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Robert McColley: “We are able to look at those plants and say they are going…”

Featuring: Robert McColley, Republican | Ohio State Senate, District 1

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Ohio Senate Podcast: Energy and Transportation Policy Discussion with Rob McCauley, Shane Wilkin, and Bill Reinecke

Published | Video Starts at 13:07

The demand signals that are going out for power generation and to put more power on the grid, the capacity markets and everything associated with it are getting a higher price now. And so We are able to look at those plants and say they are going to continue operating without subsidy. And so it's important for us, on behalf of the ratepayers and the citizens of Ohio, to evaluate whether we should have the subsidy at all, given the amount of money that they're able to sell power for now. (13:07–13:13)

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Asserts that OVEC plants will continue operating without subsidy.

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