Success Stories and Experiences
- $5M/Year – MI Plant: Blocked legislation to end “Electricity Choice”.
- $1.4M/Year – IN Plant: Obtained concessions for Al-Li Casthouse Expansion.
- $13M – IN Plant: Obtained incentives and concessions for plant expansion (10 years).
- $5M – OH Plant: Blocked legislation to add long-retired coal gas plant remediation costs to current rates.
- $0.6M/Year – PA Plants: Blocked legislation to apply gross receipts tax on energy.
- $550K/Year – IA Plant: Passed legislation putting cost caps on state-mandated utility energy efficiency plans.
- $200K/Year – OH Plants: Passed legislation allowing industrials to “Opt Out” of state-mandated utility energy efficiency plans.
- $115K/Year – IN Plants: Passed legislation allowing industrials to “Opt Out” of state-mandated utility energy efficiency plans.
- $600K – MI Plant: Negotiated incentives and concessions for plant expansion.
- $175K/Year – PA Plants: Passed legislation that capped utility maintenance riders.
- Regulation – IA Plants: Negotiated clarification of rights to renewable energy credits from wind projects.
- Policy – IA Plants: Invited by the Lt. Governor to participate in the work group writing the new Iowa State Energy Plan.
- $100K – IA Plant: Negotiated cost reduction for relocation of utility’s gas house to facilitate plant expansion.
- $75K – OH Plant: Prevailed in electricity contract dispute and avoided charges arising from polar vortex.
- Regulatory/Infrastructure – IA Plant: Negotiated orderly termination of steam supply contract and indemnification from any liability connected to the associated ash pond.
- Policy – Federal: Supported advocacy regarding LNG exports on behalf of a coalition of manufacturers at the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- $400K – NY Plant: Negotiated waiver/avoidance of demand response penalty initially suggested by NY ISO.
- $11M/Year – OH Plants: Passed legislation restructuring retail electricity regulation.
- Policy – US Plants: Invited to participate in work group preparing the US DOE Quadrennial Energy Review on Infrastructure.
- $1.5M/Year – IN Plants: Blocked premature creation of “lost revenue” claim for unrealized utility COVID costs.
- $67K/Year – IN Plant: Secured rate reduction through intervention in gas distribution rate case.
- $407K/Year – IN Plant: Secured cost avoidance via reduced rate increase through intervention in electricity utility rate case.
- $4M – TX Plant: Performed a comprehensive analysis for gas supply contract claim arising from winter storm Uri.
- $255K/Year – PA Plant: Secured cost avoidance via reduced rate increase through intervention in interstate pipeline rate case.
- $551K/Year – TN Plant: Secured cost avoidance via reduced rate increase through intervention in interstate pipeline rate case.
- Policy – US Plants: Contributed to various policy initiatives through invitations to testify or speak on industrial concerns at Natural Gas Council meetings, Energy Bar Association conferences, and utility commission en banc hearings.
- Policy – US Plants: Invited to brief FERC technical staff on energy policy needs of industrials.
- Policy – US Plants: Invited to testify at FERC Technical Conference on Gas – Power Interaction.
- Infrastructure – TX Plant: Negotiated contracts for installation and upgrade of gas pipelines delivering 20 Bcf/year.
- $600K/Year – NY Plant: Negotiated business retention discount contract with gas utility.
- $500K/Year – PA Plant: Negotiated bypass deferral discount contract with gas utility.
- Infrastructure – WA Plant: Protected natural gas pipeline capacity based upon legacy contracts.
- Infrastructure – VA Plant: Participated in a stakeholder group installing a new 500 kV transmission line on the Virginia peninsula.
- Legislation – Federal: Advanced legislation to reform shippers’ complaint procedure under Section 5 of the Natural Gas Act.
Powering Progress Through Innovation
Ohio Energy Group at Bill Signing for SB221 with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, May 2008
Visit with US House of Representatives “Chairman” John Dingell, October 2014
Indiana Industrial Energy Consumers with Indiana State Senate Utilities Committee Chairman Jim Merritt, February 2014
Iowa Business Energy Coalition with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, January 2016
Iowa Business Energy Coalition with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, January 2018