Election 2026

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Issue record

Energy bills

In short

Amy Acton's campaign would appoint ratepayer-first regulators, restore the consumer counsel's budget and bring back efficiency and renewable programs cut under House Bill 6. Don Kissick's issues page lists no position on power bills beyond data centers. Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign would expand natural gas and new energy technology and speed up permits. Ramaswamy has never held office; running mate Rob McColley voted against House Bill 6, then for laws that repealed parts of it.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Amy Acton

Would appoint utility regulators who put ratepayers first, restore the consumer counsel's budget, and bring back the energy efficiency and renewable energy programs cut under House Bill 6.

Don Kissick

No position on energy supply or power bills is stated beyond his data center section.

Vivek Ramaswamy

Would expand natural gas and new energy technology and speed up permits for energy projects to lower electric bills.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

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    Rob McColley voted against the 2019 law that added power plant charges to bills, then for laws that repealed parts of it and ended the charge for the older plants.

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    The campaign's plan says it would expand natural gas and new energy technology to lower electric bills. 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 It repealed parts of House Bill 6, limited its credit payments to solar and provided refunds to customers.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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Sources11 source records

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  1. Lowering Energy Costshttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/lowering-energy-costs/

    Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Amy Acton: campaign position

  2. ActOn Lowering Costs: Amy's Affordability Agendahttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/acton-lowering-costs-affordability-agenda/

    Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Tax credits, health costs, energy bills and wage theft.

    candidate statement

    For: Amy Acton: campaign position

  3. On the Issueshttps://donkissick.com/on-the-issues

    People for Don Kissick and James Mills · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Headings: data centers, license-plate cameras, property taxes, corruption, economic affordability, personal dignity. The site's press releases page carried no releases when read.

    candidate statement

    For: Don Kissick: campaign position

  4. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: campaign position; Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  5. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  6. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  7. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  8. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  9. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  10. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction

  11. 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

    For: Vivek Ramaswamy: Matches stated direction