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COLUMBUS — “Ohio lawmakers may advance at least one bill this week to further delay the state’s enforceable clean energy standards that have been on hold since 2014.
While two proposed “companion bills” — Senate Bill 320 and House Bill 554 — would technically resume targets for the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency laws, compliance would be voluntary until at least 2020.
Thus, clean energy supporters say either bill would effectively extend the state’s clean energy freeze for several more years.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to have its fourth hearing on SB 320 at 4 p.m. this afternoon. The House Public Utilities Committee will hold its third hearing on HB 554 at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, possibly ending testimony and voting it out to the House floor.”
— Kathainn M Kowaslski, Midwest Energy News
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