Proponent Testimony on Senate Bill 117 Testimony of Melissa K. English Deputy Director, Ohio Citizen Action May 12, 2021 at 1:41 PM
Proponent Testimony on Senate Bill 117 Testimony of Melissa K. English Deputy Director, Ohio Citizen Action
May 12, 2021
Chair Peterson, Vice-Chair Schuring, Ranking Member Williams, and Members of the Energy & Public Utilities Committee, my name is Melissa English and I’m the Deputy Director of Ohio Citizen Action. I thank you for the opportunity to present our support for Senate Bill 117.
This testimony is presented on behalf of Ohio Citizen Action’s 32,000 members and all Ohio utility ratepayers who have a stake in the decision before you.
The Buckeye Institute: Eliminate Ohio’s ‘Notoriously Flawed’ Energy Subsidies Feb 23, 2021
Columbus, OH – On Tuesday, The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony (see full text below or download a PDF) to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee on the policies in Senate Bill 44, which would eliminate the taxpayer-funded subsidies included in the “notoriously flawed” House Bill 6 from the 133rd General Assembly.
In his testimony, Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, told lawmakers that eliminating the “notoriously flawed” taxpayer-funded subsidies included in House Bill 6 was an “important course correction” that would end one of the worst examples of crony capitalism.