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Two years ago today, FBI agents blew open
the biggest bribery scheme in Ohio history with the
arrests of Larry Householder and four associates on
bribery and racketeering charges.
In the 24 months that followed:
- Two men pled guilty
- FirstEnergy fired top
executives
- Ohio's top utility regulator Sam Randazzo
resigned (after the FBI raided his condo)
- one co-defendant died by suicide
- lawmakers expelled Householder from the
Legislature
- FirstEnergy admitted complicity in the bribery
scheme and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the
federal government; and
- Some of the tainted HB6 was repealed
BUT...Ohioans have yet to see justice
fully done.
With your help, our Crime with
DeWine campaign keeps pressing for accountability in Columbus and real
reform at the PUCO.
Our latest video featured Zach Bullheimer, a
Columbus resident who was impacted by last month’s life-threatening
AEP power shutoffs. Zach details how he was personally
affected by the outages, but also how others in his neighborhood
suffered because of grid vulnerabilities and a lack of advanced notice
for consumers.
Governor Mike DeWine knew
these outages were coming, yet did nothing to warn Ohioans. He did,
however, find the time to accept $13,000 in campaign contributions
from AEP in April of this year. His priorities are clear.
Ohio deserves a comprehensive energy policy built around
equitable solutions that are good for our economy, our communities,
and our health. We continue to
call on lawmakers to immediately repeal ALL of HB 6 in order to
reinstate Ohio’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards in
full and stop supporting ratepayer-funded subsidies of antiquated coal
facilities.
You make this work possible!
If there were ever a time to join us, it's now. Every
contribution, however big or small, builds our base of support in the
state and powers our fight.
Please help with a special
gift to celebrate what we've been able to
accomplish together so far.
Thank you!
Ohio Citizen Action
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