Ohio Senate Hearing Room
COLUMBUS — “Ohio Senator Bill Seitz is up to his old tricks again this week, circulating an amended version of SB 320, a dead on arrival bill (originally introduced–and jettisoned by lawmakers–last spring) that would continue to kick the can down the road on Ohio’s wildly successful clean energy standards.
…The amended bill is more of the same dross that was rejected by lawmakers just a few months ago. It is a thinly-veiled attempt to water down the standards, render them unenforceable and throw them into limbo for at least the next 3 to 4 years. If passed, the bill would stall progress and hold Ohio back from leveraging its strengths in manufacturing and positioning itself as a player in this new clean energy economy. Thankfully, Governor Kasich, demonstrating again and again that he truly is the ‘adult in the room,’ knows how critical these standards are to Ohio’s economic development. He has stated more than once that watering down the standards and extending the freeze is ‘unacceptable,’ as it would be ‘kicking the can down the road.’
But a new wrinkle has emerged this week that shows just how out of touch Senator Seitz’s amended bill is—even with his own party.
The Ohio Conservative Energy Forum (a group formed in 2015 that counts Ohio Right to Life and the Christian Coalition amongst its members) released a new poll showing that Republicans in Ohio overwhelmingly support energy efficiency and renewable energy, and they want to see more of it.”
— Samantha Williams, Natural Resources Defense Council
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