Utility members silent on Ohio Chamber’s opposition to Issue 1, but their money speaks volumes
Utility members of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce are silent on the industry group’s opposition to Issue 1, which aims to depoliticize how voting districts are drawn in Ohio. The...
Issue 1 opponent Ohio Works’ funders include utility and gas industry-backed groups
Major funders of Issue 1 opponent Ohio Works include the American Jobs and Growth Fund, a dark-money organization with financial ties to the utility and methane gas industries, and the...
Ohio Oil and Gas Association opposes Issue 1: Members have benefited from one-party rule in Columbus
The Ohio Oil and Gas Association has come out in opposition to Issue 1, the ballot initiative that aims to depoliticize how voting districts are drawn in Ohio and end...
Subpoenaed records detail FirstEnergy’s secret political spending to influence then-President Donald Trump
How FirstEnergy, one of America’s most corrupt utilities, secretly spent millions of dollars as it pursued a multi-billion-dollar federal bailout for its coal and nuclear plants during Donald Trump’s presidency,...
Donald Trump and J.D. Vance PACs raked in millions from gas industry megadonors Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin
Ariel Corporation chairman and her spouse have also opposed new solar farms in Ohio Gas industry megadonor couple Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin together contributed at least $2.4 million...
FirstEnergy floats $13.6 million refund in Pennsylvania in response to Ohio criminal investigation and audits of influence spending charged to customers
FirstEnergy is proposing to refund $13.6 million to Pennsylvania customers who the company mischarged for payments related to the utility’s bribery schemes in Ohio, as well as advertising, lobbying, sports...
Blocking renewable energy is a top state legislative priority for network of pro-fossil fuels think tanks
The State Policy Network (SPN) announced on its website last month that it will focus on working with state lawmakers to prevent states from adopting wind and solar power in...
Who’s who in former PUCO chairman Samuel Randazzo’s indictment?
A federal grand jury has indicted former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman Samuel Randazzo on bribery and fraud charges. FirstEnergy is not named in the indictment, which was unsealed...
Political consultant for pipeline company teams up with anti-wind and solar activists in Michigan
A new group formed by anti-wind and solar activists in Michigan has teamed up with a Republican political consulting firm that also represents an oil and gas pipeline company to...
Potomac Edison faces Maryland audit after admitting it charged customers for FirstEnergy’s bribes and lobbying
Maryland utility regulators ordered a new audit of Potomac Edison last week, after the FirstEnergy-owned utility admitted in a rate case that it owes nearly $1.7 million in refunds to...