FirstEnergy ties in West Virginia to the Ohio House Bill 6 bribery scandal loom as a PSC-ordered audit of Mon Power and Potomac Edison lobbying expenses advances.
FirstEnergy ties in West Virginia to the Ohio House Bill 6 bribery scandal loom as a PSC-ordered audit of Mon Power and Potomac Edison lobbying expenses advances.
A West Virginia Public Service Commission-approved audit of Mon Power and Potomac Edison lobbying expenses intended to cover costs charged to the utilities related to the largest bribery scandal in
A federal jury found Larry L. Householder guilty in March of participating in a racketeering conspiracy that resulted in a $1.3 billion bailout for two struggling nuclear power plants.
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Records show Ohio state politicians refunded nearly $50,000 in recent months to a political action committee of American Electric Power, a beneficiary of a massive coal-fired power plant bailout via scandal-tainted legislation enacted last year.
Nine state senators and two House representatives, all Republican, returned a total of $19,500 in campaign contributions to an AEP political arm between October and December, campaign finance records show.
Additionally, Gov. Mike DeWine in January returned a $10,000 check to the utility, which sells electricity to about 1.4 million Ohioans.
The utility’s PAC also reported contributing nearly $20,000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee July 9, which was returned Sept. 24.