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“As The Dispatch already has opined, the nuclear bailout could be palatable, given the plants’ economic importance and the fact that they produce 90% of all Ohio clean energy, if HB 6 truly were the ‘clean energy’ measure its sponsors touted. They said the 50-cents-per-month fee paid by each customer […]
COLUMBUS — “Next week will be an important one in deciding the fate of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants and the state’s green-energy mandates. House Bill 6, which would bail out FirstEnergy Solutions’ Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear plants and scrap Ohio’s energy-efficiency and renewable-energy standards for utilities, must be passed […]
BOWLING GREEN — “Critics of a controversial bill aimed at saving Ohio’s commercial nuclear industry did more than just argue over the merits of splitting atoms and the challenges of managing radioactive waste on Monday. They rallied around a pig. Not just any pig, mind you. A giant, inflatable pig […]
COLUMBUS — “Nuclear power plants purchase fuel every 18-24 months. It just so happens one of the two plants in question is about to reach that point. The Davis-Besse plant is scheduled to make a purchase around July 1, 2019 because its fuel will run out in February 2020. It takes […]
CLEVELAND — “House Bill 6, a measure passed May 29 that would subsidize the state’s struggling coal and nuclear plants, is bad policy. It’s now up to the Ohio Senate to put consumers first, think more expansively about the future, and correct at least some of the bill’s flaws before it […]
An analysis by grid operator PJM considers losses if Ohio nuclear subsidies deter new generation. COLUMBUS — “A bill to subsidize FirstEnergy Solutions’ two Ohio nuclear plants could cost customers even more than the hundreds of millions of dollars in direct charges proposed to prop up those plus two older coal […]
COLUMBUS — “An Ohio Senate panel spent much of Tuesday morning hearing arguments between consultants paid by supporters and foes of bailing out two nuclear power plants over a seemingly straightforward question: are the two nuclear plants profitable or not? Paul Sotkiewicz, a Florida-based energy economics analyst, laid out to the Senate […]
“Moving to renewable energy is essential to reducing the effects of climate change, but the standards have done more than just that. A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio report says the energy efficiency standard alone has saved $5.1 billion on Ohioans’ electric bills, and a recent report by the economy […]
Ohio House Bill 6 passed the Ohio House of Representatives on May 29, and it’s now heading to the Ohio Senate. This bill would create add an extra charge on all Ohioans electric bills, creating a bailout tax to fund failing nuclear and coal plants, one of which is in […]
COLUMBUS — “Ohio Citizen Action Executive Director Rachael Belz described HB 6 as starting out as ‘another disappointing example of redistribution of wealth,’ and said it got worse as it went through the Ohio House. ‘This vote also makes us question our legislature’s commitment to improving our economy. If they […]
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