FirstEnergy’s push to defend House Bill 6 payments as ‘contributions’ appears to veer from corporate strategy © JOHN KUNTZ/The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio – In the past seven months, FirstEnergy Corp. appeared to follow the playbook of how to move beyond a political scandal.
It fired top executives, dropped its longtime lobbyists in Columbus and brought in a new ethics officer. It even studied its process of political giving.
The company also said it was cooperating with the Justice Department over House Bill 6, a $1.3 billion bailout of two nuclear plants once owned by a subsidiary. Federal authorities have accused the utility and its affiliate of paying $60 million in bribes to then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and a clique of allies to prime the legislative pump.
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FirstEnergy s push to defend House Bill 6 payments as contributions appears to veer from corporate strategy
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