Lordstown council seeks emergency resolution opposing FirstEnergy reliability filing

The Village of Lordstown council introduced a resolution opposing FirstEnergyproposed companywide reliability performance standards filed in Public Utilities Commission of Ohio case 24-1112 and asked that the measure be passed on an emergency basis so certified copies can be transmitted to the PUCO.

"I would like to see the resolution be passed emergency," Jessica Blink, a member of the finance committee, told the council, urging expedited action to match a neighboring municipality that had already passed a similar measure.

Council members said the resolution affirms the importance of enforceability of reliability standards and directed staff to submit certified copies to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio if emergency passage is approved. The draft resolution text instructs the clerk to send certified copies as provided in the resolution's section four.

The request for emergency passage was raised during caucus before the regular meeting and again during committee reports; council did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript excerpt, but the mayor and clerk confirmed the procedural steps needed to transmit the resolution to the PUCO.

Next steps: the council will consider the resolution for emergency passage and, if approved, the clerk will arrange certified transmission to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. No final action on the resolution appears in the provided transcript.