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Ohio’s Energy Bill Sparks Debate | Columbus News
Ohio lawmakers are pushing a new bill that quietly undermines their own free-market energy law from last year, favoring natural gas and nuclear while creating major hurdles for solar and wind — despite those being the state’s most affordable and rapidly growing power sources. The bill, modeled after ALEC’s playbook, defines “reliability” in a way that could block most large-scale renewables, even with battery storage, by demanding a 50% capacity factor — far higher than solar’s average. Critics warn this could stifle innovation and force Ohio into more expensive, less flexible energy…
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