00:00:32>> WE HAVE A HEAT SOURCE THAT
CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE.
00:00:39>> NOT POLLUTING.
ALL THAT STUFF YOU SEE COMING
00:00:49OUT OF SMOKESTACKS.
>> THEY USED HEAT IN THE
00:00:55PROCESS.
IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
00:00:58THINGS, THE HEAT GOES UP TO THE
SMOKESTACK.
00:01:00IN THAT SMOKESTACK, THERE IS AN
AWFUL LOT OF ENERGY LEFT OVER.
00:01:04WE GO INTO THAT SMOKESTACK, AND
WE LEFT THE HOT GASES PASSED
00:01:13THROUGH THE HEAT EXCHANGER
WARMING UP ARE FLUID.
00:01:16OUR FOOD IS HOT AND IT IS UNDER
PRESSURE, SIMILAR TO BOILING
00:01:20WATER -- OUR FLUID IS A HOT AND
IT IS UNDER PRESSURE, SIMILAR TO
00:01:30BOILING WATER.
THAT TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE
00:01:33CONVERTS INTO PHYSICAL WORK,
WHICH THEN CONVERTS INTO
00:01:36ELECTRICITY.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
00:01:39THE REST OF THE PROCESS IS
GETTING THAT SAME FLUID BACK
00:01:44INTO THE SYSTEM, AT TO PRODUCING
ELECTRICITY.
00:01:48>> ONETHAT ONE SPINS --IT IS
PRETTY POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY.
00:02:08>> OK, I AM SORRY.
I HAVE MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
00:02:18COME UP HERE, VERNON.
GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
00:02:27[APPLAUSE]
WE DOES RECOGNIZE THAT HE IS ON
00:02:36THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:02:37COME ON UP, YOU GUYS.
[APPLAUSE]
00:02:43GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE DAVE
00:02:52HALL, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
00:02:58THANK YOU.
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING STUFF,
00:03:04OK, PETER STAUTBERG IS HERE.
HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
00:03:11COMMITTEE THAT WORKED VERY
AGGRESSIVELY ON THE ENERGY BELT.
00:03:15A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT TO
KNOW, AND I MEAN THIS SINCERELY,
00:03:23AND WE ARE BECOMING MORE AND
MORE BIPARTISAN IN THIS
00:03:27LEGISLATURE.
VERNON AND SEAN, THESE GUYS WERE
00:03:34VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF GETTING
THE SUPPORT WE NEEDED TO PASS
00:03:39THIS BILL AND TO MAKE IT
EFFECTIVE AND STRONG.
00:03:43I AM REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
THEY DESERVE TO BE ACCOMMODATED
00:03:48AND LISTENED TO AS WE GO DOWN
THE ROAD.
00:03:49DAVE HALL IS A SIGNIFICANT FORCE
INSIDE THE HOUSE.
00:03:57PETER DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS THE
CHAIRMAN.
00:04:01WE ARE JOINED BY TODD SNITCHLER.
JIM ZEHRINGER DID AN ENORMOUS
00:04:07AMOUNT OF WORK AS THE HEAD OF
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
00:04:11EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE THAT THE
REAL HERO IS MY DIRECTOR OF
00:04:19POLICY, WHO LIVED WITH THIS
ENERGY BILL DAY AND NIGHT.
00:04:22I DO NOT NORMALLY REID THINKS.
PHILIP, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
00:04:32I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
TO THE CROATIAN TEAM AFTER THE
00:04:38GAME, BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU A
BREAK THE NEXT TIME.
00:04:41LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS.
00:04:47THIS BILL CREATES AN INDEPENDENT
ENERGY POLICY FOR OHIO THAT
00:04:52BECOMES A MODEL, FRANKLY, A ROLE
MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE
00:04:56COUNTRY.
IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
00:04:59CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
00:05:01WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A GUARANTEE
OF ENERGY, LOW-COST, WHEN YOU
00:05:07ARE CREATING AN INNOVATIVE, IT
IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
00:05:10WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
BECAUSE WE DO NOT GET A FEDERAL
00:05:15SUBSIDY.
WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE
00:05:17CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MEET
OUR ENERGY DEMANDS.
00:05:21THE FACT THAT WE ARE -- HOW THE
BACKBONE OF MANUFACTURING IN OUR
00:05:27STATE, IT IS ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT.
00:05:29MARY TAYLOR AND I ARE THE
LIEUTENANT -- ARE THRILLED WITH
00:05:35WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE EASTERN
PART OF THE STATE.
00:05:37THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHALE
GAS.
00:05:41I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO
EVERYBODY, WE WERE NOT GOING TO
00:05:46DEVELOP SHALE GAS AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:05:49WE HAVE CONTAINED IN THIS BILL
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE, CLEAREST ON
00:05:56THE FAIREST, AND STRONGEST
FRACKING REGULATIONS THAT YOU
00:06:03CAN FIND ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY.
00:06:04I WENT TO THE N.C.A.A. GAME WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND WITH THE
00:06:09PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN.
I TOLD THE PRESIDENT, WE DO NOT
00:06:12NEED YOUR EPA TO COME INTO OHIO
AND REGULATE THE PROGRAM.
00:06:18WE ARE AHEAD OF FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS.
00:06:23LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IT, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS
00:06:27A BIG ISSUE ON FRACKING FLUID.
WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, WE HAVE THE
00:06:35TOUGHEST LAW IN AMERICA.
WE NOT ONLY ARE GOING TO FORCE
00:06:39DISCLOSURE OF THE FLUID USED TO
START THE PIPE, BUT ALSO THE
00:06:44KIND OF FLUID THAT GETS USED IN
THE DRILLING.
00:06:47WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS
WE STILL CAN PROTECT SOME TRADE
00:06:51SECRETS, WE HAVE VERY STRONG
TESTING REQUIREMENTS, WATER
00:06:59SAMPLES WITHIN 1,500 FEET OF THE
PROPOSED HORIZONTAL WELL.
00:07:03WELL OPERATORS MUST DISCLOSE THE
SOURCE USED.
00:07:10THIS IS VERY MUCH BREAKTHROUGH.
OPERATORS WHO VIOLATE SAFETY AND
00:07:20ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ARE
SUBJECT TO DAILY FINES.
00:07:22THE RULES FOR DISPOSING OF WASTE
WATER, AND YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT
00:07:29THAT, THE FAMOUS NEW YEAR'S EVE
ISSUE ON INJECTION WELLS AND THE
00:07:34TREMORS THAT CAME FROM NOT WELL.
WE HAVE INSTITUTED REGULATIONS
00:07:40ARE RELATED TO THOSE WELLS.
WE WILL NOT PERMIT WILDCATTING
00:07:48WITHOUT SEISMIC IMAGING.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF
00:07:54SHALE GAS, TO THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHEAST OHIO AND EASTERN OHIO
00:08:00WHO HAVE BEEN WORRIED, TIME WE
DO THIS SAFELY?
00:08:03THE ANSWER IS YES.
WE WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY
00:08:08TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING
SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY THAT
00:08:12WE MAY BE CREATING A JOB FOR
YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER, BUT THERE
00:08:17IS DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST.
00:08:19WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIGH-
PRESSURE PIPE LINES, A NUMBER OF
00:08:25THOSE RULES ARE STILL BEING
WRITTEN.
00:08:27WE NOW HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE TOUGH
00:08:31REGULATIONS ON HIGH-PRESSURE
PIPE LINES AND ON THE GATHERING
00:08:34LINES.
WHAT WE DO NOT WANT TO DO IS
00:08:37HAVE EXPLOSIONS.
MISTAKES CAN BE MADE IN
00:08:40ANYTHING.
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS.
00:08:42NOBODY IN ANY INDUSTRY OR ANY
LOBBY GROUP OR ANY TRADE GROUP
00:08:48WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE
LEGISLATURE FROM WORKING WITH US
00:08:51TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE VERY
STRONG REGULATIONS WHEN IT COMES
00:08:54TO THE OPERATION OF THAT
INDUSTRY.
00:08:56IT WAS CRITICAL THAT WE LAID
DOWN AT THE DNA EARLY ON AND
00:09:01THAT WE CAN MAKE A STRONG CASE
THAT THIS INDUSTRY CAN PROCEED
00:09:06FORWARD AND AT THE SAME TIME, BE
IN A POSITION OF WHERE WE CAN
00:09:10PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN
00:09:18INVESTING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
UPDATE THE ADVANCED PORTION OF
00:09:23OHIO'S ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
STANDARD TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE
00:09:30UPGRADE AND TO CONVERSION TO
NATURAL GAS.
00:09:32WORK WITH THE OPERATION IN OTHER
STATES TO REQUEST AN EXPANSION
00:09:39OF RELIABILITY PRICING MODELS,
TO OFFER GREATER CERTAINTY WITH
00:09:43REGARD TO ELECTRICITY PRICING.
WE WILL REVIEW AND PILOT NEW
00:09:47GENERATION AND EFFICIENCY
TECHNOLOGIES.
00:09:51THAT IS THE SMART GRID.
WHEN YOU CAN MOVE THINGS AROUND
00:09:57EASIER, YOU CAN MOVE THINGS --
WE WILL ASSESS FEDERAL IMPACT ON
00:10:04FUTURE GENERATION AND
TRANSMISSION.
00:10:05WE WILL ALSO GET INTO THE
BUSINESS OF ELECTRICITY
00:10:09TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION
MEETING THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRIES
00:10:13AND CUSTOMERS.
TO ENSURE TRANSMISSION AND
00:10:18DISTRIBUTION ARE ADEQUATE.
IF WE HAVEN'T OUT THERE, WE NEED
00:10:21TO MOVE IT.
-- IF WE HAVE KIDS OUT THERE, WE
00:10:26NEED TO MOVE THAT.
-- HAVE IT OUT THERE, WE NEED TO
00:10:33MOVE IT.
WE'RE BIG SUPPORTERS OF WIND AND
00:10:39SOLAR, DEMONSTRATED IN THE
ENERGY SUMMIT THAT WE HAD NOT
00:10:43EVEN A YEAR AGO.
WE BELIEVE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES
00:10:48AND IN THOSE AREAS.
BUT WE ALSO THINK IT MAKES SENSE
00:10:50TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO
EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MEET THE
00:10:54STANDARDS WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY
EXPENSIVE AT A STATE POWER.
00:10:57WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
YOU ARE GENERATING THIS WASTE,
00:11:03IT GOES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS SIMPLE STUFF.
00:11:06IT IS GOING UP, AND NOW YOU CAN
CAPTURE IT.
00:11:10THEY SAVE MONEY, THE ENVIRONMENT
IS CLEANER, I WE CAN MEET OUR
00:11:18STANDARDS.
THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA YOU HAD.
00:11:23IT IS A GREAT ONE, WE STILL HAVE
TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT THE CAPTURE
00:11:30OF WASTE HEAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS.
00:11:34THERE IS AN AREA WHERE I DO WANT
TO COMMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
00:11:38COMMUNITY IN WORKING WITH US.
WORK-FORCE TRAINING.
00:11:45YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THAT THIS
INDUSTRY NEEDS WORKERS.
00:11:49I WAS JUST TALKING TO PHILIP
ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET
00:11:55BETTER ENGINEERS WORKING FOR
THIS COMPANY.
00:12:00WE ALSO WANT OHIOANS TO WORK IN
THIS INDUSTRY.
00:12:08WHETHER IT IS IN THE INDUSTRY
OF SHALE GAS.
00:12:13THAT REQUIRES JOB-TRAINING AND
IT ALSO REQUIRES OUR EXECUTIVES
00:12:18TO START DEMANDING MORE OUT OF
OUR UNIVERSITIES.
00:12:21START GETTING OUR UNIVERSITIES
TO PRODUCE THE KIND OF WORKERS
00:12:25THAT WE NEED IN OHIO TO MOVE
THIS FORWARD IN THE 21ST
00:12:29CENTURY.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALTERNATIVE
00:12:32FUELS.
WE'VE NOW SIGNED AN AGREEMENT
00:12:37WITH OTHER STATES TO COOPERATE
BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO THINK
00:12:41WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE, MANY OF
US WILL BE DRIVING COMPRESSED
00:12:45NATURAL GAS VEHICLES.
THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
00:12:48ANYONE IN YOUR DRIVE FOR REGULAR
VEHICLE AND PAY ALMOST $4 A
00:12:54GALLON FOR GASOLINE?
WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF
00:13:00STATES TO GET THIS DONE.
I'LL PARTY SPOKEN TO THE CEO OF
00:13:03FORD -- I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO
THE CEO OF FORD ABOUT THE
00:13:10IMPLICATIONS OF THAT INDUSTRY.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR
00:13:14FLEET INSIDE THE STATE OF OHIO
AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH
00:13:17PRIVATE BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO
COMBINE WITH US TO BUILD THESE
00:13:21NATURAL GAS COMPRESSING
STATIONS.
00:13:23THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.
WE COULD HAVE A WHOLE INDUSTRY
00:13:27HERE.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT GET IT
00:13:30RIGHT, MAYBE WE CAN GET IT
RIGHT.
00:13:32ENERGY EFFICIENCY, BORING
SUBJECT, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT.
00:13:36WE WILL IMPROVE STATE BUILDING
EFFICIENCY, IDENTIFY NEW
00:13:42TECHNOLOGIES AND PROGRAMS, AND
WE NEED TO REVIEW HOW WE CAN
00:13:45WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
FRANK SULLIVAN HAS DONE THIS IN
00:13:49PART OF HIS COMPANY.
WE WANT TO LEAD IN THE STATE OF
00:13:53OHIO.
WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
00:13:55I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MILITARY
DECISIONS ARE MADE ON THE BASIS
00:14:03OF OUR ENERGY NEEDS.
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT
00:14:08GET IT TOGETHER, MAYBE ZERO HOW
YOU CAN GET IT TOGETHER TO
00:14:12DEVELOP PUT -- MAYBE OHIO CAN
GET IT TOGETHER.
00:14:15TO CAPTURE WASTE HEAT, BETTER
SMART GRID TO GET THIS DONE.
00:14:25NONE OF US WANT TO CONTINUE TO
SEE US INTERVENE MILITARILY IN
00:14:32PARTS OF THE WORLD DRIVEN
FUNDAMENTALLY BY OUR ENERGY
00:14:35NEEDS.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
00:14:37EFFICIENCY IS THE FIFTH FUEL.
WE ARE THE SAUDI ARABIA OF COAL.
00:14:48WE WANT TO DO SOME SEQUESTRATION
OF CARBON.
00:14:52I DO HAVE A GREAT CONCERN ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
00:14:56I DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF WHAT
IT ALL IS.
00:14:59VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CHINA AND
INDIA SPEWING ALL THESE GASES
00:15:07INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WRECK OUR
00:15:13ECONOMY AND HIDE UNDER THE BED.
STREAMLINE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS
00:15:25TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT HOLD THEM
UP, BUT THAT WE ARE CAUTIOUS IN
00:15:29WHAT WE DO.
ALL THESE THINGS -- LET ME MAKE
00:15:33A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS.
IT SOUNDS BORING, BUT I DO NOT
00:15:37THINK THIS STUFF -- MAY BE SOME
WOULD THINK THAT CAPTURING WASTE
00:15:41HEAT WOULD BE BORING.
I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:15:43THE WHOLE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO
STAND ON OUR OWN TO LEGS WITH AN
00:15:51INDEPENDENT ENERGY POLICY IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR OUR STATE AND FOR
00:15:55OUR COUNTRY.
I IS BECOME CONVINCED THE REASON
00:15:59WHY POLITICIANS DO NOT TAKE THIS
ON IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO GREAT
00:16:03PRESS OUT OF THIS.
BEING IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT
00:16:08DOES NOT MEAN EVERYTHING HAS TO
BE EXCITING.
00:16:10ON THE THIRD OF JULY, I AM GOING
TO GO TO PITTSBURGH AND SEE
00:16:17ROGER WATERS PERFORMER.
WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY POLICY,
00:16:23EVEN IF IT CAN SEEM BORING, THAT
IS OK, DO IT.
00:16:26THE COUNTRY DEPENDS ON IT.
WE HAD THIS ENERGY SUMMIT.
00:16:31THIS BELT AND EVERYTHING I HAVE
MENTIONED COMES FROM THAT
00:16:39SUMMIT.
IT COMES FROM OUR DELIBERATIONS
00:16:42AND IT DID NOT TAKE US A YEAR TO
GET IT DONE.
00:16:44WE DID IT QUICKLY.
IT IS A PLACE FOR GOVERNMENT CAN
00:16:50ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING REAL FOR
THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:16:52WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD.
FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE OVER
00:16:57HERE, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD.
YOU ARE DRIVING BETTER ECONOMICS
00:17:02AND YOU ARE DRIVING CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT.
00:17:04WE WORKED ON THIS TOGETHER.
MAYBE WE WILL GET THE ATTENTION
00:17:07OF SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON YOU
CAN BEGIN TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS
00:17:11DOWN THERE TO MAKE AMERICA IS AN
INDEPENDENT ENERGY SOURCE, AN
00:17:17INDEPENDENT ENERGY OPERATOR THAT
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A STRONGER
00:17:20ECONOMY.
THAT IS ABOUT BLACK -- THAT IS
00:17:24THE MOST LONG WHEN THE STUFF
I'VE EVER DONE, MARY.
00:17:27BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
TO COVER A LOT OF THIS.
00:17:31NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME
OTHER PEOPLE.
00:17:33PETER STAUTBERG DID A GREAT JOB
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
00:17:40COMMITTEE.
IF IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
00:17:41-- GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:17:45>> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
SENATE BILL 315 DOES DO THE
00:17:54RIGHT THING WITH RESPECT TO
SETTING OHIO FORWARD IN
00:17:59CREATING AN ENERGY POLICY.
I WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S ENERGY
00:18:02SUMMIT LAST YEAR AND IT WAS A
LONG TIME COMING AND WE WERE
00:18:07WAITING ON THE BILL.
IT DOES THE RIGHT THING.
00:18:10IT IS A BROAD RANGING IN IS IN
TACT.
00:18:13-- IN ITS IMPACT.
I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK
00:18:24THAT MY COMMITTEE DID.
VERY HAPPY WITH THE BIPARTISAN
00:18:32SUPPORT IT SHOWED.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING IT.
00:18:37IT DOES SUCH OHIO FORWARD AND WE
WORK TOGETHER, WE WORKED HARD
00:18:45WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
YOUR ADMINISTRATION WAS TERRIFIC
00:18:49TO WORK WITH.
IT WAS A GOOD COLLABORATIVE
00:18:55EFFORT AND I THINK WE HIT THE
RIGHT KEY AND I AM LOOKING
00:18:59FORWARD TO IMPROVING FURTHER
OHIO'S ENERGY POLICIES.
00:19:02THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
[APPLAUSE]
00:19:04>> [INAUDIBLE]
HE IS IN CHARGE OF WHAT UTILITY
00:19:18RATES ARE.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM.
00:19:24>> THANK YOU.
I THINK SENATE BILL 315 DOES A
00:19:31WONDERFUL JOB OF MOVING THE
ENERGY POLICY FORWARD ANY
00:19:34MEANINGFUL DIRECTION.
HOW WE CAN BE A LEADER
00:19:38NATIONALLY IS HOW WE DEAL WITH
CERTAIN ISSUES.
00:19:42WE ARE INVOLVED WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY.
00:19:47A TERRIFIC OUT, WAS ACHIEVED.
THE GOVERNOR HAS TALKED ABOUT --
00:19:54A TERRIFIC OUTCOME WAS
ACHIEVED.
00:19:59WE ARE EXCITED OF ABOUT WHAT
THAT MAY MEAN FOR COMPANIES LIKE
00:20:04ECHOGEN.
WE'VE ALSO WORKED TO EXPEDITE
00:20:09THE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE
FIXES TO THE TRANSMISSION GRID
00:20:14CAN BE DONE QUICKLY.
NOT ONLY ARE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE
00:20:17THIS EXISTS, THERE ARE ISSUES
INVOLVING RELIABILITY.
00:20:22THIS BILL ALSO ADDRESSES SOME OF
THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED.
00:20:25>> JIM IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THIS
REGULATORY STAFF.
00:20:37A VERY BIG JOB.
[INAUDIBLE]
00:20:40BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND WE HAD
[INAUDIBLE]
00:20:48JIM WAS MAKING THE CALLS TO ME
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
00:20:54HE STEPPED UP IN WORKING WITH
WAYNE.
00:21:02THE SENATOR DID A PHENOMENAL JOB
IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE
00:21:10POLICY QUESTIONS.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:21:13LEADERSHIP AND HAVING A LOT OF
FAITH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:21:16NATURAL RESOURCES FOR
DEVELOPING SMARTS AND SAFE AND
00:21:21WELL FOCUSED LEGISLATION THAT IS
GOING TO BE VERY INSTRUMENTAL.
00:21:25I KNOW YOU POINTED OUT WAYNE.
RICK IS HERE ALSO.
00:21:36HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND IS
KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDUSTRY WAS
00:21:40INSTRUMENTAL IN CRAFTING THESE.
GOVERNOR, YOU INSTRUCTED US TO
00:21:44SHARE WITH OTHER STATES, CONTACT
OTHER STATES, AND LEARN FROM
00:21:49THEM.
WHAT WERE THE LESSONS LEARNED
00:21:51FROM OTHER STATES?
WE TALK TO PENNSYLVANIA, WEST
00:21:57VIRGINIA, NORTH DAKOTA,
ARKANSAS, TEXAS, COLORADO.
00:22:01WE LEARNED FROM THE MISTAKES
THEY MADE.
00:22:06THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR
CONNECTIONS, WE LEARNED A LOT.
00:22:11SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE
INSTITUTED IN SENATE BILL 315.
00:22:16THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED MANY OF
THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL COVER.
00:22:20I WANT TO GO TO THE LIST
BRIEFLY.
00:22:23IT WILL ESTABLISH THE NATION'S
FIRST COMBINED INSTRUCTION AND
00:22:30HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CHEMICAL
DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.
00:22:32IT ALSO REQUIRES SHARING ALL
CHEMICALS TO DOCTORS.
00:22:38IT WILL REQUIRE OPERATORS TO
TAKE DRILLING WELL WATER SAMPLES
00:22:44WITHIN 1,500 FEET.
THOSE RESULTS HAVE TO BE ON THE
00:22:48PERMIT APPLICATION.
WE ALSO REQUIRE INCREASING THE
00:22:53LIABILITY INSURANCE.
MAINTAINS BE APPEALED TO THE
00:22:55OHIO OIL AND GAS COMMISSION FOR
WELL OPERATORS AND FOR
00:23:01ESTABLISHING THE EXCEPTION
PERMITS ISSUANCE.
00:23:07WE ENCOURAGE WELL OPERATORS TO
ENTER INTO A ROAD USED MAIN ITS
00:23:13AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
00:23:16315.
REQUIRE INJECTION WELL OWNERS TO
00:23:25ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT
QUARTERLY REPORTS ABOUT EACH
00:23:29SHIPMENT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO
THE WELL.
00:23:31WE WILL HAVE THE INSPECTORS IN
PLACE AND I THINK OHIO IS READY.
00:23:36THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
00:23:37>> VERNON, COME AND TSALK.
>> I USE IT LIKE THE CAMERAS AND
00:23:52MICROPHONES ON THE GOVERNOR.
-- I USUALLY LIKE THE CAMERAS
00:23:57AND MICROPHONES ON THE GOVERNOR.
HE IS ENTERTAINING.
00:23:58THIS TIME --
[INAUDIBLE]
00:24:02[LAUGHTER]
I AM VERY GLAD TO SHARE THE
00:24:08PODIUM WITH HIM ON THIS
OCCASION.
00:24:10THIS IS GOING TO BE PROGRESSIVE,
NOT JUST FOR THE 44TH HOUSE
00:24:15DISTRICT, BUT ALL 99 HOUSE
DISTRICTS AND THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:24:19IT WAS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT AND I
AM PROUD TO WORK WITH YOU.
00:24:22>> [INAUDIBLE]
I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY AFRICAN-
00:24:30AMERICANS ARE NOTED FOR BEING IN
THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.
00:24:32ONE THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
TO MAKE SURE WE JOB TRADED.
00:24:37WE NEED TO HAVE -- AND WE HAVE
BEEN TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, WE
00:24:41NEED AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON THOSE
WELL HEADS.
00:24:46WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE.
YOU MAKE SURE YOU STAY ON TOP OF
00:24:52LOST SOMEBODY GETS DONE.
-- ON TOP OF IT SO THAT IT GETS
00:24:58DONE.
>> I WANT TO THANK JIM
00:25:01ZEHRINGER AND A LOT OF STAFF.
WE NEGOTIATED LATE INTO THE
00:25:07NIGHT.
ONE PERSON, WHO IS NOT HERE, HE
00:25:13AND I WORKED TIRELESSLY AT NIGHT
AND IN THE MORNING TRYING TO GET
00:25:16THIS DONE.
AND ALSO CRAIG BUTLER.
00:25:20WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND WE HAVE
TO DO THE RIGHT.
00:25:26WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET ONE
CHANCE TO DO IT.
00:25:29THIS LEGISLATION IS A GOOD STEP
FORWARD.
00:25:32THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE, BUT MOST OF WHAT WE
00:25:37WANT IS IN THERE.
IT WILL KEEP US GOING AND KEEP
00:25:40THIS GOING FORWARD.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
00:25:44>> HERE IS THE INTERESTING
THING.
00:25:48WE NEED YOUR HELP, WE NEED SOME
DEMOCRATS.
00:25:52THEN I GET A CALL, THE DEMOCRATS
PUT THESE AMENDMENTS IN.
00:25:56I SAID, WHAT DID YOU THINK?
THERE IS NO FREE RIDE.
00:26:00CHAIRMAN PAUL?
-- HALL?
00:26:05>> IT WAS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT.
WHAT CAN WE DO ON A CERTAIN
00:26:17ISSUE?
WE WORKED WITH REP O'BRIEN.
00:26:20EVEN IN THE LATE HOURS, WE WERE
ABLE TO COME TO A COMPROMISE BY
00:26:26WORKING TOGETHER IN COLUMBUS.
YOU DO NOT HEAR THAT TOO MUCH,
00:26:29BUT IT REALLY DOES HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A GREAT ENERGY POLICY.
00:26:34I LOOK AT THIS ENERGY POLICY,
THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS
00:26:41BILL THAT YOU COULD TAKE
OWNERSHIP IN.
00:26:43OUR INDEPENDENCE OF OTHER
COUNTRIES, THE POSSIBILITY OF
00:26:50PRODUCING OUR OWN ENERGY IN
OHIO.
00:26:53THIS BEING A BILL THAT I HOPE
OTHER STATES AND WASHINGTON
00:26:57LOOKS AT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
00:26:59INDEPENDENT OF COUNTRIES WHO DO
NOT LIKE US.
00:27:03WE CAN PRODUCE JOBS AND PRODUCE
ENERGY IN OUR STATE.
00:27:07IT IS A LOT BETTER THAN BUYING
OIL AND GAS FROM COUNTRIES THAT
00:27:11SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO SEE US
EXIST.
00:27:14THANK YOU, GOVERNOR, FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
00:27:17MANY OF YOUR STAFFERS WHO MET
WITH US WAY INTO THE NIGHT.
00:27:21[APPLAUSE]
>> HERE IS WHAT I AM GOING TO
00:27:32DO.
I'M GOING TO SIGN THIS BILL.
00:27:37THE WORKERS, YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANY BILL SIGNING, RIGHT?
00:27:41WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT WORKS.
I PROMISE I WILL NOT BITE.
00:27:48OK?
COME ON, I WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT
00:27:54WORKS.
OK, I HAVE THIS BILL, OK?
00:28:03COME ON, COME ON, IT MAKES A
GOOD PHOTO OP ANYWAY.
00:28:11COME ON OVER WITH MARY.
I HAVE THESE PENS.
00:28:19EACH ONE OF THESE CAN PLAY A
PART.
00:28:24THIS IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT WILL LAST 100 YEARS IN
00:28:30OHIO.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
00:28:33ABOUT IT.
BETWEEN THE SHALE GAS, WHICH IS
00:28:37FANTASTIC, THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING, I THINK THE WORK YOU ARE
00:28:40DOING ON CAPTURING WASTE HEAT,
IT IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
00:28:44OVER YOU WERE GOING TO GO WITH
THIS.
00:28:49-- OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO GO
WITH THIS.
00:28:53WE NEED SOME BRILLIANT ENGINEERS
TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
00:28:56THIS IS AN HISTORIC EVENT.
I WILL SIGN, ONE PEN, OK?
00:29:07EACH LETTER GETS A SEPARATE PEN.
LET ME TELL YOU, MY FOURTH GRADE
00:29:20TEACHER WOULD BE SO HAPPY WITH
MY PENMANSHIP.
00:29:21WHAT IS THE DATE TODAY?
DID YOU KNOW?
00:29:29>> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>> OK.
00:29:33JUNE 11.
WHERE IS PETER STAUTBERG?
00:29:40THANK YOU.
OK.
00:29:43DON'T COUNT IF I HAVE THE RIGHT
NUMBER OF PENS, OK?
00:29:56DO YOU KNOW WHAT ABBREVIATION
IS?
00:30:01DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT?
RIGHT HERE.
00:30:09THAT IS PRETTY GOOD FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
00:30:14[LAUGHTER]
>> I AM A QUICK LEARNER.
00:30:17>> DOT THE "I."
>> YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO ME.
00:30:32>> YOU TURKEY, I WILL TAKE IT
AWAY FROM YOU.
00:30:39OK.
IT IS NOW A LOT IN THE STATE OF
00:30:48OHIO.
-- A LAW IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:30:53[APPLAUSE]
MATT?
00:31:01WHO GETS THE PENS?
>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:31:08>> I WANT TO GIVE ONE TO THIS
ENGINEER.
00:31:16HE IS FROM MOSCOW.
I JUST MET HIM UPSTAIRS.
00:31:23WHEN YOU WERE IN MOSCOW, YOU
THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER GET ONE,
00:31:27BUT HERE YOU GO.
[APPLAUSE]
00:31:28VERNON?
YOU GET ONE.
00:31:34OK?
YOU TOOK ONE.
00:31:38TYPICAL OF THE DEMOCRATS.
HE DID NOT EVEN ASK.
00:31:44[LAUGHTER]
DAVE AND JIM, YOU NEED ONE.
00:31:51OK?
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I LEARNED IN
00:31:58POLITICS, DO NOT EVER JUDGE A
BEAUTY PAGEANT.
00:32:01YOU GET TO PICK WHAT WINTER AND
ALL THE REST ARE ANGRY AT YOU.
00:32:05-- YOU GET TO PICK ONE WINNER
AND ALL THE REST ARE ANGRY AT
00:32:11YOU.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
00:32:12>> [INAUDIBLE]
MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REMARK
00:32:29ON PARTS OF THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL.
00:32:31WHAT ABOUT YOUR INITIAL
PROPOSAL?
00:32:36>> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY ON
THE BILL WE SIGNED, WHICH IS THE
00:32:54REGULATORY SIDE, WE REALLY
ACCOMPLISHED, AND IT IS NOT LIKE
00:33:00WE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT THOSE AT
THE ENERGY SUMMIT, WE GOT 95%.
00:33:06THE POLICY WAS REALLY GOOD.
IN THE AREA OF THE SEVERANCE
00:33:11TAX, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE.
IT IS GOING TO BE MODERNIZED.
00:33:15IT IS A QUESTION OF WHEN.
THE LEGISLATURE, THEY WANT TO
00:33:22SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT HOW
IT COMPARES TO OTHER STATES.
00:33:28I HAVE MET WITH A NUMBER OF THE
COMPANIES.
00:33:31I SEE THE COMPANY'S COMING OUR
WAY AS WELL.
00:33:33SOMETIMES, I PRESSED HIM PRETTY
HARD ON THIS.
00:33:39THEY HAD PASSED ME IF THEY CAN
HAVE SOME SPACE.
00:33:42THEY ARE MY COLLEAGUES.
WE WILL GET THERE.
00:33:45IT IS A MATTER OF TIME.
IT IS A MATTER OF THEM BEING
00:33:49ABLE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH
THIS.
00:33:52WE GAVE THEM A 3500-PAGE BILL.
NEVER BEFORE HAS THE LEGISLATURE
00:33:59EVER SEEN A BUDGET IN AN OFF-
YEAR.
00:34:00YOU PUT IN A BILL, YOU PASS A
BUDGET, YOU WAIT TWO YEARS TO DO
00:34:08A ANOTHER ONE.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SOMETHING
00:34:11SO CRAZY?
WE ARE DOING IT EVERY YEAR.
00:34:14THIS BILL OVERWHELMS THEM.
WE WILL NOT GET EVERYTHING WE
00:34:18WANT, BUT WE WILL GET THE BULK
OF IT.
00:34:21THERE WILL BE AN IMPROVED
SEVERANCE TAX, INCOME TAX CUT.
00:34:25OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> SOME OF THE OPPONENTS STILL
00:34:40THERE SHOULD BE MORE TIME
[INAUDIBLE]
00:34:42>> I WILL LET JIM TALK ABOUT THE
MECHANICS OF THAT.
00:34:51YOU KNOW, I AM TRYING TO CHOOSE
MY WORDS CAREFULLY.
00:34:57AS WE HAVE WORKED CAREFULLY WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, IT
00:35:03IS REALLY INTERESTING.
IF I EVER OWNED A FOOTBALL
00:35:06FIELD AND I NEEDED TO MOVE THE
GOALPOSTS, I WOULD ASK THEM TO
00:35:11COME IN AND DO IT.
WE HAVE THE TOUGHER REGULATION
00:35:17AND HIGH-PRESSURE PIPELINES AND
GATHERING LINES THAN THE FEDERAL
00:35:19GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE THE MOST EXTENSIVE
00:35:24FRACKING LIQUID DISCLOSURE IN
THE COUNTRY.
00:35:29ON TOP OF IT, WE HAVE WASTE
HEAT.
00:35:34WE HAD RESISTANCE TO CO
GENERATION.
00:35:40SOMETIMES THE ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN
00:35:43THEIR SUBSIDIES THAN THEY ARE
GOOD AND FARM.
00:35:45NOT ALWAYS, BUT SOMETIMES.
-- THEN THEY ARE A GOOD
00:35:50ENVIRONMENT.
NOT ALWAYS, BUT SOMETIMES.
00:35:52I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE TALKING
00:35:58ABOUT.
I HAVE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED IN
00:36:01SOME OF THEM BECAUSE THIS BILL
IS EXTENSIVE, AGGRESSIVE, AND IT
00:36:06DOES PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORSHIP IT,
00:36:10BUT WE WILL PROTECT IT.
IN THE OF THE CRITICISM IS THE
00:36:17VERY UNFOUNDED -- ANY OF THE
CRITICISM IS VERY UNFOUNDED.
00:36:21>> OUR INSPECTORS ARE THERE
THROUGH ALL THE CRITICAL STAGES.
00:36:27I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE
PROCESS TAKES.
00:36:31WE'RE THERE FOR THE CRITICAL
STAGES.
00:36:35>> OTHER QUESTIONS?
THAT IS IT?
00:36:40OK.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:36:42>> WE WILL DO THAT AS SOON AS
WE'RE DONE HERE.
00:36:49THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:36:53MARY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
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