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Small business takes on big job at Ohio power plants
I-Team probes utility sales of retired plants
Posted: 5:56 AM, May 03, 2021
Updated: 2021-05-03 06:13:24-04
Emily Maxwell | WCPO
An aerial view of a coal yard next to an open coal ash pond at the Beckjord power plant.
CINCINNATI â Ron Froh added a hunting photo to his Facebook profile in November, prompting a friend to ask where he bagged the 8-point buck.
âI own 2,000 acres in Ohio,â he replied.
That was an understatement.
Ron Froh, CEO of Commercial Liability Partners, made this his Facebook profile photo last November.
Froh, CEO of Missouri-based Commercial Liability Partners LLC, or CLP, has acquired more than 6,000 acres in Ohio by hunting for deals on retired power plants, and assuming the environmental liabilities that go with them. In the process, Frohâs 7-year-old company has become an important player in determining whether Ohioâs abandoned coal plants will fuel the dreams of job creat