Ohio’s “Freeze” on Clean Energy Progress Leaves the State Frozen in the Past

EDF statement from Dick Munson, Director, Midwest Clean Energy

(OHIO – September 30, 2015) Last year, Ohio became the first state to halt its clean energy standards, creating a committee to review their costs and benefits. As a result, Ohio’s Energy Mandate Study Committee today released a recommendation for the Ohio legislature to place an “indefinite freeze” on the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards.

“The state’s bold clean energy standards were solidifying Ohio’s place as a leader in the new clean energy economy, but today’s decision is an extreme setback to innovation and progress,” said Dick Munson, Environmental Defense Fund’s Director, Midwest Clean Energy. “Freezing Ohio’s clean energy standards not only leaves the state frozen in the past, it sends much-needed local jobs and investment dollars to other states.”

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