Energy Program Helps Keystone Oaks and Lowers Your Electric Bill

Dave Scott December 18, 2012 at 02:18 pm

Interesting idea! Erin could you find out and post the names of other districts that participate in this or similar programs? While I commend the district for getting involved in this initiative, with 12,000 households at $10 per household, it generates pennies. I have to believe there are more effective ways to generate revenue/save money.

Erin Faulk (Editor) December 18, 2012 at 02:32 pm

Hi Dave,
Here is the link to the Friends and Family page on the FirstEnergy website: https://www.fes.com/content/fes/home/offers/residential/aiu3.html All schools that work with Allegheny Intermediate Unit are eligible. On this website, there's a drop-down bar where you can see all the participating schools.

Dave Scott December 18, 2012 at 02:49 pm

Thank you Erin for the link. Sorry I hit "send" before I completed my thought. My fear is that the program will generate pennies while there is certainly the potential for much, much more. Perhaps a follow-up story would be to report on the exact number of particapants and exact dollars generated in six months or so. Thanks again. Good initiative KO!

Erin Faulk (Editor) December 18, 2012 at 02:53 pm

Thanks, Dave!

Bob Dini December 18, 2012 at 04:29 pm

One of the recommendations that came from Consolidation Task Force last year was for KO to pursue the local electric generation companies and to sell back our unused power during the peak usage for the east coast in the summer months. We estimated this would save thousands, as Baldwin Whiteall SD does. Maybe Dan Domalik can replay or any Board members, as to if any of the "penny saving" measures has been implimented. Every little bit helps to add a teacher or not eliminate some extra curricular activity.

Robert McKenna December 18, 2012 at 07:22 pm

Wonderful idea Mr. Dini. I would love Mr. Domalik to list each of the Task Force recommendations and how they've been implemented. Then he can list all of his campaign promises and tell how each has been implemented. Then he can list all of the saving measures that have been implemented at his initiative with dollar amounts attached. There are probably many besides myself who would find that to be fascinating reading and a wonderful reflection of his leadership.

Ken McRoberts December 19, 2012 at 01:27 pm

That Robert, he's wiley like a lemming. Very few of those SOS fellas cost savings ideas got implemented. Mr. Domalik, Hommrich and Finucan couldn't stop the district from spending about $30,000 for a new lawn mower for Dormont Elementary, even though they all voted NO on that vote. They also failed to save the district money with their NO votes for bonuses and raises for principals and staff. It seems that even though they are voting NO to all of this spending they just can't stop the other board members from spending that money that we don't have.
And that Mr. Hommrich. He wanted to donate that solar equipment. Then he was going to install it and getting it working, for FREE. Free solar power for the district plus a new technology for our kids to learn about. That didn't happen, did it? Good thing the rest of the board, led by now President Marian Randazzo and then superintendent Cathy Foster saw that those savings did happen. Mr. Finucan, that fella from Dormont, I think I remember him saying something about free website stuff. He said that the cost would be less than $100 a year. Good thing the same group of Randazzo, Foster and Alward put a stop to that. How great is it that we have board members like Alward, Randazzo, and Nee, and staff like Cathy Foster to keep those fellas from putting those savings plans in place? Those 6 to 3 and 5 to 4 losses that the SOS people keep losing sure help in keeping them from making their cost savings ideas work.

Mike Johns December 21, 2012 at 11:42 pm

Do you mean the same board members who refused to attend training for new school board members? You don't see a conflict of interest where a guy who's job is solar panels wants to put in "free" (wink,wink) solar panels? Where does that fit with the established curriculum any how? Now they're curriculum experts too? Perhaps if they attended some of these classes they would have learned that their job is to GOVERN the district, NOT MANAGE it. Come on my friend. . .one year in and they've done nothing. They continue to show they don't have a clue.