Ohio Consumers Power Alliance

06/17/2026

GOOD NEWS 🌤️ Euclid City Council has passed a resolution in support of HB 303 - a community energy pilot program that would help lower electricity costs for families and small businesses at a time when rates keep climbing. They're joining Olmsted Falls, Cleveland Heights, Lakewood, Fairview Park, Columbus, and Wyoming in calling on the Ohio legislature to make it happen.

06/16/2026

"the letter Latta signed takes a legitimate national security concern and deploys it as a political smoke machine — a way to recast a grassroots revolt over pocketbook issues as the handiwork of a hostile foreign power, before a single fact has been established. It asks Ohioans to believe that their own eyes, their own bills and their own neighbors are less trustworthy than a pair of reports from advocacy groups with a financial stake in the buildout."

Rep. Bob Latta is using unproven claims of Chinese influence to dismiss legitimate, homegrown concerns about data centers in Ohio rather than addressing residents' questions about rising energy costs, subsidies and local impacts.

06/15/2026

New generation takes 5+ years. Grid upgrades take time. Data center demand is here now. The gap between what's needed and what exists is why electricity costs are rising.

It isn't just the looming prospect of more data centers that has Ohioans paying more for electricity; other challenges make price increases more likely.

06/13/2026

U.S. Govt says utility-scale solar generation is expected to increase 19% this summer compared with last summer, reflecting a 20% increase in capacity. Coal generation is expected to decline by 2%.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-capacity-eia-outlook/822622/

06/12/2026

"Ohio needs new leadership that will put the people and ratepayers of Ohio first, make energy efficiency and affordability part of our energy policy, provide opportunities for renewable energy, and end the practice of campaign contributions dictating energy policy."

Electric energy drives our economy. Ohio needs a balanced, energy policy that puts ratepayers first, includes low-cost renewable energy, and creates a diversified mix of generating capacity to ensure electricity

06/11/2026

Solar just hit an all-time record in the U.S. and beat coal for the first time ever. In May 2026, solar supplied 12.8% of U.S. electricity, finally overtaking coal's 12.2%. Markets are choosing solar to meet growing power needs. 🌞 https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-overtakes-coal-in-us-electricity-for-the-first-month-on-record/

06/09/2026

Ohio has blocked 5.3 gigawatts of solar and wind over the last 12 years. That's a lot of cheap, clean power we could be using right now. And HB 6 gutted energy efficiency requirements in 2020. Meanwhile, our electric bills keeps climbing.

The clean energy projects thwarted by state lawmakers could have gone a long way toward meeting spiking energy demand, lowering bills, and eliminating…

06/07/2026

Google is solving the power shortage by becoming a power company. They just spent $4.75 billion acquiring a wind and solar company to power its own data centers. And they partnered with Voltus to reduce power consumption in PJM during peak demand.

Google, which is raising a fresh $85 billion, has a strategy for getting around the biggest bottleneck.

06/04/2026

This is how you do it! 📣 East St. Louis's new community energy project - 30,000 panels on a former Alcoa brownfield site. Thousands of residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%.

Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform…

06/03/2026

Ohio's Nuclear Alliance: a coalition designed to position Ohio as a "national powerhouse." Translation: securing nuclear capacity for Meta's data centers while ratepayers foot the infrastructure bill.

The group, called the Ohio Nuclear Alliance, aims to position Ohio as a "national nuclear powerhouse."