Encourage Research In New Technologies: Both the economy and environment benefit from technological breakthroughs. High-capacity, long-life batteries; fuel cells; the
high-efficiency "smart" electricity grid; clean coal and other technologies can help improve the environment, increase efficiency & conserve energy. Unreasonable barriers to their development should be identified and removed to help make them a reality.
Source: 2018 Ohio gubernatorial campaign website JohnKasich.com
, Dec 27, 2017
No state bailout for aging nuclear plants
Kasich said that he can't see supporting a proposed financial rescue that FirstEnergy Corp. maintains is needed to keep alive the state's two aging nuclear plants. He said it's up to the utility to figure out how to keep its nuclear plants operating
without a state-approved bailout.Akron-based FirstEnergy wants an electricity rate increase for its customers to save the Davis-Besse and Perry plants, which sit along Lake Erie and produce 14% of the state's electricity. The plants generate millions
in tax money for the rural towns where they're located. But like many nuclear plants around the nation, Ohio's two plants are aging, costly to operate and maintain, and face stiff competition from cheaper natural gas plants.
Kasich toured a new
$800 million natural gas plant near Toledo that can produce enough electricity for 700,000 homes--more power than one of the nuclear plants can make. "There's always a tendency to slip back into yesterday. This represents tomorrow," Kasich said.
Source: Fremont News-Messenger on 2018 Ohio Gubernatorial race
, Aug 21, 2017
Nuclear power is yesterday; natural gas represents tomorrow
Gov. John Kasich [opposes a proposed $300 million state bailout for Ohio's two aging nuclear plants]. Kasich toured a new $800 million natural gas plant near Toledo that can produce enough electricity for 700,000 homes--more power than one of the
nuclear plants can make. "It's bringing investment, competition and, most important, lower prices for consumers," Kasich said at the plant's opening.The governor said he hopes lawmakers understand that. "There's always a tendency to slip back into
yesterday. This represents tomorrow," the Republican governor said.
Kasich said all forms of energy--wind, solar, coal, natural gas and nuclear--should be a part of the mix, and he added that limiting government regulation will spur investment by
industries and create new jobs. There are more natural gas plants on the drawing board in Ohio, if the state legislature does not approve financial help for the nuclear plants
Source: Fremont News-Messenger on 2018 Ohio Gubernatorial race
, Aug 21, 2017
20,000 jobs from fracking plus 300,000 other jobs
DONALD TRUMP [to Kasich]: All I can say is, you're lucky in Ohio that you struck oil. That is for one thing.KASICH: In the state of Ohio, we have grown 347,000 jobs. Our unemployment is half of what it was. Our fracking industry, energy industry may
have contributed 20,000, but if Mr. Trump understood that the real jobs come in the downstream, not in the upstream, but in the downstream. And that's where we're going to get our jobs. But Ohio is diversified.
Source: Fox Business/WSJ First Tier debate
, Nov 10, 2015
Yes, Ohio won with fracking, but we're diversified
KASICH: I went into Ohio where we had an $8 billion hole, and now we have a $2 billion surplus. We are up 347,000 jobs.TRUMP: John got lucky with fracking. He hit oil. That's why Ohio is doing well. And that's important for you to know.
KASICH: Ohio does have an energy industry, but we're diversified. We are one of the fastest-growing states in the country. We came back from the dead. And you know what? It works very, very well.
Source: GOP `Your Money/Your Vote` 2015 CNBC 1st-tier debate
, Oct 28, 2015
Mandate that electric utilities use at least 8.5% renewables
Gov. John Kasich's position is that a proposed, indefinite halt to Ohio's mandate that utilities get more power from renewable sources like wind, solar and new technology is "unacceptable."Last year, the Republican-controlled General Assembly enacted
a two-year timeout in state law that required utilities to find at least 25 percent of their power from renewable or advanced technology sources by the year 2025. That two-year freeze is set to expire at the end of 2016, at which point the annual
benchmarks that utilities must achieve would resume if the legislature doesn't act.
A special legislative panel, however, recently recommended keeping the freeze in place indefinitely. Mr. Kasich said the indefinite freeze would be "unacceptable," but
he hasn't indicated what he expects to see instead.
[OnTheIssues follow-up: Gov. Kasich vetoed the indefinite freeze in 2016; the Ohio legislature then passed a compromise measure to reduce the renewable standard to 8.5% by 2022].
Source: Toledo Blade on 2018 Ohio Gubernatorial race
, Oct 20, 2015
All-of-the-above approach, with stepped-up fossil fuels
John Kasich last week proposed an "all of the above" approach to energy production that includes renewables and conservation measures along with stepped-up fossil fuel production."We'll make sure we produce more energy from oil and gas; from nuclear;
from coal that we dig, clean, and burn; alternatives and renewables, and anything else that we can find, and we'll do it responsibly," Mr. Kasich said in New Hampshire as he spelled out his plan for the first 100 days of a President
Kasich administration. "We need it all, and it should come from right here," he said.
He proposed working with Canada and Mexico to ensure that North America can meet its own energy needs, and part of that plan would be approval of the
Keystone XL Pipeline. "Energy freedom is a matter of national security," Mr. Kasich said. "We don't want wars when it's all about energy when we can do what we need to do in America to be energy independent."
Source: Toledo Blade on 2018 Ohio Gubernatorial race
, Oct 20, 2015
Open more federal lands to oil and natural gas exploration
John Kasich called for opening more federal lands to oil and natural gas exploration; research into cleaner coal, smart grid, battery, and other technologies; and letting states regulate hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," operations at home.
He said he would end the ban on exporting domestic oil and gas and would end President Obama's proposed, stricter regulations on carbon emissions from coal and other fossil fuel power plants.
Source: Toledo Blade on 2018 Ohio Gubernatorial race
, Oct 20, 2015
Balanced use of green energy & low-cost energy
"A continued freeze of Ohio's energy standards is unacceptable and we stand willing to work with the Ohio General Assembly to craft a bill that supports a diverse mix of reliable, low-cost energy sources while preserving the gains we have made in the
state's economy," a Kasich spokesman said. Kasich's office said when he signed Senate Bill 310 that the governor "rejected the efforts by those who'd like to kill renewable-energy and energy-efficiency efforts."
Source: BizJournals.com 2015 coverage of Ohio Voting Record SB310
, Sep 30, 2015
Climate change is a real issue, but the extent is unproven
I think that man absolutely affects the environment. But as to whether, you know, what the impact is, the overall impact, I think that's a legitimate debate. But what I do think is, you know, in my state of Ohio, you know, we preciously take care of
Lake Erie. We've reduced emissions by 30% over the last ten years. We believe in alternative energy. So of course we have to be sensitive to it. But we don't want to destroy people's jobs based on some theory that's not proven.
Source: Meet the Press 2015 interviews of 2016 presidential hopefuls
, Aug 9, 2015
Raise severance tax on oil & gas from 20 cents upward
Severance taxes, that's another place where we need tax reform. The reason is simple. Our current system doesn't reflect our current reality. Ohio's severance tax was created decades ago, long before Ohio's shale boom was ever envisioned.
Its current low rate: 20 cents on a barrel of oil. It's unconscionable as far as I'm concerned. It's not right. It isn't fair to Ohioans, because these resources are being depleted. They're never coming back.
Ohio's being made poorer as a result of the depletion of our resources. I'm disappointed by those who say the severance tax reform will kill the industry. That's a joke. That's a big fat joke because I've talked to them in private. And I'll tell you
what, our severance tax will still be competitive with our energy-rich states. And you know what? Let's reform the severance tax so all Ohioans can have lower income taxes and we all benefit from this whole industry. That's what it should be all about.
Source: State of the State address to 2015 Ohio Legislature
, Feb 24, 2015
Opposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility
Bill S 1287: Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act:- Sets forth a milestone schedule by which final decisions regarding development of the Yucca Mountain site as a nuclear waste repository shall be made by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
- Prescribes implementation guidelines.
- Cites circumstances for transport & storage of spent nuclear fuel amounts that the NRC determines cannot be stored onsite.
- Sets a deadline of June 1, 2001 for all environmental protection
reports.
Legislative outcome: Passed House 253-167 (Democrats: 53-149; Republicans: 199-18); Rep. Kasich voted NAY; Veto Override Failed in Senate, May 2, 2000.
OnTheIssues explanation:Yucca Mountain is the country's
only long-term nuclear waste facility. A similar bill did pass in 2002, but was overturned under Obama in 2009, over radiation safety concerns for storage as well as transport. Currently, all nuclear waste is stored on-site at each facility.
Source: Voting history of 2020 presidential hopefuls
, Mar 22, 2000
Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol.
Vote on an amendment that would allow the implementation of the portions of the Kyoto climate change treaty that are already allowed under law. The Kyoto protocol of 1997, which aims to reduce emissions of certain greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, has not been ratified by the United States. The amendment would allow federal agencies, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] to implement procedures already allowed under law that are also part of the Kyoto accord before the treaty is ratified by Congress.
Reference: Amendment sponsored by Olver, D-MA;
Bill HR 4690
; vote number 2000-323
on Jun 26, 2000
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