Kathiann M. Kowalski
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Map tools help Ohio chart environmental justice
Digital mapping tools are helping cities and community groups identify and respond to environmental injustices. → Read More
Eye on Utilities: FirstEnergy continues to play hardball with Consumers’ Counsel and others
FirstEnergy provided the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel with various documents it had previously produced in shareholder litigation. Yet the company continues to fight against other disclosures in regulatory cases related to the House Bill 6 scandal. → Read More
Funding challenges limit minority-owned businesses’ access to energy efficiency
The legacy of systemic racism means many companies still start from behind when competing for financing. → Read More
Ohio regulators decline to force FirstEnergy to hire an independent auditor
The order agrees that spending should be open to review but first requires the company to review itself. → Read More
Critics say Michigan utility needs to show its work on solar energy rate
Consumers Energy failed to develop data and facts to justify slashing solar credits almost in half, challengers say. → Read More
Murray Energy bankruptcy still casts shadow on coal’s economic viability
Latest developments don’t resolve ongoing market problems for coal. → Read More
Ohio utilities commission order might stretch limits of emergency power
An order empowers the chair or vice-chair to take unilateral action if a quorum isn’t practical or feasible. → Read More
Ohio solar project will benefit low-income communities
A joint project in Toledo by the port authority, a community foundation and local industry earmarks profits for community needs. → Read More
Appalachian Ohio solar projects are moving forward, but jobs impact unclear
Developers still plan to build two projects, but they’ll likely move ahead in increments as customers for the power are secured. → Read More
Study: Black, low-income Americans face highest risk from power plant pollution
Academic researchers found racial and economic disparities in the distribution of fine particle pollution. → Read More
Murray Energy bankruptcy renews fears about Ohio’s mine reclamation fund
An environmental group says Ohio’s Reclamation Forfeiture Fund is inadequately funded in violation of federal law. → Read More
Ohio bill would let townships block wind projects after they are approved
The bill singles out wind energy, frustrates property rights and “would be fatal” to the state’s wind industry, critics say. → Read More
More renewables will mean less asthma and heart disease in the Midwest
A study finds the region stands to gain the most health benefits from a transition to clean power. → Read More
NASA analysis sheds light on Cleveland area’s rooftop solar potential
Widespread deployment of rooftop solar in a 5.4-square-mile section of Cleveland could produce enough electricity to power approximately 10,000 homes, according to a new analysis by NASA researchers. → Read More
Wind industry says Ohio’s proposed turbine ‘incident’ reporting rules are too vague
A state board that approves wind farm siting is also considering new requirements related to building codes. → Read More
NASA’s new moon mission reignites fuel cell research at Ohio lab
Technology for space and aviation could eventually benefit renewable energy storage and alternative-fuel vehicles. → Read More
Coal, nuclear cleanup costs central to FirstEnergy’s rejected bankruptcy plan
It’s still unclear who will bear the cost of cleaning up the bankrupt company’s coal and nuclear plant sites. → Read More
Candidates for Ohio regulatory board vary widely on clean energy issues
A committee narrowed down a field of candidates for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to four finalists. → Read More
AEP Ohio to get another rate case hearing, this time with public notice
After objections from Ohio's consumer advocate agency about a failure to provide required public notice, regulators have scheduled a fifth public hearing in American Electric Power's pending rate case for February 12. → Read More
In Ohio, no signs of cooling or compromise in net-metering fight
Ohio’s net-metering rules appear destined for the state’s Supreme Court as utilities and their opponents dig in against each other over proposed changes. → Read More