2025 Wrapped just dropped. 💥

🌞 Good news! The U.S. added 2 GW of solar in September, putting 2025 ahead of last year's pace. Solar leads new generation at 75%, wind at 13%, gas at 11%. Combined, wind, solar and hydro now make up 31% of total US capacity. https://bit.ly/3MFW6NE

We're thrilled to announce that Skylar Champion has been promoted to Senior Field Manager. Since joining our staff in 2024, Skylar has shown incredible leadership and dedication to grassroots organizing. We're excited to see her lead our team into this next chapter. Congratulations, Skylar! 🌟

With electric rates up across the state, Ohio lawmakers are considering a measure encouraging community-level energy production. House Bill 303 would allow communities to build small-scale energy facilities up to 10 megawatts, which is enough to power around 2,000 homes. https://bit.ly/48zVDUx

📢 Morrow County: Your Voice Matters! The Ohio Power Siting Board will hold a Public Hearing on the Crossroads Solar Project on December 10th at 5pm. 📍 Cardington Community Methodist Church, 300 S. Marion St. This is your chance to weigh in on energy development in your community. See you there!

The $250M FirstEnergy fine is historic, but it took 5 years and systemic issues remain. Two former execs await criminal trial. A February hearing will determine if customer money funded the HB 6 scheme. And rates could rise again in 2027. The fight for accountability continues https://bit.ly/48vgJ6J

PJM's watchdog is asking the right question: Should we connect data centers knowing we can't power them reliably? Some proposals actually include planned blackouts for new customers. That's not a solution—that's admitting failure. https://bit.ly/4pfA9DJ

Every knock. Every conversation. Every spark of change happens because people like you choose to support this work. This Giving Tuesday, your contribution fuels: more canvassers, more conversations, and more power in Ohio communities. https://secure.ngpvan.com/XisA1iCw80azj2HOoFd8Ig2

HB 303 means power to the people - literally. Community energy lets Ohioans share in the benefits of locally produced power. The House said yes. Next up: the Senate. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2025/11/24/community-energy-bill-moving-through-state-legislature/stories/20251124088

Every dollar you give supports the canvassers who are having thousands of conversations that transform cynicism into civic engagement—one doorstep at a time. https://secure.ngpvan.com/XisA1iCw80azj2HOoFd8Ig2

The Ohio Voter Rights Coalition—including Common Cause, League of Women Voters, and ACLU—is urging Gov. DeWine to veto SB 293. The bill eliminates the ballot grace period and enables purges without notice. https://bit.ly/4puHBKJ

🚨 URGENT: The Ohio legislature just passed SB 293—an anti-voting law that makes it harder for thousands of Ohioans to cast their ballots. ❌ New citizen verification hurdles that complicate the voting process ❌ Elimination of the mail-in ballot grace period Call DeWine 614-466-3555: VETO SB 293!!!

Join our organizers Bella and Jo for an inside look at how we're connecting with communities across Ohio through deep canvassing and rural outreach. Learn what Ohioans are telling us, how we're building relationships that win campaigns. https://www.mobilize.us/ohiocitizenaction/event/870871/

🚨 URGENT: The Ohio legislature just passed SB 293—an an anti-voter rights law. What's in this bill? ❌ New citizen verification hurdles that complicate the voting process ❌ Elimination of the mail-in ballot grace period Call Gov. DeWine 614-466-3555 and leave a message: VETO SB 293!!!

After election season, we took time to celebrate what matters most: our incredible team. From a Dave & Buster's fun day to our first-ever board and staff retreat, we're grateful for the people who power our work every single day. 💚

"We can build our way to energy abundance and lower prices, but only if policymakers stop blocking the most cost-effective solutions available. Until then, families will continue paying the price for this self-inflicted energy emergency." https://bit.ly/48czag3

Ohio lawmakers just passed SB 293. It started as an absentee ballot restriction, got worse when they added SB 153's harshest provisions, and now it's headed to the governor's desk. Call Gov. DeWine - demand a VETO. https://bit.ly/3X3eh1Y

HB 303 just passed the House! Community Energy gives renters, farmers & small businesses access to affordable, locally-produced energy. Community Energy connects in months, not years. As demand grows, we need affordable, local solutions to get electrons on the grid. On to the Senate!

BREAKING: FirstEnergy hit with $250 MILLION in fines for bribing politicians in the HB6 scandal. $180M goes back to customers starting in December. We're finally getting money back from the HB6 scandal! ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ https://bit.ly/47Qi8FV

As restrictions on renewable energy proliferate across the country, residents in one Ohio county are pushing back. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social @ohiocitizen.org www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

For the first time ever, a county's renewable energy ban is going to the voters. Richland County residents collected over 4,300 signatures in just 30 days to put this on the ballot. "So now it goes to a countywide vote...instead of three guys." This is people power. https://bit.ly/44hZynD

🚨 TOMORROW at NOON: The Ohio House Energy Committee could vote on HB 303—the Community Energy Pilot Program bill that would let communities generate their own power and lower electric bills. This is our chance for energy democracy! Watch live at ohiochannel.org

When the grid is stressed and demand peaks, someone has to cut back. Right now, that burden falls on families and businesses. Consumer advocates say data centers—using as much power as small cities—should be first in line for cutoffs until they bring their own supply. https://bit.ly/48fuAPv

Sunshine ☀️ Sheep 🐑 and Solar Power - all the medicine we need to cure the Monday Blues. How about ewe?

A new report from the IEEFA highlights the opportunity to expand the use of agrivoltaics market to boost generation from renewable energy, decrease water use, and increase yields—a win for renewable energy and agricultural communities. https://bit.ly/4rfNFbY

🙄 ALEC is at it again—pushing fossil fuel-friendly "grid stability" bills across the country to block clean energy. Great reporting from the Center For Media and Democracy exposing how these bills disguise fossil fuel handouts as "reliability" measures. https://bit.ly/43qlqgn

"We’re all tired of paying more for electricity. We can pay less if state legislators and utility regulators seize the moment and act in the interest of consumers — rather than the shareholders of utility companies." https://bit.ly/49ZFPN8

📊 New federal data: Electricity prices up 23% this year, another 8.5% coming in 2026. Data centers and crypto mining are driving massive demand surges nationwide, the Energy Information Administration said in its latest short-term energy outlook. https://bit.ly/48d02Oi

✊ When you knock on doors, sometimes you meet people who get it so well they write letters like this. Joshua from Stow nailed exactly why HB 303 matters: Clear rules, real protections, and benefits that show up on an actual monthly bill. Write to your rep today! https://bit.ly/47s49G6

💡 Remember HB6? The corruption scandal that put Ohio families on the hook for outdated coal plants? This year, we ended another major piece of that scandal. House Bill 15 repealed the OVEC coal bailout—and it happened because Ohioans refused to stay silent. https://www.ohiocitizen.org/donate

Our Volunteer Coordinator Linda experienced firsthand how Ohio's voting system can fail even experienced voters. Despite updating her registration multiple times, outdated records nearly prevented her from voting last Tuesday. SB 153 would create more barriers for Ohio voters. https://bit.ly/4nSNmk9

This isn't just about one district. It's about Democratic leaders choosing "deals in Columbus" over fighting for Ohio voters. Republicans locked into 12 of 15 districts through 2031, and northwest Ohio's voice diminished. We needed fighters. We got dealmakers. https://bit.ly/4oVKkwy

Ohio DNR's Mary Mertz tells WOSU she wants young people to fall in love with Ohio's gorgeous state parks featured in new IMAX docu film. bit.ly/3WMkDCE No mention how the same Gov. Mike DeWine promoting these parks also fracks them. @ohiocitizen.org @twrader.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com

Who should pay when data centers connect to Ohio's grid? The families and small businesses already struggling with rate hikes or the tech giants? Ohio regulators chose fairness. Now manufacturers want the Supreme Court to reverse it. https://bit.ly/47y7Fi3

Operations Director Eboni Mitchell on attending the Congressional Black Caucus Conference: "Progress depends on our collective courage to act boldly, stand together and uplift others." Thank you, Eboni, for bringing this energy and commitment back to our work in Ohio. https://bit.ly/3LDJtCl

FirstEnergy wants the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s approval to recover $108 million in “overhead costs” flagged in multiple audits by state and federal regulators from its Ohio customers energyandpolicy.org/firstenergy-...

Remember when SOS Frank LaRose said elections should be handled at the state level and federal officials should stay out? That was until Ohio prosecutors looked at his "fraud" cases and found nothing. Now LaRose is forum shopping his debunked voter fraud claims to Trump's DOJ. https://bit.ly/3JotvLP

Ex-Speaker Larry Householder is serving 20 years for taking bribes. Now the FirstEnergy execs accused of paying those bribes finally face trial. Chuck Jones and Mike Dowling's trial will take place in January and their 17 defense attorneys are fighting to keep evidence secret. https://bit.ly/4nHBlhq

Welcome to the team, Linda Ozello! (pictured far left with our Cleveland field team) Linda recently joined Ohio Citizen Action as our Volunteer Coordinator for Rural Projects, where she will help to empower rural communities through volunteer-led organizing. 💚

“They’ve hurt democracy by passing these maps. I think we would have been better served if they had stood their ground and let us try to do some sort of a referendum if it went through the legislature, let the Republicans be accountable for their bad act, and not cave in" https://bit.ly/43OSJd3

Ohio election official Bob McCollister on SB 153: "Nobody thinks non-citizens should vote, but this is a problem that doesn't exist." LaRose's own fraud hunt found almost nothing, yet now he wants requirements that will disenfranchise rural voters, seniors, and married women. https://bit.ly/3Lscjpe

HB 303 is moving through the Ohio House Energy Committee NOW. This bill would create a community energy pilot program and give ratepayers the opportunity to invest in local, affordable energy projects. Contact your state rep and tell them to support HB 303! https://bit.ly/47s49G6

"Betrayal can be dressed up as bipartisan or best-case scenario, but it is still betrayal. Ohio Republicans picked off two more congressional districts to gerrymander, in defiance of the Ohio Constitution and the clear will of Ohio voters." https://bit.ly/4hMFuiW

On Election Day, the Ohio Senate has an anti-voting bill sitting in committee. SB 153 pretends to be about election security but actually creates barriers to registration, increases provisional ballots, and creates hurdles to petition signature gathering. https://bit.ly/4orTNfo

moooove aside, sheep! https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02112025/cattle-solar-grazing/

Whatever you think about the new map, one thing is certain - it only matters if people vote. Competitive districts. Engaged citizens. High turnout. That's the formula for responsive government. 🗳️ Please remember to vote tomorrow! 🇺🇸 https://bit.ly/3LGSaM5

🚜 Ohio farmers are backing a community solar bill that could give them extra income while helping neighbors lower energy costs. Mark Clay hopes Ohio's community solar pilot passes so he can earn income and keep developers from turning his land into subdivisions. https://bit.ly/490QVkO

Solar and wind now meet 40% of Texas electricity demand—not because of mandates, but because it's cheaper. 🏆 "Nobody's running out to build something that's overpriced and can't be counted on," says energy analyst Dennis Wamsted (IEEFA). https://bit.ly/47zW0y2

Our redistricting process is broken. By leaving it in the hands of partisan elected officials, we are stuck in a loop that leads to unconstitutional and disproportional maps. These districts simply do not follow the rules that an overwhelming majority of Ohioans voted for. https://bit.ly/3Lj03aw

Earlier this month, Leader Isaacsohn called Ohio’s 11–4 map “a gerrymander.” ‼️Now he’s cutting a deal with Republicans for a 12–3 map, even more rigged. You can’t call it unfair one week and sign off the next. Ohioans deserve #fairmaps, not sellouts. #ohio