Ohio’s back-and-forth over renewable energy standards continues. While campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire, Governor John Kasich said he will reinstate the previous standards if legislators try to reduce the standards further, Columbus Business First reports. In June 2014, Kasich signed a bill that froze the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards for two years while a committee studied the mandates enacted in 2008 (see our June 13, 2014 blog post). The Energy Mandates Study Committee’s report, presented in September 2015, recommended extending that freeze indefinitely. Kasich said that “some wanted to basically, in my opinion, stop the development of solar and wind and even efficiency standards,” which he called “not acceptable.” Kasich “told a town hall about the ‘battle’ with some legislators over the clean energy standards,” saying, “if the legislature wants to gut [the standards], then I’m going back to the goal that we had, which was unpalatable.” For more, read the full article.
Gov. Kasich threatens return to “unpalatable” energy standards if lawmakers try deeper cuts
