This week, Brad Belden, president of The Belden Brick Company and chair of the OMA Energy Committee, testified on behalf of the OMA in support of Senate Bill 117 — legislation to repeal House Bill 6’s $700 million ratepayer-funded subsidy for two Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) coal plants, one of which is in Indiana. The bill would also refund customers the charges borne since HB 6 took effect. The OMA has been on the frontlines advocating for the repeal of anti-customer provisions included in HB 6 including, the nuclear subsidies and decoupling provision. The OVEC subsidies are one of the last pieces of HB 6’s anti-market policy that remains in law. Customers will be on the hook for these subsidies through 2030 without action by state lawmakers. 5/13/2021