Tag: house bill 6
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...
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...
FirstEnergy front group paid convicted lobbyist Matthew Borges’ firm to attack Cleveland Public Power
This post is part two of a two-part blog series. Part one reveals FirstEnergy’s secret role in funding Consumers Against Deceptive Fees, based on subpoenaed bank records. Part two looks...
FirstEnergy dark money payments included over $550,000 for ‘consumers’ group’s campaign against Cleveland Public Power
This post is part one of a two-part blog series. Part one reveals FirstEnergy’s secret role in funding Consumers Against Deceptive Fees, based on subpoenaed bank records. Part two looks...
American Electric Power-backed dark money group spent over $1.5 million in 2020
Empowering Ohio’s Economy, a group funded solely by American Electric Power, contributed more than $1.5 million to dark money groups in 2020, according to the organization’s tax filings. The source...
DeWine raked in campaign money from AEP after the utility revealed a subpoena from the SEC
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine received $25,500 in campaign contributions from American Electric Power’s PAC and some of the electric utility’s top executives one month after AEP revealed it received a...
SEC subpoenas American Electric Power for House Bill 6 documents
Plus: Mike DeWine’s calendars reveal meetings with leaders from AEP and an AEP-backed dark money group during the final weeks of DeWine’s 2018 campaign for governor American Electric Power disclosed...
AEP resumes political contributions paused after U.S. Capitol attack
American Electric Power resumed making political contributions in April, after a three-month pause in response to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald...
Money trail in FirstEnergy corruption scandal leads outside Ohio
FirstEnergy improperly used money collected from customers in five states to pay for expenses connected to the ongoing corruption scandal in Ohio, the company has confirmed. The money was collected...
Energy Harbor reveals money, risks involved in Ohio bailout
Financial documents from Energy Harbor reveal new details about FirstEnergy Corp.’s involvement in the multi-million dollar political campaign behind Ohio’s law forcing consumers to bail out struggling coal and nuclear...