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Senate Energy Committee adopts substitute Senate Bill 2 after contested testimony on siting timelines, utility ownership and renewables
Summary
The Senate Energy Committee adopted a substitute version of Senate Bill 2 by unanimous consent after testimony from residents, industry and advocacy groups arguing over shortened siting timelines, utility ownership of behind-the-meter generation, rate-making changes, school energy loans and what counts as 'green' energy.
The Senate Energy Committee on the fifth hearing of substitute Senate Bill 2 adopted the substitute version of the bill by unanimous consent and heard competing testimony over how the measure would change siting deadlines, rate-making practices and the market for behind‑the‑meter generation.
Committee members accepted the substitute bill as the working document “without objection,” and the committee chair said the new sub bill will be posted on the committee website and on senate.gov later in the day. Senator Reineke introduced the substitute and summarized its main changes, including restored intervenor rights in rate cases, removal of a mini-rate‑case structure, a prohibition on utilities owning behind‑the‑meter generation except for projects already grandfathered (with a one‑year completion window), a school energy efficiency loan program in place of the prior school solar program, and deadlines for PUCO rate‑case steps.
Why it matters: supporters said the substitute modernizes Ohio’s approach…
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