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Thanks to the scandal-ridden House Bill 6, Ohio electricity
customers will pay an estimated $1.8
BILLION through 2030 to subsidize the Ohio Valley
Electric Coal plants (OVEC) ––Kyger Creek in Ohio, and Clifty Creek in
Indiana.
We are
working to pass SB 117 and HB 351, the OVEC repeal
Both bill's primary sponsors are Republicans; multiple other
Republicans and Democrats are supporting the bill; Governor
DeWine stated he favors repealing all of HB6, which includes OVEC
bailout; yet House Speaker Bob Cupp says that, "I don't think there's
a lot of support for addressing those issues."
An independent audit of the PUCO is
needed
Both AEP and PUCO got to review and edit an "independent
audit" of the OVEC coal plant subsidies that were part of the corrupt
House Bill 6 before the audit was released.
Emails also show the commission wanted a "milder tone" on the
auditor's conclusion: “Therefore, keeping the plants running does not seem to
be in the best interest of the ratepayers.”
The PUCO also wanted "reduced subjectivity" &
less detail on the auditor's statements about the HB 6 scandal & allegations about
FirstEnergy and others.
The Plain Dealer editorial board called
for an independent
audit of
state energy regulators following their handling of power
plant bailout legislation and renewable energy projects while under
the leadership of Sam Randazzo.
We need to trust our
officials are adequately regulating the utilities, not regulating our
ability to hold utilities accountable
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
Feld LLP played a huge role in the passage of House Bill 6 by
organizing lobbying efforts, setting up massive political donations,
and even helping to write the scandal-ridden energy law, members of
the firm wrote in sworn declarations released last night.
The firm billed FirstEnergy $67.9 million for
the work.
Akin Gump’s attempts to lobby the US Department of Energy,
FERC and Congress for a bailout ultimately failed so they advised
"policy solutions at the state level" that included “bipartisan
relationship building, messaging, advocacy, and bipartisan political
contributions” not only with HB6 but with Ohio legislative races, the
2018 Ohio governor’s race — won by Republican Mike DeWine, who signed
HB6 into law — and the elections for Ohio House speaker in 2018 and
2019.
In a sworn statement, one of the lobbyists stated
that contributions to 501(c)(4)s like Generation Now affiliated with
public officials like Larry Householder are "commonplace."
Our calls to
remove FirstEnergy's name from Cleveland stadium have been
heard
Momentum is building to take FirstEnergy's name off of the
Browns' stadium. After Rep Casey Weinstein, Rep Jeff Crossman, and Rep
Kent Smith requested an inquiry, state utility regulators are
launching an investigation into whether FirstEnergy Corp. wrongly used ratepayer money to buy naming
rights to FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.
Help us keep this alive on social media! Please speak your
mind and tag @PUCOhio and the @Browns.
We won't stop until this bill is
repealed in full
Fighting corruption is not easy! Please contribute and help us
root out this
corrupt law once and for all.
Thanks for your help!
Ohio Citizen Action
P.S. Speaker Cupp says there is not a lot of support for removing
OVEC coal subsidy. Let's prove him wrong! Please contact Ohio
House
Call him: 614-466-9624 Send him an email: [email protected] , or go to
http://repealhb6.com to write
all your legislators.
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