FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy is an investor-owned monopoly utility company that serves over 6 millions customers in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions through its subsidiaries Ohio Edison, Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison, Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power, Jersey City Power & Light, Mon Power, and Potomac Edison. FirstEnergy is the center of ongoing state and federal criminal investigations in Ohio, in which the utility has admitted that it secretly paid millions of dollars in bribes to the former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

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Six Ohio utilities contributed $2 million to DGA and RGA as Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned on lowering energy bills 
May 18, 2026
Six of Ohio’s largest investor-owned electric and gas utilities contributed more than $2 million to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association since January of last year, in an election cycle where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have both campaigned on lowering energy bills for Ohioans if elected as governor.  The six...
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