12/11/2017

Manufacturers Ask FERC to Say 'No' to New Energy Tax

The Ohio Manufacturers' Association believes this rule will hit Ohioans hard

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon decide whether or not to increase the price of electricity paid by manufacturers and working families in Ohio and across the Northeast and Midwest.

If enacted, the proposed rule change would deal a serious blow to America's manufacturing competitiveness by requiring consumers to pay more for electricity to prop up some utilities' uneconomic power plants owned by certain utilities looking for a bailout.

It's a story we've heard time and time again in Ohio. Now, proponents of that plan have gone to Washington in search of a solution.

Please click here to read this opinion piece from OMA's Ryan Augsburger in The Cleveland Plain Dealer.