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Ohio Bill Would Permanently Subsidize Coal Plants

May 26, 2017

A bill currently being considered by the Ohio House of Representatives would create a permanent subsidy for two coal plants co-owned by American Electric Power.

HB 239 would give the owners of Ohio Valley Electric Corp., which include more than a dozen parties in several states, guaranteed income when the market price of electricity drops below the cost of running Kyger Creek in Cheshire and Clifty Creek in Madison, the Columbus Dispatch reported.

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