San Francisco-based One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), the nation’s largest solar group purchasing company, launched a new program to support Cleveland-area homeowners through the solar buying process. Homeowners who join the free online group are eligible for a 15 percent group discount rate and advice and tools for installing solar systems.

1BOG selected Astrum Solar, the Maryland-based solar developer that recently set up shop in Youngstown to service the group’s installs for the program’s three-month duration. The 1BOG Cleveland solar group purchase program is available to Cleveland-area homeowners through November 30, 2010. For more information, visit the 1BOG Solar Cleveland homepage.

NorTech, a nonprofit trying to excite growth in northeast Ohio’s advanced-energy economy, wants to craft growth strategies in four advanced-energy sectors, according to a recent article published in the Cleveland Plain dealer. 

According to NorTech, the following four advanced-energy sectors have the greatest potential for growth in the region:

• Biomass and waste energy—producing energy with plant- or waste-based fuels

• Energy storage—storing energy in batteries and other devices

• Smart grid—using energy more efficiently in the nation’s power grid

• Transportation electrification—powering electric vehicles.

According to the article, the promise of profits from algal-based fuels already has researchers interested, including those from the Ohio Aerospace Institute in Brook Park, the Ohio State University and Cleveland State University.

As recently reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Case Western Reserve has opened the Vanderhoof Infrastructure Research and Education Facility and Schuette Structural Laboratory, a facility designed to test the limits of materials. It is hoped that the laboratory will help in the effort to build wind farms on Lake Erie that are a match for the severe and destructive weather conditions found on the lake.

For more information, read the entire article here.

The New York Times recently reported that the military is raising concerns over wind turbines and the effect they have on radar systems. This is the newest example of two White House agencies clashing over competing policies - specifically Energy and Defense - as they relate to promoting advanced energy development across the country.

As recently reported in the Business Journal, the Youngstown City Council has passed legislation that would give the city Board of Control the authority to negotiate a 30-year lease with M&J Development LLC to develop a center that would use new technology to convert algae into biofuels.

The company plans to spend $2.5 million to construct the center, the legislation stated.

Finance Director David Bozanich said the Board of Control would negotiate a price for the land and that the project would be a prime candidate for state funding through its Third Frontier program. "They've leased algae-to-energy technology from Israel," Bozanich said.

Bozanich also said the city is happy to help the venture by negotiating a lease that could lead to the creation of more jobs and a new direction for alternative energy manufacturing in the Mahoning Valley. The startup effort should lead to the creation of 20 jobs at first, Bozanich said. Should this technology take hold, the potential for job creation is much greater, he said.

On August 25, 2010, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved a stipulated three-year electric security plan (ESP) for FirstEnergy's electric distribution utilities in Ohio in Case No. 10-388-EL-SSO. The parties to the stipulation represented a wide variety of customer classes, including governmental aggregators, manufacturers, hospitals, secondary and post-secondary schools, low-income residential customers, and the PUCO Staff. Among other things, the PUCO-approved ESP:

• Establishes a competitive bid process (auctions) by which retail generation rates will be established for the time period June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2014 
• Implements an 80% load cap that not only prevents a bidder from winning more than 80% of the load available in the auction, but extends the load cap to include post-auction assignments of load 
• Recognizes that there will be no minimum stay period or standby charges for residential and small commercial customers not participating in a governmental aggregation 
• Creates an RFP process by which FirstEnergy will obtain renewable energy credits (RECs) through long term contracts 
• Continues a distribution base rate freeze through June 1, 2014 
• Establishes the Delivery Capital Recovery Rider (Rider DCR), which will allow FirstEnergy to recover the costs of distribution improvements up to a maximum of $390 million over the three-year life of the ESP 
• Prevents FirstEnergy's retail customers from being held responsible for certain costs associated with its transition from MISO to PJM, including MISO exit fees, PJM integration costs, and at least $360 million in legacy RTEP costs 
• Continues the interruptible demand response programs available to industrial customers under Riders ELR and OLR 
• Provides funding to three political subdivisions and four trade associations representing manufacturers, hospitals, small businesses, and colleges for assistance with the implementation of energy efficiency projects 
• Provides important economic development incentives to the Cleveland Clinic and domestic automaker facilities in Ohio 
• Creates a pilot LED streetlight program for the City of Cleveland 
• Continues the fuel fund available to low-income customers.

Parties have 30 days to file applications for rehearing, and FirstEnergy retains the power to reject the modified ESP and explore other alternatives for the procurement of its generation supply from June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2014.

North American Windpower reports that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act, a bipartisan measure designed to boost economic growth in the state through the development of renewable energy sources and the creation of green jobs.

The legislation will establish an offshore wind renewable energy certification program and will offer financial assistance and tax credits for businesses that construct manufacturing, assemblage and water-access facilities to support the development of qualified offshore wind projects. It also calls for a percentage of electricity sold in the state to be from offshore wind energy. This percentage would be developed to support at least 1,000 MW of generation from qualified offshore wind projects.

State Senator Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) introduced a bill to amend the filing requirements for applicants seeking certification from the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB). The bill, SB 297, adds county commissioners, and the trustees and residents of the township(s) in which an energy project would be located to the list of parties to be notified of an OPSB application. Current law requires applicants to notify the chief executive officers and residents of affected municipal corporations and counties, without specifying precisely which county officials and residents should receive the notice.

Registration is now open for the renewable energy roadshow coming to the Columbus Hyatt Regency on Sept. 29. Sponsored by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, the roadshow will focus on the wind and solar industries' supply chains. Admission is $65 for Chamber members and $75 for nonmembers.

The Ohio Power Siting Board on Monday approved agreements authorizing the development of two wind farms in Northwest Ohio. The board gave its approval to Iberdrola Renewables' Blue Creek Wind Farm in Paulding and Van Wert counties. The project, as approved, will consist of 159 wind turbines spread across 1,700 acres and provide up to 350 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. The board also approved Horizon Wind Energy's Timber Road Wind Farm in Paulding County. Plans call for it to consist of 32 wind turbines on 5,700 acres and provide up to 48.6 MW.

A new federal report (pdf) finds that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a viable technology, but notes that its widespread market acceptance will take decades absent government financial and policy support. The report was released by the Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage, established by President Obama in February and co-chaired by the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency. 

The report concludes that CCS can play an important role in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions while preserving the option of using abundant domestic fossil energy resources. However, widespread cost-effective deployment of CCS will occur only if the technology is commercially available at economically competitive prices and supportive national policy frameworks are in place.

The (Lorain) Morning Journal has an article about a Sheffield Village, Ohio, engineering firm that has created a potential blockbuster technology for the so-called "middle wind market." ADI Wind LLC's product is a wind-turbine gearbox with two gears, replacing the four to six sets of gears in a conventional gearbox.

The ADI prototype, made from recycled titanium, multiplies the revolutions of turbine propellers 38 times, allowing smaller generators to create the same amount of electric power as much larger generators, according to the article. The gearbox would be used for turbines that generate between 100 kilowatts and one megawatt, for applications including schools, shopping centers and hospitals, sometimes called the middle wind or community wind market.

Governor Ted Strickland and Ohio State University President Gordon Gee were on hand yesterday in Upper Sandusky to help unveil the largest solar installation in Ohio and one of the largest such facilities east of the Mississippi River. The 80-acre, 12-megawatt facility is owned by New Jersey-based PSEG Solar Source, but was built by Ohio workers with much of the equipment produced in-state. With more than 159,000 ground-mounted panels, the solar farm produces enough emission-free electricity to power about 1,500 homes.

The Ohio State University Extension helped Wyandot County officials study the project and organize public forums. Juwi Solar Inc. developed the solar farm. Vaughn Industries, based in Wyandot County, was the primary construction contractor. Ohio residents filled nearly all of the construction jobs created by the project. First Solar, which has a major manufacturing plant in Perrysburg, OH, supplied the solar panels. Myers Controlled Power of North Canton, OH, provided the power stations.

American Electric Power subsidiaries Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power companies have a long-term agreement with PSEG Solar Source to purchase the electricity generated at the farm.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has introduced legislation that would provide tax incentives for clean energy manufacturing, renewable energy, and conservation. Among other things, the Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act of 2010 would

• provide additional funding for the advanced energy manufacturing credit and uncap the credit for solar energy property, fuel cell power plans, and advanced energy storage systems, including batteries for advanced vehicles;
• extend the excise tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel retroactively for 2010 and through 2012;
• provide an additional $3.5 billion for clean renewable energy bonds; and
• extend the research and development tax credit retroactively for 2010 and through 2012, and provide an additional 10 percent credit for qualified advanced energy research expenditures.

In a press release announcing the legislation, Sen. Kerry said that while he will continue to press for comprehensive climate and energy legislation, this new bill would help move the country's energy policy in the right direction.

Maryland-based solar company Astrum Solar announced that it has entered the Ohio market and opened a 25-person office in Youngstown. The company, which installs solar panel systems on residential and small commercial properties, said it is responding to the growing demand of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania energy consumers aspiring to become clean energy producers. Astrum started selling solar systems in Northeast Ohio in April. Besides Ohio, the company has operations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington D.C. 

The 25-person Youngstown office installs solar panel systems throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Already one of the largest residential solar panel system installers in Pennsylvania, Astrum said the Youngstown office will bolster its ability to serve homeowners throughout the region.

Building on the success of the last two years’ Roadshows, The Annual Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow will be in Columbus on September 29, 2010. The show, part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge, is sponsored by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Chicago and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The primary objective of the Roadshow is to “open a dialog of partnership between two of the world’s leading countries in developing and implementing new renewable and energy efficiency technologies.” Sponsorship packages are available for the local events and for the entire Roadshow.

For more information, please contact Bernadett Steiner, Renewables Project Manager, at Steiner@gaccom.org or call 312.494.2180. 

On August 12, 2010, Black Fork Wind LLC filed notice with the Ohio Power Siting Board in docket number 09-546-EL-BGN withdrawing its amended application for the certification of a 201.6 MW wind farm in Crawford and Richland Counties, Ohio.  Less than three weeks ago, Black Fork Wind, LLC, notified the OPSB of the sale of its wind development assets for the project to Element Power.  The withdrawal of the amended application will not prohibit Black Fork from refiling its application at a later date.  At the present time, applications for the certification of the following three wind farms remain pending before the OPSB:

• Case No. 10-0369-EL-BGN: Paulding Wind Farm II, LLC in Paulding County
• Case No. 09-1066-EL-BGN: Heartland Wind, LLC in Paulding and Van Wert Counties
• Case No. 09-0980-EL-BGN: Paulding Wind Farm, LLC in Paulding County

On August 12, 2010, the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel filed a complaint against the First Energy electric distribution companies (FirstEnergy) alleging violations of Ohio's "net-metering rules, and interconnection rules by enforcing interconnection standards that are unduly burdensome and expensive."  In particular, the complaint alleges that FirstEnergy: 1) has made it unduly burdensome for five (5) customers to interconnect their small wind turbines to FirstEnergy's distribution system; and 2) included language in its net metering application that violates Ohio's net metering policies.  FirstEnergy will have 20 days to respond to the complaint.  A copy of the complaint can be found here.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has unanimously approved the certification of two units at FirstEnergy’s R.E. Burger facility as a renewable energy resource capable of generating and selling renewable energy credits (REC) in Ohio. Located in Belmont County, Ohio, the two, 156 MW units at the Burger facility have been modified to generate electricity through the co-firing of biomass feedstock and coal. Unlike other renewable energy facilities certificated by the PUCO, including other biomass facilities, the Burger facility’s certification could post a threat to Ohio’s renewable energy marketplace. The reason is simple: a recent amendment to SB 221 will give greater weight to certain RECs from the Burger facility—the only biomass facility able to satisfy the statutory prerequisites. More details to follow.

Courtesy of North American Windpower, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is extending the application deadline for the July 2009 energy efficiency, renewable energy, and advanced transmission and distribution technologies solicitation. The new Part I application deadline is now Oct 5. This gives companies an additional six weeks to apply for a loan guarantee under Section 1705, provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The extension creates an eighth round of solicitations by the DOE's Loan Guarantee Program and is intended to give companies additional time to develop and submit Part I applications. The Part II application deadline is still Dec. 31. More information on the program is available here.

The Ohio Department of Development is accepting proposals for funds available for its “Transforming Waste to Value” program offered through the State Energy Plan and the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The goal of the State Energy Plan is to convert municipal solid wastes, food and farm wastes and other bio-mass waste materials into electricity, heat, fuel and/or bio-products, and to create jobs.

To be considered for funding, all interested parties must complete a two-step applications process:

Submit a one-page project summary on the Recovery.Ohio.gov Web site no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2010. Click on the “Submit Your Proposal” link in the “How To Apply” box.

Submit a proposal to the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Energy Resources Division no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010. The application forms can be found here.

The program will “leverage private investments in projects that will move forward and be completed within 12 months of the grant execution,” according to the Web site. A total of $10 million will be awarded through the program, with a minimum award of $500,000 per project and a maximum of $1 million per project.

As recently reported in the Hannah Report, the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) has announced the release of its draft rules regarding Senate Bill 131, establishing a bid preference for the procurement of bio-based supplies by state government agencies and state supported institutions of higher education governed by the Board of Regents.

The bill, signed by Gov. Ted Strickland in February, creates a “bio-preferred” state purchasing program through the DAS and the Ohio Board of Regents, and includes a revision and extension of the income tax credit for retail service station dealers that sell and dispense E85 blend fuel or blended biodiesel through metered pumps to Taxable Years 2010 and 2011.

For more information, please see The Hannah Report.

An article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that building and maintaining power-generating wind turbines on Lake Erie could support up to 8,000 jobs and cost $31 billion by the year 2030, according to a recent economic-impact study commissioned by NorTech.

The analysis offers no opinion about the feasibility of erecting five massive turbines on Lake Erie by 2012, but says they could potentially pave the way for up to 1,200 more lake turbines by 2030. Wind power advocates believe such a project could spur a 5,000-megawatt array generating up to $7.8 billion in wages and $587 million in state and local tax revenues over 20 years.

On July 22, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a guide to assist EPA staff in determining whether its actions raise environmental justice concerns.  The concept of environmental justice involves the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.  More specifically, environmental justice means that minorities, low-income groups, indigenous populations and tribes should not bear a disproportionate burden of environmental harms and risks, and should have a meaningful opportunity to participate in the development of environmental regulations and policies.
 
In order to incorporate environmental justice into the EPA's regulatory scheme, the interim guidance document provides a roadmap that EPA working groups can use to provide a voice to environmental justice communities.  This roadmap asks EPA workgroups to respond to three questions during the rule-making/policy-making process:

1. How did your public participation process provide transparency and meaningful participation for minority, low-income, indigenous populations and tribes?
2. How did you identify and address existing and new disproportionate environmental and public health impacts on environmental justice communities?
3. How did the actions taken under #1 and #2 affect the final decision?

As the EPA begins to consider environmental justice concerns in its actions, it is anticipated that the interim guide will be revised and updated later this year.  For more information, visit the EPA's Web site to read the EPA's Interim Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice During the Development of an Action.

There are currently two energy-related job openings at the GCEA that the group would like to fill. The jobs are:

Operations Director: The operations director will oversee the GCEA’s residential and commercial program delivery, and assist with workforce development and expansion opportunities in the commercial sector.

Marketing and Community Outreach Director: Primary responsibilities will involve educating the public about energy efficiency, and driving demand for energy services provided by residential and commercial contractors.

If you are interested in either of these positions, please click here for more information about the jobs and how to apply.

The U.S. Senate Democrats pulled the plug on any comprehensive climate legislation capping greenhouse gas emissions today, Politico reports. The Senate may still pass a bill in response to the BP oil spill with other minor measures. The bill will neither cap emissions on manufacturers nor on utility companies only - a compromise that many thought may be possible before Congress' August break. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40109.html.

Dr. Frank Calzonetti, vice president for research and development for The University of Toledo, will be one of a handful of panelists from around the nation appearing at the Clean Energy Economic Forum at the White House today. The only speaker representing higher education at the forum, Calzonetti will join the Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, senior government economic officials, and members of the private sector. Calzonetti will participate in a panel discussion on invention and innovation with John Fernandez, assistant secretary of the U.S. Economic Development Administration, and Joyce Ferris, founder and managing partner of investment firm Blue Hill Partners. A second panel on commercialization and competitiveness will follow.

Two new small wind development projects are getting off the ground in Northern Ohio. The first is in Avon, where the city hopes to construct two, 200-foot-tall wind turbines to help power a minor league baseball stadium and the local YMCA, according to this article in The Morning Journal. The city is working with Lakewood-based wind energy company Renivus.

The second project is in Canton, where the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum is seeking permission from the City Planning Commission to build a 106-foot-tall turbine near the McKinley monument. According to this article in The (Canton) Repository, the proposed tower would be about 250 feet from the monument, which is also known as the McKinley National Memorial.

Courtesy of this story in The News-Herald, the North Perry Planning Commission this week approved a zoning permit that will allow Boulder, Colo.-based NexGen Energy Partners to construct nine wind turbines in the village. NexGen recently secured land leases on 149 acres in the area to build the turbines. According to the article, Painesville City Council in June unanimously voted to purchase wind energy from NexGen. If the project is built as planned, the city would distribute the wind energy to North Perry through the Painesville Municipal Electric plant.

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the award of $5.9 Million in federal grants to advanced energy and energy efficiency projects. The money will be distributed in Central and Northeast Ohio on three different projects:

• Battelle Memorial Institute, $400K
  For advancements in cooling and heating technologies which could increase air conditioning efficiency by more than 50 percent.
• ADMA, $3.26 Million
  For dehumidifying research that will lead to efficiencies in cooling technologies.
• Case Western Reserve University, $2.25 Million
  Capacitor research for increased voltage capacity in hybrid vehicles and consumer electronic.

The $5.9 million funding comes from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

Navigant Consulting, the consulting company that is handling FirstEnergy's renewable energy credit ("REC") request for proposal ("RFP") process (see here for more information), will host a webinar registration for participants on July 15 at 11 a.m.  To participate in the 2010 RFP webinar, participants must register at: https://insidenci.webex.com/mw0306l/mywebex/default.do?service=1&siteurl=insidenci&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Fmc0805l%2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dinsidenci%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D141443712%26UID%3D0%26Host%3D9363ca5e2735543f1e4805%26RG%3D1%26FrameSet%3D2. Participants must register at FirstEnergy's RFP site and Navigant's site to be eligible. Questions should be directed to rfp@navigantconsulting.com or 516.876.4036.

Ventower Industries LLC announced plans to build a factory in Monroe, Mich., that will make towers for industrial-sized wind generators, according to this story in The (Toledo) Blade. The $22 million factory is expected to open early next year with 50 employees, a number that will rise to 150 by 2012.

The Ohio Department of Development, through its Energy Resources division, is now accepting applications for $10 million in grant funding available through the Deploying Renewable Energy: Transforming Waste to Value program. The money is designed for job creation via projects that will convert Ohio’s feedstock waste—including municipal solid wastes, farm wastes and other biomass or waste materials—into electricity, heat, fuel, and/or other bio products. The state hopes to build market demand for Ohio manufacturers and distributors of bio-digester components, biomass or waste conversion equipment, and electric generation equipment. 

Mark Shanahan, energy advisor to Governor Ted Strickland, explained that transforming Ohio’s farm waste into energy can only benefit the food and agriculture industries throughout the state. “These funds will help drive investment in sustainable and profitable energy technologies and build upon Ohio’s existing strengths in those areas,” he said. The program is part of the $96 million allocated to Ohio through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act State Energy Program.

Grant awards will be selected through a competitive process and will range from $500,000 to $1 million per project. All eligible projects must be located within the state of Ohio, include a match investment of a minimum of 25 percent of the total cost of the project, be completed within 12 months, and provide a direct economic impact to Ohio by creating and retaining jobs. 

A one-page project summary must be submitted to the Energy Resources division of the Ohio Department of Development no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2010.

For more information visit: 
http://www.development.ohio.gov/recovery/energy/fundingopportunities.htm#State_Energy_Program

Federal regulators announced on Tuesday that mortgage loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been directed to tighten their underwriting standards before purchasing mortgages tied to “property assessed clean energy” (PACE) loans. PACE programs are designed to allow localities to issue bonds to finance loans for homeowners seeking energy-efficient upgrades to their homes.

PACE programs are set to receive nearly $150 million from last year’s stimulus plan, however, the Federal Housing Finance Agency says PACE poses significant safety and soundness concerns for the mortgage purchasers because they “disrupt a fragile housing finance market and long-standing lending ¬priorities.”

The problem is that a PACE loan would have first-lien status, meaning it would take priority over a mortgage in the event a homeowner defaulted on the loan. Proceeds from a foreclosure would be used to pay off the loan before the mortgage. That arrangement makes the mortgages unpalatable to Fannie and Freddie, which informed mortgage providers last spring that the energy liens could not take priority over mortgages.

Read the full article on The Bond Buyer website.

This week, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) warned financial institutions that certain energy retrofit lending programs could affect the institutions' ability to sell residential mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Among other things, some PACE programs use the municipal tax assessment process to ensure repayment, which results in a priority lien status that supersedes the position of existing properly recorded lien holders. The FHFA is currently working on underwriting and consumer protection standards, which will include new truth-in-lending disclosures. Meanwhile, the FHFA, whose concerns are shared by the FDIC, directs Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks to take specific actions that protect their operations. 

The FHFA's statement, which has called PACE programs into question, is available at www.fhfa.gov/webfiles/15884/PACESTMT7610.pdf.

For more information, contact Maria Armstrong or Jeff Smith.

FirstEnergy's Ohio utilities – Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison – are initiating a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for renewable energy credits to help meet requirements established under Senate Bill 221.  The RFP process, which will include renewable energy credits (RECs) and solar renewable energy credits (SRECs), will be managed by Navigant Consulting. The RFP, which will be held August 3, 2010, is seeking RECs and SRECs for 2010 and 2011.  For 2010, the companies are requesting bids for SRECs generated from within Ohio and SRECs that can be deliverable into Ohio, and RECs generated from within Ohio. For 2011, the companies need both SRECs and RECs generated from within Ohio or deliverable into Ohio. More information on the RFP is available here. Potential bidders can also visit the RFP website.

The Ohio House of Representatives' Alternative Energy Committee, chaired by Rep. Ted Celeste, will hold a field hearing in Logan, Ohio, on Monday, July 19. The hearing will be held at the Hocking College Energy Institute at noon. The hearing will include panel testimony from, among others, Neill Lane, Chief Executive of Global Cooling, Inc, and Matt Bennett, President of Dovetail Solar and Wind. Individuals are also invited to give public testimony. For more information, contact Jeff Wise in Rep. Celeste’s office at 614.644.6005 or Jeffrey.Wise@ohr.state.oh.us.