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COLUMBUS — “The Ohio legislature resumes hearings today and tomorrow on a bill to further weaken and delay any further enforceable obligations under the state’s clean energy standards.
This morning state Sen. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) circulated Substitute Senate Bill 320, which he plans to introduce at the Senate public utilities committee meeting scheduled for this afternoon at 4 p.m.
The House public utilities committee will hold a hearing on its version of the bill, House Bill 554, tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.
If the legislature does not change the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards before the end of the year, they are due to come back into force in the modified, less stringent form approved by lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich in 2014.
…Concurrent with the House hearings tomorrow morning, Ohio Citizen Action will hold a rally and workshop event starting at 11 a.m. on the north plaza of the Ohio Statehouse. Afterward, the group plans to deliver more than 20,000 statements of support, urging Gov. Kasich to reinstate Ohio’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards.
Kasich previously said he would veto another freeze on the standards. “I think he understands that weakening the energy standards in Ohio is not an option” either, said even organizer Shannon Adams.
‘Our clean energy standards represent a wonderful opportunity for us to innovate, create clean energy jobs and also improve air quality within our state,’ Adams stressed.
‘It’s still important for our state to move forward on a state level regardless of what happens with the Clean Power Plan,’ she added.”
— Kathiann M Kowaski, Midwest Energy News
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