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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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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PUCO wipes mentions of HB 6’s corruption from the record
2024-12-2
As it continues to whitewash the effects of the state’s corrupt HB 6 law, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio routinely strikes expert witness testimony that highlights the law’s corrupt origins or the capture of PUCO’s staff by utility interests. During the first audit into the effects of the 2019 law that requires Ohio ratepayers… Read more »
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PUCO decision shows how its staff and utilities march in lockstep
2024-10-11
The Aug. 21 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ruling in favor of the subsidies to utilities authorized by the state’s HB 6 law showed just how closely the commission’s staff and the companies work together. In five separate parts of the ruling, the commission cites how “staff and the companies” agreed to either strike testimony… Read more »
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