12.21.2020 / 5:12 PM Catherine Turcer Executive Director Common Cause Ohio (614) 579-5509 cturcer@commoncause.org Today, a collection of open government and consumer advocates and former Statehouse reporters who championed open and accountable government called on Governor Mike DeWine to require additional financial disclosure from applicants to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Their letter calls for the governor to require all finalists to disclose all work they have done with utilities, their consultants, and lobbyists over the past 10 years including the nature of the work performed and the amount of compensation received. “Ohio’s financial disclosure requirements are simply inadequate,” said Catherine Turcer, executive director of Common Cause Ohio. “We are urging Governor DeWine to require more robust disclosure for the applicants before he considers appointing one of them to the Public Utilities Commission. Ohioans should be able to ‘follow the money’; such disclosure will help Governor DeWine identify conflicts of interest and could help head off future problems.”