(Oak Harbor, OH) Northern Ohio electric rate-payers could soon see a charge on their electric bills that some see as a bailout for First Energy's aging nuclear power plants.
The utility says lawmakers have introduced bills in each chamber of the statehouse on zero emissions credits, which would give money to the operators of nuclear plants as a sort of bonus for producing electricity with little to no carbon or other pollution.
First Energy sees the customer charge as important to the survival of the Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear power plants. First Energy is threatening to close or sell off its nuclear power plants without the surcharge, which it hopes to see passed by the Ohio General Assembly before the summer recess.