Environmental Defense Fund Issues Statement on FirstEnergy Bailout Bill
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 23 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement by Dick Munson, director of regulatory and legislative affairs:
"The Ohio General Assembly today approved legislation known as HB 6 that bails out FirstEnergy Solutions' two nuclear reactors (costing $150 million annually), subsidizes two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. coal plants (one of which is located in Indiana), and guts the state's efficiency and renewable energy standards. Gov. Mike De . . .
"The Ohio General Assembly today approved legislation known as HB 6 that bails out FirstEnergy Solutions' two nuclear reactors (costing $150 million annually), subsidizes two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. coal plants (one of which is located in Indiana), and guts the state's efficiency and renewable energy standards. Gov. Mike De . . .