The Capital building in Columbus, Ohio. Photo By Jim Bowen / Creative Commons
COLUMBUS — “Ohio utilities would still have to find more of their power from renewable sources like solar and wind but not as much as required by current law under a bill that could soon see a Senate vote.
A revised version of House Bill 114 rolled out last week would get rid of the House-passed concept of replacing the mandates with voluntary goals carrying no penalties for failure.
The bill also seeks to resolve a four-year feud over the siting of wind farms.
‘The governor vetoed the concept [of killing the renewable-energy mandates] in the past,’ said Sen. Bill Beagle (R., Tipp City), who offered the compromise amendment adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.”
— Jim Provance, Toledo Blade