In a recent email to students, faculty and staff at The Ohio State University, the school said “some of the world’s leading experts in energy conservation and management want to help Ohio State meet our goals,” referring to OSU’s plan to privatize the management of its energy resources (see our March 1, 2016 blog post), Columbus Business First reports. The goal of OSU’s Comprehensive Energy Management Project is “for another entity or entities to focus on ‘non-core’ university assets (as in, not educational), and for the university to use revenue from the partnership on academic endeavors (see our March 5, 2015 blog post),” according to the article. OSU is “finalizing materials to send out requests for proposals” from six finalists identified during an application process (see our September 12, 2016 blog post) that began after OSU started exploring the possibility of privatization about two years ago. For more, read the full article.
OSU’s energy privatization plan attracts “world’s leading experts”
