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Utilities, gas industry coordinate to oppose Ohio village’s clean energy goal
Emails obtained by a utility watchdog group reveal push by Dominion Energy and allies against a local resolution. By Kathiann M. Kowalski Dominion Energy’s opposition to an Ohio village’s clean energy proposal appears to be part of a larger trend nationwide in which gas utilities are becoming more active at the local government level. Unlike…
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To Charge, or Not To Charge? You Decide
Regulatory proceedings have big impacts on how much Ohioans pay for their electric service. By Kathiann M. Kowalski How would you decide some of Ohio’s cases on electricity rates? Eye on Ohio, in a joint project with the Energy News Network, surveyed the biggest changes to the recent legal landscape. Each of the following problems…
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How a longtime critic of clean energy became Ohio’s top utility regulator
By John Funk One year into his first term, Ohio’s top utility regulator, Samuel Randazzo, has signaled that winning approval to build and operate wind and solar projects in the state could be even more difficult in the future. At the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Ohio Power Siting Board, which Randazzo also…
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Dark Money Dominated Ohio’s Nuclear Subsidy Saga
FirstEnergy Solutions paid nearly $2 million to at least one group, but most other data remains hidden. By Kathiann M. Kowalski After-the-fact filings show that FirstEnergy’s generation subsidiary paid nearly $2 million to Generation Now, one of the special interest groups that orchestrated ads, political donations and other efforts behind Ohio’s nuclear and coal bailout.…
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