Tracking House Bill 6 Subsidy Charges and Pollution from AEP, AES (DP&L) and Duke OVEC Coal Plants

➢ OVEC Repeal HB6/OVEC Subsidies

Click: SB117 - Repeal Coal Subsidies
Click: HB351 - Repeal Coal Subsidies
➢ HB6/OVEC Subsidies You Paid Since 1/1/20 (Estimated)
Click: OMA Report - OVEC Subsidies
  • $
($287,671 per day)

Pollution from AEP, AES & Duke OVEC Coal Plants Since 1/1/20

Click: US EPA Viewer - Air Pollution
Click: US EPA - Ground Pollution
  • tons CO2
  • tons NOx
  • tons SO2
  • Estimates for Pollution per US EPA 2020 Data

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Bruce Weston

Bruce Weston swearing in with then Attorney General Mike Dewine

Then Attorney General Mike DeWine administering the oath of office to Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston.

AEP CONSUMER OUTAGE CRISIS:

"Job 1 is to safely and urgently restore consumers’ power. Then the PUCO should order an independent investigation of the whole incident. Consumers’ voices must be heard in that process. We hope for the safety of the public and AEP’s workers."  
       
                    ~ Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston

letterPUCO Commissioner Appointment

Click here to read the Feb. 9, 2022 letter by OCC and the Ohio Poverty Law Center to Governor Mike DeWine, recommending rejection of the PUCO commissioner nominees and reopening the process.

letterPUCO Commission Nomination​s

Click here to read Feb. 3, 2022 comments by OCC, Pro Seniors and the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio to the PUCO Nominating Council, proposing reforms for the Council's Feb. 7, 2022 meeting.

letter​Power Siting Board Nominations by OCC

Click here to read Ohio Consumers' Counsel Bruce Weston's 1/5/22 letter to Governor Mike DeWine, with three nominations for the Governor to appoint one as the public's representative on the Ohio Power Siting Board.   

Letter to Nominating CouncilNominating Council Reform

Click here to read Consumers' Counsel Board Chair Mike Watkins' Aug. 18, 2021 letter to PUCO Nominating Council Chair Michael Koren, asking for the Council to meet to reform its process for recommending PUCO commissioner applicants to the Governor. 

OCC Board Resolution on PUCO Commissioner Selection 08-20 OCC Board on PUCO Reform

Click here to read the Aug. 25, 2020 Resolution of the Consumers' Counsel Board, to reform the selection process for PUCO Commissioners.

 

Veto Request LetterOCC & OMA Request for HB 6 Veto

Click here to read the OCC and OMA July 17, 2019 letter to Governor DeWine, recommending a veto of
House Bill 6.

OCC Subsidy Scorecard

Click to view your payments for utility corporate welfare.

Where's My Refund
Click to view the refunds you were denied by your electric utility.