energy Association of Pa. and
Susan Kelly-Dreiss, Executive Director of the
Pa Coalition Against Domestic Violence, discuss
domestic violence in the workplace with Pennsylvania
Newsmakers host,
Terry Madonna
. Click here for streaming audio and video of
the program: http://www.newsmakerstv.com/archive.php?id=223
Pennsylvania
Companies Seriously Preparing for Flu Pandemic Without
Waiting for Government
The
Morning Call (By Ann Wlazelek) ...June
5,
2006 ... "Prepping for flu pandemic: Groups won't
wait for feds. Government likely to be swamped
say locals as they brace for worst." CLICK
HERE
for news article (pdf file) which include details of a
June 20 informational meeting scheduled for
small businesses at Lehigh Carbon Community College.
