DeWine picks ex-judge as new Ohio utility commission chair
By MARK GILLISPIE and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSMarch 19, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A former county judge was selected Friday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as the next chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Jenifer French will succeed Sam Randazzo, who resigned as the state’s top utility regulator in November days after FBI agents searched his Columbus townhome and Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. revealed company top executives had paid him $4.3 to end a consulting contract.
FirstEnergy in U.S. Securities Exchange filings indicated the payment made a month before DeWine selected him as utilities commission chair was for future favors at the agency. Randazzo previously declined to comment about the payment.
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