COLUMBUS — “A proposal that critics say would weaken the clean-energy standards has won approval from an Ohio House panel, but Gov. John Kasich said the measure may send the wrong message about the state.
However, he stopped short of saying whether he would veto the bill.
House Bill 554 was voted out of the House Public Utilities Committee today. It is heading to the House floor for debate early next week, sponsors said. There would be just a few days to pass the House and Senate in order to reach the governor’s desk before the end of legislative session.
‘I just would hope the legislature will not have a headline that Ohio went backward on the environment,’ Kasich said today, in response to a reporter’s question. ‘I just don’t want to see that.’
He said that several major companies looking to locate in Ohio have said they want to support renewable energy, and want to do business in states that embrace clean-energy technologies.”
— Dan Gearino, Columbus Dispatch
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