Key Lawmaker: Senate ‘on Track’ to Pass Nuclear Bailout Bill
The OMA – a strong opponent of HB 6 – has urged senators to strengthen the bill’s audit provisions to protect ratepayers. However, that has not been among the proposed amendments so far. A recent column in National Review highlights how the nuke plants’ hedge fund owners have refused to accept an amendment that would make the facilities open their books and prove they are unprofitable in order to receive subsidies. ‘That pretty much says it all,’ concludes author Travis Kavulla of the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank.
