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More than four months after the FBI raid on Sam Randazzo’s
home and his subsequent resignation from the Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine has selected former Franklin County
Common Pleas Judge Jenifer French as his replacement and
new Commission Chair. Judge
French will also serve as chair of the influential Ohio Power Siting
Board.
Thank you to all Ohio Citizen Action and Ohio Consumers
Power Alliance members who wrote and called Governor Mike DeWine about
the commission. Over 1,500 of us asked him to appoint someone who
could offer Ohio a fresh start, not a rubber stamp for utilities.
Unfortunately, French comes to the PUCO with no consumer
advocacy experience or energy policy background - a deficit the
governor views as a strength. We're
skeptical because this lack of experience will likely make the
PUCO even more reliant on Scott Elisar, the Commission’s
legislative and policy director.
Elisar, Randazzo’s former law
firm partner, was appointed to the PUCO nominating committee by
indicted former Speaker Larry Householder. Elisar became PUCO's legislative and policy
director the same month Randazzo became
chairman.
Randazzo influence remains within
the agency and must be removed
Ohioans deserve better than what we got with Sam Randazzo. We
deserve energy policy free of corruption and lies. We congratulate
Judge French and urge her to bring dignity, transparency and the
consumer perspective back to the PUCO. We urge her to commit to a
fresh start.
Please make a special gift today to help us
keep pressing for good government and consumer
rights.
Thank you most sincerely,
Ohio Citizen Action and Ohio Consumers Power Alliance
P.S. Please join us for a special Earth Day
program, Local Solutions to Address Climate
Change on April 21. Ohio Citizen
Action Executive Director Rachael Belz and Carla
Walker, Climate and Environmental Justice Advocate will discuss what
can we do in our own back yard to make progress in the battle against
climate change.
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