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Hearings resume today on bill to further weaken Ohio clean energy standards
Ohio Statehouse 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....
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Unfreeze clean energy in Ohio
AKRON — “To his credit, the governor has stated that he would veto any measure that “kills” the mandates. What would amount to a five-year interruption fits his description. That doesn’t bar room for...
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Ohio’s renewable energy freeze fight reignites; business groups urge Kasich...
Ohio Statehouse COLUMBUS — “A push to weaken Ohio’s renewable energy standards is back on at the Statehouse, leading dozens of businesses involved in alternative energy to urge political leaders to...
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Please call State Senators and House members
Tell them to End the Freeze on clean energy Our legislature passed a freeze on clean energy standards in 2014, which Governor Kasich signed, making Ohio the first state to move backward on clean energy...
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Ohio lawmakers try again weaken efficiency, renewable energy rules but risk...
Utility upgrades to power lines and power plants would count toward “energy efficiency” under proposed revisions in the state’s energy efficiency standards, allowing utilities that reach state goals to...
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Another Ohio renewable-energy freeze possible before Christmas, return to...
COLUMBUS — “Ohio lawmakers are continuing their race to a showdown with Gov. John Kasich over renewable energy. He wants it. They want to delay state rules requiring it until he after he leaves...
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Join 20,000 pro-clean energy Ohioans this #GivingTuesday
Two weeks ago, we kicked off a rapid response campaign to coincide with the lame duck session of the Ohio Legislature. Since then we’ve: delivered 20,000 petition signatures to the governor to end the...
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Ohio clean energy standards may go from ‘frozen’ to voluntary in coming weeks
Photo by Tom Hart / Creative Commons 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...
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Supporters tout Ohio clean-energy standards before legislators
Ohio Citizen Action member Judy Rosman and her son Evan gave great testimony today on HB 554. COLUMBUS — “Republican state lawmakers say they are determined to pass new limits on Ohio’s clean-energy...
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Senate, House vary on plans to change green energy policies
Blue Creek wind farm turbine in Van Wert County Credit: Iberdrola Renewables COLUMBUS — “The state’s top leaders are squaring off on a bill to change Ohio’s green energy policies, and the clock is...
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Vote expected soon to weaken Ohio clean-energy standards
Ohio Citizen Action member Evan Vogelberg testified today on HB 554. COLUMBUS — “An Ohio House panel plans to vote today on a proposal to weaken the state’s clean-energy standards, but first the...
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Green energy advocates warn Ohio lawmakers that renewable freeze will kill...
Renewable energy companies joined environmental groups and trade associations this week to oppose legislation drawn up by Ohio’s GOP lawmakers to further delay standards requiring power companies to...
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PRESS RELEASE: Groups respond to House Public Utilities Committee passage of...
A Sierra Club billboard posted ouside the State House in Columbus on Tuesday, November 29th in Columbus. COLUMBUS, November 30, 2016 This afternoon, the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee passed Am....
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Kasich no fan of proposal weakening clean-energy standards
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...
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Ohio lawmakers to make green energy mandates voluntary until 2020
The Ohio Environmental Council’s Action Fund took aim this week at State Rep. Kristina Roegner, a Republican from Hudson, and vice-chair of the House Public Utilities Committee, for her position on...
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Gov. Kasich must step in to stop ideologically driven anti-jobs energy bill:...
CLEVELAND — “On Wednesday, Ohio GOP lawmakers shamefully turned their backs on the plain fact that alternative energy investments equal jobs. A House committee led by a lame-duck legislator from the...
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Critics: Jobs will be in jeopardy if Ohio energy bill becomes law
Crews work on a solar farm near Minster, Ohio. Photo: American Renewable Energy and Power COLUMBUS — “On the same day that a new study reported that more than 300 companies in Ohio are part of the...
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PUCO’s Howard Petricoff steps down as commissioner
Howard Petricoff COLUMBUS — “PUCO commissioner Howard Petricoff, a lawyer who has practiced energy law for 40 years, resigned today rather than face an Ohio Senate rejection in the final weeks of the...
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Ohio House OKs bill to weaken clean-energy standards
COLUMBUS — “Renewable-energy requirements would become optional for the next three years under a bill passed today by the Ohio House. House Bill 554, which is opposed by renewable-energy companies and...
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Ohio House makes green-energy rules voluntary, despite John Kasich’s appeal
The first vote today followed a 14-minute appeal Kasich made from the House dais at the start of the session. House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, a Republican from Clarksville, said he invited the...
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