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Follow the money behind attacks on clean energy in Ohio
COLUMBUS — “Fossil fuel and utility interests have used lobbyists and 2016 campaign contributions to influence state legislators in Ohio, and to drive renewed attacks on clean energy policies in the...
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How did your Representative vote on HB 554?
House Bill 554 passed in the Ohio House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 56 to 41. The bill will delay the return of enforceable renewable energy efficiency and renewable energy provisions for...
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Are legislators calling Kasich’s bluff over renewable energy freeze?
Governor John Kasich COLUMBUS — “The vote Tuesday means the House doesn’t have the 60 votes needed to override a potential veto. Sen. Bill Seitz (R-Green Township), who sponsored the initial companion...
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‘Giveaway’ for utilities included in bill to make Ohio energy standards...
COLUMBUS — “The version of the bill that passed in the Ohio House yesterday includes additional language that would let utilities get so-called shared savings for decreases in energy usage in prior...
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Ohio Senate approves energy bill making compliance voluntary for two years
COLUMBUS — “The fate of Ohio’s green energy mandates over the next two years is now in the hands of Gov. John Kasich. Ohio lawmakers ignored threats of the governor’s veto and approved a bill...
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Kasich’s threat to veto voluntary green energy bill challenged
Ohio wind farm development has stalled with the two-year freeze on rules requiring power companies to provide more green power every year. Lawmakers have now decided to make the mandates voluntary for...
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Ohio advocates hope Kasich follows through on promise to veto clean energy...
Governor John Kasich (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) COLUMBUS — “Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill to weaken the state’s clean energy standards and make compliance with their requirements voluntary until...
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Hite pushes back as lawmakers vote to keep clean energy freeze
COLUMBUS — “Ohio Sen. Cliff Hite, R-Findlay, whose district includes Hancock, Defiance, Hardin, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, and other rural areas of northwest Ohio where several major wind...
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Ohio clean energy standards are toast unless Gov. John Kasich steps in to...
The legislature wants to make them voluntary COLUMBUS — “Republicans, newly empowered by Trump’s win and dominant at the state level, are only going to ramp up their attacks on clean energy. Michigan...
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich should veto bill that freezes alternative energy...
CLEVELAND — “Alternative energy is a major economic factor in Ohio now, supporting good-paying manufacturing and research jobs. For instance, more than 227 solar companies in Ohio employ more than...
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4 reasons why Gov. Kasich must veto Ohio’s energy bill
COLUMBUS — “Now that Ohio’s Senate and House have sent an ideologically-driven bill, HB 554, to Gov. John Kasich’s desk that would further delay implementation of the state’s popular clean energy...
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Let Ohio’s businesses benefit from clean energy
TOLEDO — “There are many opinions about Ohio’s clean energy standards that are once again being debated in Columbus. But if you want to know the facts about how clean energy affects local businesses,...
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Victory! Clean energy majority in Ohio won the day today
COLUMBUS — We did it! The pro-clean energy majority in Ohio won the day today when Governor Kasich vetoed HB554. It’s the best present imaginable! It’s also an affirmation that if the people lead, the...
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Kasich vetoes renewable energy freeze, putting standards back into effect
John Kasich veto message on why he struck down HB554, a pause on renewable energy requirements. COLUMBUS — “Kasich turned away the Republican-backed bill that would have made renewable and energy...
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Kasich vetoes bill that would have made renewable energy voluntary, opens the...
Wind turbines generate electricity on a farm straddling Paulding and Van Wert counties in northwest Ohio. COLUMBUS — “Kasich had repeatedly pledged during his presidential bid that Ohio would support...
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Kasich breaks with GOP, keeps renewable energy standards
Wind power, old and new, west of Bowling Green. A new bill would freeze at current levels the amount of wind energy Ohio utilities must use. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS) COLUMBUS — “In a victory for clean...
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2016 Year In Review – Energy Issues
COLUMBUS — “Ohio has a big coal industry, but also has a lot of land for wind energy development. And state officials seems to be floating in the middle as far as energy policy goes. The energy issue...
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Kasich vetoes bill delaying renewable energy mandates
COLUMBUS — “Gov. John Kasich today made good on his threat to veto a legislative effort to again delay enforcement of Ohio’s requirement that utilities find more of their electricity from renewable...
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoes renewable energy freeze
Michael Sokol, an electrical engineer with Bold Alternatives LLC, installs another panel in the large solar array being erected atop a canopy in the parking lot of First Unitarian Church of Cleveland...
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Ohio clean energy standards resume, but still weakened by 2014 laws
COLUMBUS — “Although the standards will resume, Senate Bill 310, passed in 2014, made some notable changes in the law that remain in effect. For starters, that law got rid of terms that said at least...
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