Gov. John Kasich got a guided tour of Amazon鈥檚 huge new fulfillment center in central Ohio today. And he took the opportunity to blast a bill to change the state鈥檚 green energy requirements on electric utilities into voluntary goals.
Before the tour, Amazon鈥檚 Paul Misener talked about the company鈥檚 goal of getting 100% of its energy for its Ohio cloud computing operation from renewable sources. And Kasich had a message for Sen. Jay Hottinger (R-Newark) in the audience. 鈥淣ow it doesn鈥檛 make a lot of sense for the legislature to take us back, Senator, on the issue of renewables,鈥� Kasich said.
Kasich vetoed a bill similar to the green energy goals measure in December. The new bill passed the House by a veto-proof supermajority. The Senate would need 20 votes to override, and last year's similar bill got 18.
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