CONTENT: Press Release April 1, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation today to partially repeal Ohio’s scandal-ridden House Bill 6, but failed to restore the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency resource standards. “Today’s decision is a disappointment for clean energy and yet again leaves Ohio behind at a time when the rest of the country—including many investors and companies—is moving forward with investments to capture the benefits of renewable energy and energy waste reduction,” said Alli Gold Roberts, director of state policy at Ceres. Described by federal prosecutors as “the largest bribery, money laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio,” HB 6 has been the center of a federal corruption investigation since last July. While the legislation (HB 128) that Gov. DeWine signed into law today repeals the nuclear subsidies of HB 6, it missed the opportunity to put the state back on path toward a clean energy future.