Senate Bill 58

Senate Bill 58 – Increases Electricity Costs:  Bad for Ohio Manufacturers

Senate Bill 58 (and companion bill, House Bill 302) represents a radical overhaul of Ohio’s energy efficiency policy, standards and requirements.  If approved, Senate Bill 58 could wipe out $2.5 billion in projected savings from energy efficiency from 2014 through 2020 and drive up electricity costs for manufacturers for years to come.

Here’s a fact sheet that provides background and an overview of the provisions of the bill.

Here is an elevator speech – the bill’s provisions in a brief summary.

This is testimony provided on behalf of OMA to the Senate Public Utilities Committee by opponents to Senate Bill 58.  Testimony is provided by these subject matter experts:

• Bradley Belden, director of support services for The Belden Brick Company, Canton
• J. Richard (Rick) Hornby, senior consultant with Synapse Energy Economics
• John Seryak, CEO, Go Sustainable Energy LLC
• Kim Bojko, Partner, Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP

Here is a major amendment to Senate Bill 58 backed by the OMA and a broad coalition of consumer, advanced energy and environmental organizations. Here is a press release on the action.

What editorial boards say about Senate Bill 58:

• Keep the energy-efficiency bill in the ‘off’ position: editorial (Crain’s Cleveland Business News, December 8, 2013)
• Let it Be: editorial (Toledo Blade, December 2, 2013)
• Ohio Senate should kill electric-utility sweetheart bill masquerading as reform: editorial (Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 1, 2013)
• Voices for saving (Akron Beacon Journal, November 19, 2013)
• Protect Ohio’s energy reforms (Cincinnati Enquirer, November 9, 2013)
• Tweak.  Don’t wreck  (Akron Beacon Journal, October 27, 2013)
• The Ohio Senate should give flawed energy rewrite a proper burial: editorial (Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 20, 2013)
• No going back (Toledo Blade, September 28, 2013)

Act now to protect your cost of electricity and prevent this utility overreach!

Tell your state senator and representative that you are opposed to Senate Bill 58.

• Here is a sample letter and talking points for communicating with your elected officials, employees, customers, suppliers, community members, and stakeholders.
• Find your elected officials.

For more information, contact OMA’s Ryan Augsburger.