TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A plan that would add a new charge on electricity bills in Ohio to give a financial lifeline to Ohio's two nuclear plants would come at the expense of wind and solar projects.
Republican members of an Ohio House committee approved the proposal Thursday over the objections of Democrats.
Next up is a vote in the full House.
The legislation would help the two financially struggling nuclear plants in Ohio that FirstEnergy Solutions says will close unless the company gets help reducing their costs. But the revised proposal would take away the ability for renewable energy projects to get clean air incentives and eliminate mandates promoting wind and solar power.
The plan would add new charges on all monthly residential and business electricity bills and generate about $200 million annually.
