Poll Shows Ohioans Oppose FirstEnergy Nuclear Subsidy

API Ohio last week released a new poll finding that a majority of voters in Summit, Lake and Ottawa counties oppose legislation that would allow FirstEnergy to charge its customers a special fee to support its Ohio Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear plants.

API Ohio is a division of API, which represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry.

API Ohio Executive Director Chris Zeigler said, ” … We do not oppose nuclear power. What we oppose are legislative schemes that subsidize one form of energy over another, and create an uneven playing field that costs consumers, hurts manufacturers and threatens the state’s economy.”

According to API, poll results include:

• 81% of voters agree that Ohio consumers should not have to pay a special fee to bailout FirstEnergy’s nuclear power plants.
• 70% of voters agree that the Ohio electricity market should be based on the marketplace, and not on whether the state government allows one particular corporation to charge its customers more to sustain its electric power generation.

601 Ohio registered voters in Lake County, Summit County and Ottawa County were polled. 10/12/2017