When lobbying efforts failed to produce subsidies, FirstEnergy resorted to bribery.



When citizens tried to organize a referendum to repeal House Bill 6, FirstEnergy indulged in dirty tactics.



The House Bill 6 scandal continues to unravel, Friend :



FirstEnergy admits it used customer money to pass House Bill 6



It turns out that we were paying for the corruption all along. FirstEnergy officials admitted last week that ratepayers paid for political & lobbying efforts, as first reported by @clevelanddotcom <[link removed]>. FirstEnergy has so far provided few answers regarding how much customer money was involved, and when/how that money will be refunded to customers.







Coshocton leaders call for Householder removal









All three Coshocton County commissioners as well as several county Republican Party committee members are among those who signed a letter asking House Speaker Bob Cupp to immediately replace Larry Householder as their state representative <[link removed]>.



They wrote, "holding an elective office is not a right, it is a privilege and a sacred trust. The State of Ohio deserves to proceed with the work of the people and it is clear to us that Representative Householder cannot effectively serve the interests of Coshocton County while the criminal charges are ongoing.”







A timeline of Speaker Cupp’s inaction on removing Householder from office



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Tyler Buchanan from the Ohio Capital Journalput together a timeline  <[link removed]>showing all of Speaker Cupp’s statements regarding Householder in context with what has happened. 



When asked by a reporter on Thursday whether House Republicans have finally decided whether to expel Householder, Speaker Cupp replied,"No update from last week or the week before or the week before."







DeWine defends top aide embroiled in HB6 scandal



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Responding to a press question about FirstEnergy and his top aide Dan McCarthy, Mike DeWine said "I have faith in his integrity."



The feds haven’t accused DeWine’s aide, Legislative Affairs Director Dan McCarthy of wrongdoing, but they refer to his dark-money group in an affidavit supporting Householder’s arrest as an “Energy Pass-Through.”



When he was still a lobbyist for FirstEnergy,McCarthy started a dark money group - Partners For Progress - that formed a link in the money chain <[link removed]> between FirstEnergy, Generation Now and the effort to pass HB6.



The coal subsidies - another reason to repeal HB6







The Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) coal subsidies are one of the worst aspects of HB6, yet repealing the OVEC provisions is one of the least talked about aspects as the legislature moves forward on piecemeal repeal.



House Bill 6 provides $233,000 a day in subsidies to prop up two 66-year-old coal plants <[link removed]>— the Kyger Creek Plant in Cheshire, Ohio, and the Clifty Creek Plant in Madison, Indiana.







Almost $100 million has been collected for the effort so far. 



There are a number of bills moving in the legislature that will repeal parts of House Bill 6, but we continue to advocate for full clean repeal of the entire bill. 







Urge Senate President Matt Huffman to bring a full repeal bill to the floor. There's no time to waste.



(614) 466-7584



if you prefer to write, his email is [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>











There is some good news to share!







The City of Lima joins Power A Clean Future Ohio



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On February 17th, Power a Clean Future Ohio (PCFO) Executive Director Joe Flarida joined Lima Mayor David Berger in announcing <[link removed]> that Lima has become the 10th Ohio city to join the campaign since February 2020. Local communities like Lima are joining the PCFO campaign because they are ready to begin taking steps to reduce emissions in ways that are achievable, equitable, measurable, and economical. 



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