{"id":2413888,"date":"2025-03-19T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-at-odds-over-proposed-ohio-energy-policy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:52:00","slug":"groups-at-odds-over-proposed-ohio-energy-policy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-at-odds-over-proposed-ohio-energy-policy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups at odds over proposed Ohio energy policy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgroups-at-odds-over-proposed-ohio-energy-policy-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Groups at odds over proposed Ohio energy policy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2044830\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; A conservative national energy group is at odds with a Columbus-based free market think tank and Republican lawmakers over a proposed new Ohio energy policy.<\/p>\n<p>Power The Future, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, says two GOP bills in the Legislature do not advance President Donald Trump&rsquo;s energy agenda despite most of the policies recommended by The Buckeye Institute and American for Prosperity-Ohio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3352834\/another-legislative-session-another-push-for-juvenile-justice-reform\/\">Another legislative session, another push for juvenile justice reform<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3352829\/bill-to-raise-wisconsin-report-card-standards-approved-by-senate\/\">Bill to raise Wisconsin report card standards approved by Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3352827\/cost-of-spacex-mission-to-recover-stranded-astronauts-could-top-150m\/\">Cost of SpaceX mission to recover stranded astronauts could top $150M<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The group wants to continue taxpayer subsidies for private energy companies in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents say the bills would benefit consumers by forcing energy companies to compete and end those subsidies for corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Lawson, research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, called House Bill 15 &ldquo;the most free-market piece of energy legislation since the deregulation efforts in the late 1990s&rdquo; and praised the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would end taxpayers&rsquo; subsidies that Lawson says damage energy markets, and it would:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Incentivizes new energy production by lowering taxes on new generations.<\/li>\n<li>Streamline the siting process for new generation and transmission.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminates electric security plans.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure utilities remain focused on transmission and distribution &ndash; not generation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Power The Future wants to keep taxpayer subsidies in Ohio&rsquo;s energy plan, which has been riddled by scandal in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, lawmakers funneled billions of taxpayer dollars to private energy companies for nuclear power, costing ratepayers billions and resulting in the largest bribery and corruption scandal in state history.<\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in federal prison for his involvement. Former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges is also in prison for his involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers continue to prop up two coal-fired power plants &ndash; one in Indiana &ndash; owned by Ohio Valley Electric Cooperative. Since 2019, Ohio taxpayers have paid Ohio Valley Electric $150 million annually and are scheduled to pay $1.1 billion by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By removing cost-recovery certainty and forcing utilities to compete in a market unfairly tilted in favor of renewables backed by Biden-era federal subsidies, these bills would impose upon Ohioans energy policies that have led to grid instability, blackouts, and higher energy prices in other states,&rdquo; Power the Future said in a release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has already ordered a moratorium on the Biden administration&rsquo;s action on wind projects, renewable energy projects on public lands and is in a court fight to stop federal funding for climate and clean-energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives in Congress are also pushing to eliminate tax incentives for clean energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2044830\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2044830\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups at odds over proposed Ohio energy policy (The Center Square) \u2013 A conservative national energy group is at odds with a Columbus-based free market think tank and Republican lawmakers over a proposed new Ohio energy policy. 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