Town hall tonight on potential energy mandate affecting Cleveland-Cliffs
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, will host a public town hall at 6 p.m. today, April 1, alongside officials from Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works and United Auto Workers Local 3303 regarding a U.S. Department of Energy proposal that could eliminate 1,300 Butler jobs.
A proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Energy would undermine Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) — produced domestically only at Butler Works, according to Kelly and a union representative.
Cleveland-Cliffs’ Butler Works plant is the last domestic producer of GOES, a necessary component to power the nation's electrical grid. Switching electrical distribution transformers from GOES to amorphous steel poses risks to the U.S. supply chain and national security because major amorphous steel producers are located overseas, according to a news release from Kelly’s office.
The town hall begins at 6 p.m. tonight at Founders Hall at Butler County Community College, 107 College Drive in Butler Township.
