Owens Corning a year ago built this 2.4-megawatt solar canopy over the parking deck at its Toledo corporate headquarters. The company is one of nine big corporations urging Ohio lawmakers to re-establish laws requiring power companies to provide annually increasing amounts of green power to customers. Lawmakers “froze” the mandates two years ago and now appear to be poised to scrap them altogether. Gov. Kasich has threatened to veto legislation doing away with rules. (Owens Corning)
COLUMBUS — “Some of the world’s largest corporations employing more than 25,000 in Ohio oppose plans by state GOP lawmakers to get rid of state standards requiring utilities to sell increasing percentages of power generated by wind, solar and other renewables.
Nine corporations, including manufacturers Whirlpool and Owens Corning and food giants Nestle and Campbell Soup, released statements Tuesday urging state lawmakers to bring back rules requiring power companies to provide annually increasing amounts of electricity generated by wind, solar and other renewable technologies.
The nine, many of which have also worked with the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association to oppose changes in Ohio’s renewable energy standards, this time organized with Ceres, a non-profit group that works with global corporations and investors around the world to encourage corporate sustainability.
‘Now is the time for lawmakers to strengthen Ohio’s energy efficiency and renewable energy standards,’ said Alli Gold Roberts, policy manager at Ceres. ‘These standards are good for business, and failing to reinstate them will send the wrong signal to companies and investors throughout the state.'”
— John Funk, The Plain Dealer
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