COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio effort to require billions of dollars in state investment in alternative
energy has re-emerged.
Ohio
Attorney General Mike DeWine certified the petition Monday for the Ohio
Clean Energy Initiative’s constitutional amendment. DeWine said the
proposal met an initial signature requirement and that its summary was
"fair and truthful."
It’s the fourth such petition submitted under the same title since 2012.
The
amendment calls for $1.3 billion in annual investments over a decade in
infrastructure, research and development related to solar, wind and
other energy sources.
Backers can soon begin collecting signatures
to get the latest version before voters. It’s too late for them to make
the ballot this year, because the deadline for the November election
was last week.