Ohio
Q&A: Watchdog group investigates Ohio wind energy foe
The Checks and Balances Project wants to know why a supposed free-market conservative apparently wants to pick winners and losers when it comes to energy.
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Ohio bill would relax wind setbacks, but rule change could derail process
An Ohio Republican’s bill would relax one of the nation’s strictest wind farm setback laws, but a proposed rule change could make getting variances next to impossible.
Ohio bills would ease restrictive setbacks for new wind farms
Two bills in the Ohio Senate aim to ease restrictions in a 2014 law that have effectively blocked the development of new commercial wind farms in the state.
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Poll: Even Ohio’s coal country supports more use of clean energy
New poll results show that a majority of Ohio voters continue to support state policies to encourage more use of clean energy, including a renewable portfolio standard and revised wind turbine setbacks — even in the state’s coal country region.
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Ohio budget amendments: another utility ‘bailout’ and a rollback of wind setbacks
Ohio’s budget bill reported out of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday comes with an amendment that would expressly authorize extra charges to ratepayers to support utilities’ financial health.