Climate Changed
An Energy Fight Has Koch and Environmentalists on the Same Side
- Measure would scrap solar, wind targets to bail out reactors
- Bill voted out of committee Thursday, moves to full House
Charles Koch
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon for The Washington Post via Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
The Sierra Club and billionaire Charles Koch have found at least one thing to agree on: They hate Ohio’s plan to take away renewable power subsidies and give them to coal and nuclear plants.
The pair, normally at odds over energy issues, have both found elements to rail against in the “Ohio Clean Air Program," which passed a key hurdle Thursday in the state House of Representatives. The Republican bill would scuttle wind and solar quotas and create an annual fund of about $190 million, primarily to bail out reactors owned by bankrupt FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.