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FirstEnergy says it has taken steps to move forward. Issues related to HB 6 continue to play a role in the company’s push to raise charges and more.
FirstEnergy says it has taken steps to move forward. Issues related to HB 6 continue to play a role in the company’s push to raise charges and more.
The first criminal charges have been filed against two former FirstEnergy executives, nearly four years after the initial arrests of former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and others in Ohio’s ongoing House Bill 6 corruption scandal. The company says it has taken significant steps to move forward. Yet issues related to HB 6 continue to play a role in the company’s push to raise ratepayer charges, ongoing shareholder litigation and more.
If Issue 1 had passed, any proposed constitutional amendment would have needed 60% of the vote to pass.
In October 2019, as a battle raged over an attempt to repeal a $1.3 billion utility bailout, a FirstEnergy executive worked to keep the name of a senior aide to Gov. Mike DeWine off of a $10 million infusion of corporate cash into the fight.