SB 310 makes it far harder for Ohio to comply with the Clean Power Plan
While Ohio is currently in decent shape, SB 310 will unquestionably make it more difficult and more expensive for the state to comply with the final Clean Power Plan.
While Ohio is currently in decent shape, SB 310 will unquestionably make it more difficult and more expensive for the state to comply with the final Clean Power Plan.
One month ago (well, one month and 4 days, but who’s counting?), Ohio became the first state in the country to freeze its clean energy standards, when Governor Kasich signed SB 310 into law. At the same time, the Governor signed HB 483, the Mid-Biennial Review of the budget, into which the Ohio GOP slipped a new setback requirement for wind turbines.
Find out how much more you will have to pay from 2015-2016 if the Ohio’s lawmakers pass SB 310, which would freeze the state;s clean energy standards.
Tom Knox at Columbus Business First just outlined a little-known but incredibly significant part of SB 310 that will have wide-ranging implications for the future of Ohio’s clean energy industry. Without question, this clause injects so much uncertainty and chaos into Ohio’s burgeoning renewable energy industry that they may effectively strangle it in its crib.
When the Ohio GOP leadership introduced SB 310 last month, they intentionally tried to sideline Senator Bill Seitz from the process. We know that Sen. Seitz has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth, but this time he outdid even himself.
Lawmakers have launched a new assault on Ohio’s energy efficiency and renewable energy standards, apparently believing it’s a winning political strategy. But, in reality, all the evidence suggests Ohioans overwhelmingly support clean energy.