The Cleveland Plain Dealer published a column by the OMA’s Ryan Augsburger highlighting accountability problems with our power system and its regulators, all of which are fueling the recent spike in electricity bills. The OMA has long contended that competitive markets will respond to demand for generation better than government fiat. Recent efforts by utilities and our grid operator are designed to undermine competition.

“2019’s House Bill 6—the corruption scandal that forced Ohioans to pay for inefficient coal power plants, including one in Indiana—is proof of what happens when these interests succeed. Some of the same players are again pushing public subsidies and re-regulation, using manufactured demand spikes and reliability fears to justify utility company gains at the public’s expense,” lamented the OMA president. 9/16/2025