In 2019 Ohio Citizen Action joined the fight against House Bill 6, which began as a "clean air bill", creating a new program that rewards energy generation sources that emit zero carbon emissions with cash by raising funds through a tax on all Ohio ratepayers. By the time the bill passed in July, it had also gutted Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency programs and directed money from consumers to support two Eisenhower-era coal plants, one of which is in Indiana. Many groups had opposed HB 6, but Ohio Citizen Action was the only one speaking directly with and organizing ratepayers every day. The bill passed by a very slim margin and opposition was both broad and deep, factors which led to an attempted referendum that was itself met with narrow and well-funded opposition.