Question Of The Day: Why Are Our Leaders Attempting To Corrupt Our Free Markets For All Electric Households?

There can be no question Ohio has a dismal record on public policy and the environment - we are a national disaster. The Governor-appointed Public Utility Commission has failed to protect the public interests of citizens and has embarassed the citizens of the state in countless ways, most recently with matters surrounding an absurd light bulb subsidy program they divised with First Energy, report on realNEO here..."Let Me Introduce To You Five Public Servants Who Just Cost Citizens Of Unreal NEO Millions Of Dollars, While Poisoning Them [1]".

Today, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports energy policy in Ohio is moving from laughable to criminal... damn-well communist... announcing that "Governor pushes for permanent discounts on all-electric heating [2]", leading off with the following:

Gov. Ted Strickland has intervened again in an electric-rate controversy that has embroiled FirstEnergy Corp. [3] and state regulators for months, threatened home values and hurt the appeal of downtown apartments and condos.

The governor wants the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio [4] to quickly restore rate discounts for every residential property that relies on electricity as its sole power source. And he wants the discounts put in place permanently, regardless of who owns the home or when it was purchased or leased.

In other words, the Governor of our state wants the majority of citizens who are struggling to heat their smart homes to subsidize the wasteful utility practices of a select group of citizens who have stupid homes. Their homes are stupid because they are inefficient and designed to be that way because the builders of the homes were for some reason convinced our planet may support bulding homes that are not energy efficient and cost effective in this region, and they convinced their customers that is smart, and that most citizens will be willing to subsidize such stupidity by paying high electric bills to make "special" customers' bills low.

The fact shown in this situation is that people should not live in typical all electric homes in Northeast Ohio, as their operating expenses are too high. If someone is to build or own an all electric home, they would be wise to invest in energy efficiency measures and warm clothes - alternative sources of heat, if possible - as they have a home that is not right for here.

Can anyone imagine a reason why the majority of citizens here should pay higher utilty bills to compensate for the stupidity of a few developers and builders and their "all electric" customers, who for some reason have chosen to own all electric homes that are not sensible for here?

Do you expect citizens to subsidize you if you make poor energy decisions?

Is that what our governor proposes citizens do by developing his limited wind pilot program on Lake Erie?

Does anyone feel this state is moving in the right directions when it comes to energy resource development, regulation and demand side management, at all?

Does anyone feel this state is moving in the right direction to protect our environment?