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Electric Co-ops May Change

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Topics: Environment, Politics, Economy
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Nearly 400,000 Ohio households get their power from non-profit rural electric cooperatives. These co-ops enjoy big federal subsidies and burn lots of dirty coal. Now Congress may change that. Eric Niler reports from Capitol Hill.