Ohio Nuclear Fund Raises Ethics Concerns

An Ohio attorney general candidate is sounding the alarm over a $100 million JobsOhio energy fund meant to boost nuclear power, accusing the nonprofit’s chairman of ethical overreach — since he also leads a lobbying firm representing a major utility that could benefit from the fund. While JobsOhio says the fund supports small modular reactors and avoids favoritism, critics fear it’s a backdoor for corporate interests. Meanwhile, lawmakers are pushing a bill to lift a 30-year ban on utilities owning power plants — a move that could align with the fund’s goals but has sparked backlash over potential customer costs and past corruption patterns. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1f39b8c61f6198f0