"If you build it they will come…" is the old saying from the movie Field of Dreams. It also could be used to sum up Ohio’s energy policy toward growing green jobs.
Policymakers believed using grant funds and passage of a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) would kick start demand for renewable energy in the State. If demand for solar
Ohio’s best hope for reducing its overwhelming dependence on coal for electricity generation is biomass. While wind and solar have significant benefits, it is unquestioned that current technology does not allow these renewable sources to be forms of base-load power generation.
Biomass does have that potential in Ohio, as is evidenced by the recent announcements
On April 15, 2009 the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio finally adopted the long awaited rules that will govern Ohio’s energy efficiency requirements and its Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS). Ohio was one of the last states to have adopted a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)- more broadly defined as a AEPS in Ohio. However, as
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On August 20, 2008, the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) put forth proposed rules governing alternative and renewable energy sources. The rules main purpose was to govern implementation of the State’s new Advanced Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) established in Senate Bill 221. The AEPS is broader version of a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) adopted by other states