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House Bill 363 would require consumer representation on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Its sponsor, Cleveland-area state Rep. Daniel Troy said the bill is necessary to bring more balance to the regulatory body that's grown too close to the industry it’s supposed to regulate.
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The First Energy Accountability Coalition is asking Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to pull the plug on Akron-based FirstEnergy. Its members hope to get his attention at a rally Wednesday at the Statehouse.
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Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations mount surrounding the scandal that landed him there.
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Ohio state Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) introduced a bill that would increase consumer protections and transparency in the regulation of utilities in Ohio.
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Jenifer French was appointed as Public Utilities Chair of Ohio in 2021. Sam Randazzo, former head of the PUCO, died of apparent suicide earlier this year after he was indicted for bribery.
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The state of Ohio’s investigation into the House Bill 6 nuclear power plant corruption scandal continues, in spite of the suspected suicide of the former public utilities commission chair.
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Business & EconomyOhio’s electric customers were charged more than $100 million to subsidize two unprofitable coal plants in 2020.
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More than 60 names are on the potential witness list for the state in the trial of former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair Sam Randazzo and former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling.
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Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is serving time in prison after he was convicted on bribery charges for helping to get the controversial bill passed.
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The request from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel comes after Attorney General Dave Yost advised the PUCO to halt four investigations related to the nuclear power plant bailout law known as House Bill 6.