{"content":[{"text":"The electric utilities’ dependence on government subsidies paid by Ohio families and","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.088409,"width":0.7338439999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"businesses since 2000 – billions of dollars to date – needs to end. Under the Ohio","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.123106,"width":0.709726,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"legislature’s 1999 vision for benefits from power plant deregulation, Ohioans should not pay","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.157954,"width":0.792356,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"more than the market price of electricity on their electric bills.","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.192803,"width":0.526432,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"For consumer protection, it is","bbox":{"left":0.653532,"top":0.192803,"width":0.2529389999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"important to preserve both power plant competition and the utilities’ competitive “standard","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.227651,"width":0.775216,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"offers” that consumers can choose for their monthly electric service. Researchers at Ohio","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.2625,"width":0.772865,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"State and Cleveland State recently found that Ohioans saved nearly $12 billion by choosing","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.297348,"width":0.793648,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"the utilities’ standard offers during 2011 to 2015.","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.332197,"width":0.41878399999999993,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"The U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) recently announced it is seeking an expedited","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.411439,"width":0.7709039999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"national solution regarding financial support for operations of nuclear and coal power plants.","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.446136,"width":0.796824,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"Public comments on the proposal were due yesterday at the Federal Energy Regulatory","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.480985,"width":0.7607849999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"Commission (FERC) in Docket RM18-1-000. Federal policymakers would do well for","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.515833,"width":0.730255,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"consumers to support competitive markets and not subsidies for power plant competition,","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.550682,"width":0.772905,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"as we recommended in our comments to FERC.","bbox":{"left":0.116078,"top":0.58553,"width":0.418392,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"But in any event this federal forum for the US DOE initiative is where the issue of subsidizing","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.664773,"width":0.802275,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"uneconomic power plants should be heard. The Ohio General Assembly should defer to","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.699621,"width":0.7610979999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"federal and regional forums for this issue and not enact this Bill and any related bills for","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.734469,"width":0.7543719999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"subsidizing nuclear power plants (i.e., H.B. 178 or H.B. 381). And the US DOE initiative is","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.769318,"width":0.775099,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"another reason to not enact the coal power plant subsidy bills, H.B. 239 and S.B. 155, as I","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.804167,"width":0.7807449999999999,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"testified in this Committee on October 12th. Whether or not there is new federal support for","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.839015,"width":0.7869240000000001,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"the operations of coal and nuclear plants, Ohioans should not be asked to pay on a single-","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.873712,"width":0.783977,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"state basis for what is, if anything, a regional or national issue for these uneconomic power","bbox":{"left":0.107843,"top":0.90856,"width":0.785747,"height":0.020818000000000003}},{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.512745,"top":0.946318,"width":0.009804000000000035,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}