Those discussions include the possibility of FirstEnergy entering into a deferred prosecution agreement, the filing said. Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder and four others were arrested and charged by the Department of Justice in July 2020 in connection with a federal corruption scandal. The scandal, in which FirstEnergy became embroiled, allegedly involved a racketeering conspiracy that concerned $60 million being paid to nonprofit group Generation Now (which was also charged) to pass and uphold a billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout. Before Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed legislation on March 31, 2021, repealing the nuclear bailout and other provisions of the earlier bill, it would have directed more than $1 billion in state subsidies to nuclear power plants formerly owned by a FirstEnergy subsidiary.