COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving energy proposal isdrawing opponents including environmental
groups and Ohio’s utilityconsumers’ advocate who estimate the measure could add $175 a year tothe average
Ohioan’s electric bill.The bill sponsored by SenatePublic Utilities Chairman Bill Seitz had stalled
beforeThanksgiving. A revised version is scheduled for a hearing and possiblefloor vote Wednesday.Seitz
touts significant changes he’s made tothe measure to garner needed committee support. That includes removing
adivisive provision that would have allowed power companies to opt outof a requirement to meet alternative
energy mandates with wind, solar orother renewables produced in Ohio.Ohio Consumers’ Counsel BruceWestern
says other provisions allowing utilities to pass on lostrevenues and shared savings make it a bad bill for
consumers.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving energy proposal isdrawing opponents
including environmental groups and Ohio’s utilityconsumers’ advocate who estimate the measure could add $175
a year tothe average Ohioan’s electric bill.The bill sponsored by SenatePublic Utilities Chairman Bill Seitz
had stalled beforeThanksgiving. A revised version is scheduled for a hearing and possiblefloor vote
Wednesday.Seitz touts significant changes he’s made tothe measure to garner needed committee support. That
includes removing adivisive provision that would have allowed power companies to opt outof a requirement to
meet alternative energy mandates with wind, solar orother renewables produced in Ohio.Ohio Consumers’
Counsel BruceWestern says other provisions allowing utilities to pass on lostrevenues and shared savings
make it a bad bill for consumers.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.