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How has Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate voted on Ohio electric bills?

Matches stated direction. Rob McColley voted against the 2019 law that added power plant charges to bills, then for laws that repealed parts of it and ended the charge for the older plants.

Vivek Ramaswamy

Running mate Rob McColley: charges on power bills

Matches stated direction

What they say

The campaign's plan says it would expand natural gas and new energy technology to lower electric bills.

“Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio’s energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family”

What the record shows ·

McColley voted against House Bill 6 in the Senate on July 17, 2019. It added a monthly charge to power bills for nuclear plants, and a charge on every utility's customers through 2030 for plants owned by a company that utilities formed before 1960. It also cut the state's renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements for utilities. He cosponsored House Bill 128 and voted for it on March 24, 2021. It repealed parts of House Bill 6, limited its credit payments to solar and provided refunds to customers. He cosponsored House Bill 15 and voted for it on April 30, 2025. It ended the charge for the older plants from August 14, 2025.

Limit: This is his running mate's record; Ramaswamy has never held office. These laws did other things too, and we did not measure what they did to bills. The card does not test the plan's natural gas goal.

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  1. The Planhttps://vivekforohio.com/the-plan/

    Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Taxes, energy, schools, crime, and his data center pledge (reprinted from a Columbus Dispatch op-ed of August 6).

    candidate statement

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  2. H.B. 6, 133rd General Assembly: actions and roll callshttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_133/legislation/hb6/actions/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Senate passage July 17, 2019, McColley voting nay.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.B. 6, 133rd General Assembly, as enrolledhttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_133/legislation/hb6/06_EN/html/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Section 3706.46 sets a monthly charge on retail electric customers for the nuclear generation fund; section 4928.148 sets a charge through 2030 for a legacy generation resource. It also cut the renewable energy benchmark and capped the energy efficiency requirement at 17.5% cumulative savings.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.B. 128, 134th General Assembly: bill versionshttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_134/legislation/hb128/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Repeals parts of H.B. 6 and limits its credit payments to solar. Signed March 31, 2021. McColley is listed as a cosponsor of the enrolled version.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.B. 128, 134th General Assembly: actions and roll callshttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_134/legislation/hb128/actions/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Senate passage March 24, 2021, McColley voting yea.

    official legislative record

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  6. H.B. 15, 136th General Assembly: bill versionshttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb15/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Klopfenstein; McColley is listed as a cosponsor of the enrolled version. Signed May 15, 2025, effective August 14, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  7. H.B. 15, 136th General Assembly: actions and roll callshttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb15/actions/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Senate passage April 30, 2025, McColley voting yea.

    official legislative record

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  8. H.B. 15, 136th General Assembly, as enrolledhttps://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb15/05_EN/html/

    Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Repeals section 4928.148; Section 4 bars utilities from collecting the legacy generation resource charge from the act's effective date. Section 4928.01 defines that resource as plants owned by a corporation investor-owned utilities formed before 1960.

    official legislative record

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