Ohio Power Siting Board recommends against Grange Solar project

2025-02-25

The staff of the Ohio Power Siting Board has recommended denying the application to build the Grange Solar Grazing Center, a 500MW solar project proposed for Logan County, Ohio. The recommendation follows months of opposition led by Bud Christman, the owner of a marina on Indian Lake in northwestern. Christman created the Indian Lake Advocacy… Read more »

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Anti-solar effort led by group that apparently violated its tax-exempt status

2025-02-18

The Indian Lake Advocacy Group, which apparently violated its tax-exempt nonprofit status by openly advocating for the election of an Ohio representative who’s now the group’s lobbyist, is seeking people to oppose the construction of a solar project in Logan County. The group wants potential opponents who live near the proposed Grange Solar project to… Read more »

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Former Ohio legislator now lobbying for the nonprofit that touted his reelection

2025-01-28

Just days after leaving the Ohio legislature, Republican former Rep. Jon Cross has resurfaced as a lobbyist representing the nonprofit group that apparently violated federal law by openly advocating for Cross’ reelection last year. Ohio lobbying records show the Indian Lake Advocacy Group, a tax-exempt nonprofit run by marina owner Bud Christman, is one of… Read more »

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New York county declines to back attempted solar and battery storage moratorium

2025-01-27

The Allegany County, N.Y., Planning Board declined to adopt an attempt from a solitary landowner to place a one-year moratorium on the development of solar and battery power projects in the county that has already approved several renewable energy projects. During its deliberations Jan. 15, the board sent the issue back to the Town of… Read more »

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Grant to Ohio nonprofit that backed candidate now on hold

2025-01-17

In his farewell note to constituents, Ohio Rep. Jon Cross, R-Findlay, touted the money he brought to his district, including $5 million for dredging and weed removal in Indian Lake in northwest Ohio. But that money is on hold after a Checks & Balances Project report on Aug. 21, 2024, that the group intended to… Read more »

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Critical energy agency may face privatization

2025-01-8

The federal agency that collects data about how power plants generate electricity, the fuel they use and how much it costs could be a target for budget cutters or privatization in the upcoming Donald Trump administration, federal budget and other records show. During Trump’s first term in office between 2017 and 2021, he attempted to… Read more »

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