Testimony submitted on SB 117
By Beth Sergent - bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio Proposed legislation currently in an Ohio Senate Committee, could affect the Kyger Creek Power Plant located in Gallia County, and, as both supporters and critics argue, consumers.
Senate Bill 117 (SB 117) states its a bill to “amend section 4928.01 and to repeal section 4928.148 of the Revised Code to repeal the legacy generation resource provisions of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly and provide customers refunds.”
According to documents filed via the senate’s committee, the legislation’s primary sponsors, Sen. Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario from District 22) and Sen. Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus from District 15), wrote, in part:
Testimony submitted on SB 117 - Pomeroy Daily Sentinel mydailysentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mydailysentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More great news for us as we welcome new staff members May 13, 2021 at 12:06 PM
Ohio Citizen Action would like to welcome Senior Utilities Organizer Kyle Marcum and Digital Communications Associate Tobili Hatcher to our staff.
Tobili Hatcher
We recently hired Tobili as our new Digital Communications Junior Associate! Tobili will be helping OCA run their social media accounts, design fun and engaging content and interacting with our supporters.
Tobili joins us after graduating last May from Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies, with concentrations in Global Business and Latin America, and a secondary degree in Marketing Management. She was a Staff Reporter for
Randazzo influence remains at PUCO March 31, 2021 at 3:43 PM
More than four months after the FBI raid on Sam Randazzo’s home and his subsequent resignation from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Governor Mike
Thank you to all Ohio Citizen Action and Ohio Consumers Power Alliance members who wrote and called Governor Mike DeWine about the commission. Over 1,500 of us asked him to appoint someone who could offer Ohio a fresh start, not a rubber stamp for utilities.
Unfortunately, French comes to the PUCO with no consumer advocacy experience or energy policy background - a deficit the governor views as a strength. We re skeptical because this lack of experience will likely make the PUCO even more reliant on
DeWine picks ex-judge as new Ohio utility commission chair
By MARK GILLISPIE and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSMarch 19, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A former county judge was selected Friday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as the next chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Jenifer French will succeed Sam Randazzo, who resigned as the state’s top utility regulator in November days after FBI agents searched his Columbus townhome and Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. revealed company top executives had paid him $4.3 to end a consulting contract.
FirstEnergy in U.S. Securities Exchange filings indicated the payment made a month before DeWine selected him as utilities commission chair was for future favors at the agency. Randazzo previously declined to comment about the payment.