The names submitted Monday to the Republican governor include:
- Judith French, an Ohio Supreme Court justice who lost a re-election bid in November
- Anne Vogel, a top DeWine aide and former utility company attorney
- Angela Amos, a policy adviser at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and
- Greg Poulos, the executive director of a consumer advocacy group for utility customers.
31 people applied for the position. The governor has 30 days to pick former chair Samuel Randazzo s replacement. DeWine hired Randazzo to run the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio shortly after he took office in January, 2019.
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Dec 22, 2020
COLUMBUS– A central Ohio judge on Monday blocked the subsidies from a $1 billion nuclear bailout law at the center of a $60 million bribery probe, as state lawmakers scrambled to decide the fate of a repeal effort and nominees were chosen to succeed a utility regulator who resigned amid the investigation.
Franklin County Judge Chris Brown sided with Republican Attorney General Dave Yost and the cities of Cincinnati and Columbus in granting a preliminary injunction that would block the subsidies that were set to be added to every electric bill in the state starting Jan. 1.
“Today’s ruling is a win for all Ohioans,” Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein said in a statement. “HB 6 was passed through deceit, deception and corruption and this decision means that Ohio ratepayers will keep their hard-earned dollars instead of paying for a massive corporate bailout.”
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A pic of then-PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo speaking to a crowd of industry stakeholders and experts at the 24th Annual Ohio Energy Management Conference , shared by the PUCO Twitter account in February 2020.
The list of possible successors to take over as chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has been narrowed to four. One will succeed Sam Randazzo, who resigned last month after a federal filing from FirstEnergy noting an improper $4 million payment to an entity associated with someone who became a state regulator.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Nominating Council has submitted four names from a list of interested candidates to Gov. Mike DeWine to replace Randazzo. They are Angela Amos, Anne Vogel, Greg Poulos and Judith French.
Gov. DeWine signs bills into law Gov. Mike DeWine signed the following bills into law on Monday.
Senate Bill 123, sponsored by Senators Matt Dolan and Nathan Manning, designates the Dunkleosteus terrelli as the state fossil fish.
House Bill 123, sponsored by Representative Gayle Manning and Former Representative Glenn Holmes, establishes the “Safety and Violence Education Students (SAVE Students) Act,” creating new school safety policy provisions. The bill also allows educational service centers to apply for school safety training grants, and begins a pilot program allotting additional funding for dropout prevention and recovery in E-schools.
House Bill 325, sponsored by Representatives Stephanie Howse and Joe Miller, designates February 18 as “Toni Morrison Day.” Morrison, a native of Lorain, Ohio, is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.