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FirstEnergy finally admitted to it, Friend.
FirstEnergy admitted it paid millions of
dollars to elected state officials so they would pursue nuclear
bailout legislation and other policies.
FirstEnergy agreed to pay a $230 million fine for
bribing former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman Sam Randazzo.
According to the deferred prosecution agreement,
FirstEnergy and one of its subsidiaries together paid more than $59
million a the dark money nonprofit which the company knew was operated
for the benefit of Larry Householder.
New court filings confirm that FirstEnergy
paid a $4.3 million bribe to former Public Utility
Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo in exchange for
Randazzo’s help developing a strategy and legal language for House
Bill 6
If House Bill 6
remains, the only thing we have learned is that $230 million is all it
takes to get bills passed in Ohio
The agreement is packed with rich descriptions, cheeky text exchanges and a
detailed money trail. FirstEnergy signed the agreement
and admitted to the facts.
The acting district attorney
said FirstEnergy would not be allowed do use customer money to pay the
fine - one of the conditions that the company must adhere to in order
to have the charges eventually dropped. We will be watching to make
sure that not one ratepayer cent will be used.
It is now up to
Governor DeWine and the Ohio Legislature to take
action
Contact Governor DeWine and Ohio House and Senate
leadership.
Demand a full repeal of HB
6.
House Speaker Bob
Cupp
614-466-9624
[email protected]
Senate President
Matt Huffman
614-466-7584
[email protected]
Office of Gov. Mike
DeWine
Main Line: (614)
466-3555
Governor’s Hotline: (614) 644-4357
Thanks for taking action,
Ohio
Citizen
Action
p.s. Please contribute to help us continue to this
work to root out
corruption.
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