Where to begin, Friend?
To recap: FirstEnergy, in a deal with prosecutors, has
admitted to a bribery scheme to pass HB6, which they funded with $61
million.
FirstEnergy said the money helped Householder get
elected, so he could pass HB6, which the company had been pursuing
unsuccessfully for years. The money also bought ads to pressure state
lawmakers to pass the bill, and to undermine a ballot initiative
campaign to repeal it.
Now, according to a
recent audit for the Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio, FirstEnergy should refund ratepayers
$6.6 million for costs that were improperly classified,
misallocated or poorly documented.
We want a deeper
investigation
The audit found payments from FirstEnergy connected to
the nuclear bailout bribery scandal, including Generation Now which
pleaded guilty.
But the report only looked into 17 payments specifically flagged by
FirstEnergy.
Rachael Belz, our executive director, thinks we need to dig deeper.
"You have to wonder, what else don't we know? And it just seems
like this scheme, all around, all the way, top-to-bottom, you know
Householder, HB6, Sam Randazzo, PUCO, FirstEnergy, the whole thing
it's overwhelming,"
We need to hold Governor
DeWine accountable
It was clear well before he was appointed that
Sam Randazzo had deep ties to FirstEnergy and a known bias toward renewables and efficiency. The
fact that the Governor still can't admit that he made a poor choice is
inexcusable.
Please contribute to help us continue to this
work to root out corruption.
Thank you!
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