UPDATED: FirstEnergy charged federally, agrees to terms of deferred prosecution settlement Comment sought from Rep. Wilkin on HB 6 The Highland County Press House Bill 6, as previously reported, was co-sponsored by Republican Reps. Shane Wilkin, R-Hillsboro, and Jamie Callender, R-Lake County. The bill included a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants operated at the time by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. According to the federal criminal complaint, a conspiracy to pass the bill had its roots on a flight FirstEnergy provided to former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, and his son to President Donald Trump’s January 2017 inauguration.