Ohio lawmakers pass energy overhaul

AFP-OH Applauds General Assembly for Passing Major Energy Reform Bill  - Americans for Prosperity

House Passes HB15 with 90 Votes Columbus, OH – Americans for Prosperity –OH (AFP-OH) applauds the Ohio House for passing House Bill 15, which will improve energy reliability and affordability across Ohio by removing anti-competitive regulations in the energy sector.  This passage comes after S.B. 2 recently passed the Senate floor. Once the House and Senate work through reconciliation of these bills, this energy legislation will go to the govern…

Ohio lawmakers pass energy overhaul

Jake Zuckerman cleveland.com (TNS) COLUMBUS – In a vote that split House Republicans, a bipartisan majority on a legislative committee rejected a last-ditch effort to delay the death of a coal subsidy that cost Ohio electric customers $174 million last year alone. From there, the sweeping energy legislation passed on a near unanimous basis through both the committee and on the House floor. Should the House and Senate manage to agree on competing…

Ohio House approves sweeping energy generation bill

Rep. Roy Klopfenstein, R-Haviland, describing his bill on the Ohio House floor. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.)With a few last-minute tweaks, and one notable surprise, Ohio state lawmakers pushed a wide reaching energy bill through the House. Last week the Senate passed its version of the same measure unanimously, and meaningful differences remain between the two bills. But in terms of broad strokes, it appears lawmakers have a plan…

Political payback and a new Ohio energy bill; Sherrod Brown's new political project has campaign vibes - Signal Cleveland

Ohio’s big power companies saw the height of their Statehouse influence in 2019 via House Bill 6, the now notorious energy law that ended up being the center of a federal corruption investigation. A new energy bill that’s nearing passage in the Ohio legislature shows how much their influence has waned. The bill could result in fewer subsidies for power companies and lessen their ability to tack on fees to customer bills. The Ohio House on Wednes…

Ohio’s Energy Showdown: Lawmakers unleash radical plans for electricity rates

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