bcoupland@tribtoday.com
HOWLAND Township residents who are getting electric service from Niles have informed trustees they want to switch providers.
Trustee Vice Chairman James LaPolla said at Wednesday’s meeting he conducted an online survey of residents who have Niles electric service and asked them to submit their bills. Their electric bills were compared to bills from what other Howland residents get for electric service from Ohio Edison.
The survey garnered 73 responses. Bills on average were $140 per month for Niles electric usage during winter time at 11.28 cents per kilowatt hours with a fuel cost adjustment of 0.6 cents per kilowatt hour, and every household has a surcharge of $4.30.
bcoupland@tribtoday.com
HOWLAND Township residents who are getting electric service from Niles have informed trustees they want to switch providers.
Trustee Vice Chairman James LaPolla said at Wednesday’s meeting he conducted an online survey of Howland residents who have Niles electric service and asked them to submit their bill to see what an average bill costs. He said their electric bills were compared to bills from what other Howland residents get for electric service from Ohio Edison.
The survey garnered 73 responses throughout Howland and bills on average were $140 per month for Niles electric usage during winter time at 11.28 cents per kilowatt hour with a fuel cost adjustment of 0.6 cents per kilowatt hour and every household has a surcharge of $4.30.
rfox@tribtoday.com
WARREN During a Wednesday meeting of the Trumbull County Council of Governments, the new county commissioner questioned the choice of attorney the public body uses.
The council of governments, or COG, was formed in 2018 and is made up of many county communities. The townships, cities and villages pay a small fee to join the COG and can petition for projects that utilize the shared resources of the group members. So far, projects mostly have included building demolitions that use the staff and equipment of the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office, for which the particular community reimburses the engineer’s office for, through the COG. The COG also is working on a joint program to test fire equipment for safety and effectiveness at participating fire departments.