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Energy Department is offering a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across the Midwest
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Energy said Thursday it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade… Read More
New regulations were about to impact Ohio steel manufacturers. Then the EPA hit pause
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WYSO) — Middletown resident Donna Ballinger said she can’t leave her windows open. “There’s usually smells — chemical smells, rotten egg smells — that burns your eyes and… Read More
Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno asks Intel to reassign some electricity to Meta
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) sent Intel’s chief executive a letter Friday making several asks of the tech designer and manufacturer, including that it… Read More
Centrus Energy plans to add nearly 300 jobs at its Pike County uranium plant
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly 300 full-time jobs are coming to Pike County through a major expansion of Centrus Energy’s uranium enrichment facility in southern Ohio. The nuclear… Read More
Mon Power customers are paying for a costly contract that includes a southeast Ohio coal plant, according to analysis
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVPB) — Mon Power customers paid $10.3 million more for electricity than the market price from the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation from 2018 to 2024. That’s according to… Read More
These coal plants lose money. Other states have walked away, but not West Virginia
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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CHARLESTION, W.Va. (WVPB) — Inflation has driven up the cost of many basic necessities: food, housing and energy. What Appalachian Power’s 1.1 million customers may not have known is that… Read More
A consumer agency and manufacturers want an audit of $237M in subsidies to Ohio coal plants
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Subsidies for two coal fired power plants put into the 2019 law bailing out the state’s two nuclear plants will end for Ohio ratepayers… Read More
Democratic state lawmakers want drilling banned under Ohio state lands and Lake Erie
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Democratic state lawmakers want to ban any drilling for oil and gas under public state lands or the bed of Lake Erie, although… Read More
Orphan wells pose a threat to groundwater in Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey recently released research showing where groundwater is most at risk of contamination by orphan wells. Appalachia – including parts… Read More
States are rolling out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers are pushing back
By: Marc Levy | AP
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing platforms has spurred states to dangle incentives… Read More
Earthquakes in Ohio? It’s more likely than you think
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — At the end of last month, a minor earthquake rattled southeast Ohio’s Noble County. A few days later residents reported another. Then another. By May… Read More
The energy bill eliminating subsidies for two coal power plants from Ohio’s House Bill 6 has been signed into law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Subsidies for two coal-fired power plants that Ohio electric utility customers have been paying since even before the scandal-tainted House Bill 6 will soon… Read More
A bipartisan pair of Ohio lawmakers propose regulations on submetering
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is pushing to more strictly regulate submetering, which is when third party middlemen purchase electricity or another utility at… Read More
The omnibus energy bill is off to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after months of hearings
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The legislature sent Gov. Mike DeWine an extensive bill Wednesday that lawmakers and lobbyists have said will prompt new energy generation and otherwise overhaul… Read More
Here are some things to know about the US coal industry and proposed changes under the Trump administration
By: John Raby | Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry. Trump issued executive orders this month to allow mining on federal land. He has… Read More
Wind energy is bringing major dollars to some Ohio counties. Others aren’t blown away
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Tony Zartman first ran for Paulding County Commissioner in 2009, he said the local government was so poor, it could barely afford… Read More
Ohio’s Senate advances a major energy bill that axes subsidies and overhauls rate cases
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass an extensive energy bill lawmakers and lobbyists have said will prompt new energy generation and otherwise overhaul… Read More
Can Ohio keep the lights on? Power demand is outpacing supply
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau, Renee Fox | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A host of data centers – from Amazon to Microsoft – have announced plans to set up shop in Ohio. These industries will bring… Read More
In a reversal, plans for U.S. natural gas power grow, complicating progress on climate
By: Marc Levy | AP
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A spike in demand for electricity from tech companies competing in the artificial intelligence race is upending forecasts for natural gas-fired power in the U.S., as… Read More
A business lobbying firm wants Ohio to overhaul its energy permits process
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A statewide business coalition believes Ohio should harness the demand of data centers, the incredibly energy-intensive facilities being built across the state, in part… Read More
‘This again?’ Home efficiency pros are wary as Ohio gets federal energy rebates
By: Dan Gearino | Inside Climate News
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Inside Climate News) — Dwayne Petko kneels on the concrete floor of a semi-built house and turns the knob of a large fan mounted in the front doorway,… Read More
Lawmakers in the Ohio House introduce GOP priority energy provisions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two powerful conservative policy organizations in Columbus say current policies limit the state’s potential to address suddenly skyrocketing demand, with Ohio consuming more energy than… Read More
Steel decarbonization will add to Ohio’s growing electricity demand
By: Isabel Nissley | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — The heavily polluting steel industry is taking steps to clean up operations, adopting steel decarbonization technologies that produce fewer climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions. A new report finds that… Read More
What Trump’s win could mean for solar manufacturing in Ohio
By: Leila Goldstein | The Ohio Newsroom
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (The Ohio Newsroom) — Pulling up to the entrance of a solar panel factory outside Cambodia’s capital, a poster greets visitors with New East Solar Energy’s vision: Three… Read More
Amazon Web Services plans to spend $10 billion in Ohio, creating jobs and a huge energy demand
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Amazon Web Services will invest $10 billion to expand its data centers across Ohio. The company says it plans to spend more than $23… Read More
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