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Opponent Of Green Energy Standards Proposes Bill To Extend Freeze Three More Years

Ohio Senate
Sen. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) has proposed a bill to extend the delay on green energy standards for electric utilities.

State lawmakers are coming up on a deadline on whether to change the law on green energy and renewable standards for utilities, or to leave it alone and let those standards go back into effect.

A law passed in 2014 froze those renewable energy requirements for power companies for a two year period, expiring this year.  A bill from Sen. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) would stop what he calls those “mandates” from taking effect another three years.  

“I am not a believer in socialism. This is not Bernie Sanders-ville. And I do not appreciate or favor mandates on our businesses and our residents to pay for stuff that they don’t voluntarily wish to do.”

Seitz says the bill implements the recommendations of a lawmaker study committee, including counting more sources as renewable and promoting energy efficiency and weatherization. Gov. John Kasich has called the committee’s recommendations unacceptable.

Contact Karen at 614-578-6375 or at kkasler@statehousenews.org.
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