STRICKLAND POSTS ENERGY PLAN

Coincidentally, Ted Strickland's campaign just posted his new "Good Jobs through Clean Energy" program.

Shorter version: He'll use $250 million in tax-exempt state bonds plus Third Frontier money to "create new jobs and a cleaner environment by investing in new, cutting-edge sources of energy including biofuels, solar, wind, and clean coal technologies."

Looks like it's basically the Policy Matters/Apollo Alliance approach, with a heavy skew toward clean coal and biofuels. Strickland also wants to target investment to automotive technology, solar and and wind, but doesn't mention hydrogen or fuel cells.

Strickland's plan mentions consumer and business energy costs in passing, but doesn't really talk about reducing them.

So I guess I should send him an e-mail with the same question I asked Fingerhut. Stay tuned.