COLUMBUS, Ohio - A policy designed to reduce net electricity demand statewide by offering rebates in exchange for energy-efficient upgrades, gutted by state lawmakers in 2019 via legislation that sent a House Speaker to federal prison, cleared the Ohio House last week.

That's the closest lawmakers have come to restoring "energy efficiency" programs in Ohio, albeit in a more modest form, in the four years since the House Bill 6 bribery scandal came to light.