Ohio House Committee meets to discuss alternative energy LOGAN, OH (WOUB) - Southeast Ohio's green hills were the setting for a meeting on the green economy yesterday.

Members of the Ohio House Alternative Energy Committee came down Route 33 to hear how alternative energy companies are creating jobs in this part of the state.

Troy Ferrell is president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local in Marietta.

He was joined at the hearing by area business leaders and local educators.

Arrangements for the gathering were made by State Representative Debbie Phillips of Athens.

Phillips says "Southeastern Ohio has established herself as a hub of advanced energy technology with the potential to propel Ohio to a leadership position in the economy of tomorrow."

The House committee hearing was held at the Hocking College Energy Institute in Logan...and included industry presentations of geothermal energy, electrochemical technologies, biomass and bio-agriculture.

One expert testified on the ways in which state incentives, such as Ohio Third Frontier grants, helped grow his business.

Another expert spoke of the importance of educating the next generation of workers in the skills needed to promote the high-tech alternative energy industry. © Copyright 2012, WOUB