A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?

A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?

Nobody expects the Buckeye State to ban coal power, but a provision in a bill designed to harm wind and solar may also be an obstacle for building power plants that run on fossil fuels.By Dan GearinoAn idea for restricting renewable energy has traveled from Utah to Louisiana and is now in New Hampshire, Arizona and Ohio. The proposed legislation is part of a push by fossil-fuel-aligned groups to promote natural gas and hurt competing power sourc…

A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind

The Ohio Statehouse. (Photo by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal.)This story was originally published by Canary Media. It’s not just federal headwinds that threaten to constrain renewable energy development. State and local restrictions on solar and wind are spreading across the United States, too. Few states highlight this fact as well as Ohio does. The Buckeye State makes solar and wind farms go through extra hurdles that don’t apply to fos…