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Ohio House Energy Committee chair outlines mission, new rules to speed energy development
Summary
At the committee’s organizational meeting, Representative Holmes set a mission focused on reliable, resilient and affordable energy, ordered a standing weekly schedule and asked members to submit amendments 24 hours before hearings to speed deliberations amid rising demand and wholesale price forecasts.
Representative Holmes, chair of the Ohio House Energy Committee, opened the committee’s organizational meeting and set a public mission and new operating rules aimed at accelerating energy development while protecting ratepayers. Holmes said the committee’s guiding purpose is “to ensure Ohio citizens have reliable, resilient, affordable energy.”
Holmes told members the committee will meet on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. going forward and asked that members submit “all amendments, sub bills, and testimony to the chair’s office at least 24 hours in advance” (Tuesdays at 3 p.m.) so lawmakers have time to review changes before hearings. He also named Representative…
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