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Energy expert urges Westerville Electric to expand renewables, efficiency and demand‑response programs
Summary
Janine Migden Ostrander, an energy expert, urged council to move Westerville Electric away from a full‑requirements contract toward a diversified portfolio emphasizing rooftop solar, wind with storage, energy efficiency and demand‑response to lower costs and reduce peaking‑power expenses.
Janine Migden Ostrander, a fellow at Pace University Law School’s Energy and Climate Center and a former state consumer advocate, used the council’s public‑comment period to recommend several changes to Westerville Electric’s procurement and customer programs.
In a three‑minute presentation she told council she supports the utility’s plan to move from a fixed full‑requirements contract to a diversified portfolio and recommended expanded rooftop solar, greater investment in renewables (highlighting onshore wind and wind‑plus‑storage in a recent Lazard levelized cost comparison),…
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