A bill to create the Ohio Clean Air Program would enact the biggest changes to the state’s energy laws in more than 10 years, providing “incentives to build and maintain power plants that have zero or reduced emissions of carbon dioxide,” The Columbus Dispatch reports. House Bill 6 “would impose a monthly fee of 50 cents in 2020 and $2.50 after that on the electric bill of residential consumers,” with commercial and industrial users paying more. The bill “would eliminate charges averaging $4.39 per month” designed to help consumers reduce electricity consumption, thereby resulting in net savings for those customers. The new monthly fees would generate an expected $300 million annually by 2021; the Ohio Air Quality Board “would determine how the money is shared among the state’s power companies.” For more, read the full article.
Ohio House energy reform bill: “most significant rewrite” of energy laws in over a decade
