Legislature fails to bail out Ohio ratepayers on hook for bailing out coal plants: Thomas Suddes
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Like a ham peppered with cloves, the budget bill contains almost as many non-money items as money items. But there’s one thing House Bill 110 doesn’t include: It doesn’t free Ohio’s electricity consumers from the estimated $700 million in subsidies they’re now forced to pay to bail out two coal-fired power plants, one in Indiana. The plants’ owners include the American Electric Power Co.; Duke Energy Corp.; and AES Ohio (Day-ton Power & Light Co.).
The General Assembly only partially repealed House Bill 6 last month. That’s the scandal-pocked 2019 law that led a grand jury to indict then-House Speaker Larry Householder and four other politicos on federal corruption charges. Householder is presumed innocent unless convicted.
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Rep. Steve Stivers resigning to take Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s top job
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Today 9:54 AM
Rep. Steve Stivers, seen in a 2015 file photo, is resigning to take a job with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers, a Columbus-area Republican who was positioning himself to possibly run in the U.S. Senate primary next year, is resigning from Congress to accept a job leading the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Stivers announced the news Monday morning, shortly after word began circulating in Columbus political circles. The news shakes up the Senate race by removing Stivers from the picture, just weeks after he reported a competitive fundraising haul that equaled or exceeded the race’s top declared candidates. It also likely will set in motion a special election to replace him later this year, which would be Ohio’s second of 2021.