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Columbus, Cincinnati File Lawsuit To Stop New Electric Bill Charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Leaders in Columbus and Cincinnati have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop new charges from appearing on electric bills next year created through… Read More
Ohio GOP Lawmakers Favor Remake Of Tainted Energy Bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There appears to be consensus among Republican lawmakers to replace a bill tainted by an alleged bribery scandal to provide $1 billion in subsidies to two… Read More
Ex-House Speaker Runs For Reelection Despite Federal Charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Rep. Larry Householder’s name will be on the ballot Election Day as the disgraced Ohio lawmaker intends to serve his district for another term. This… Read More
DeWine Expects Nuclear Bailout Repeal During Lame Duck Session
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s been nearly three months since former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others connected to him were arrested on federal charges of… Read More
Committee Adjourns On Eve Of Deadline To Repeal Bailout Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House committee set up to determine the fate of the law now tainted by a $60 million federal bribery investigation adjourned for the coming… Read More
Yost Files Civil Case Against FirstEnergy, HB6 Corruption Defendants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost (R-Ohio) is attempting to block nuclear power plants from receiving what could be more than a billion dollars of ratepayer money from… Read More
House Dems Say HB6 Repeal Taking Too Long
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House is planning another hearing on a potential repeal of HB6, the legislation that which big changes to Ohio energy laws and… Read More
Opponents Say Poll Shows Little Support For HB6
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group calling for the repeal of a sweeping energy law that bailed out nuclear power plants says they have public opinion on their side. The coalition… Read More
Ohio House Holds Hearings On HB6 Repeal Proposal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House has started hearings on a potential repeal of HB6, the sweeping energy law that bails out nuclear power plants. A federal… Read More
House Committee To Hold 1st Hearing On Repeal Of Bailout Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House lawmakers planned a Thursday hearing to begin repealing and replacing a nuclear plant bailout law. The law is at the center of a $60 million… Read More
State Watchdog Seeks Probe Of Utility Tied To Bribery Scheme
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s consumer watchdog wants a regulatory agency to investigate whether the state’s largest electric utility used customer money to fund an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving… Read More
Supporters, Opponents Of HB6 Debate Final Cost On Electric Bills
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House will begin to hold hearings on a possible repeal of a sweeping energy bill that bailed out nuclear power plants, among… Read More
Ohio Senate President Says He Favors “Straight Repeal” Of Nuclear Bailout Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) has appointed the members of a committee that will consider the nuclear bailout law at the center of a $61 million federal… Read More
Ohio House Creates New Committee For Nuclear Bailout Repeal Debate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio House have announced the creation of a new committee to hold hearings on the potential repeal of HB6, a… Read More
Yost Considering Legal Action To Stall Electric Bill Hikes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost (R-Ohio) says he’s considering taking legal action to stall the billion dollar nuclear power plant bailout as legislators consider a possible… Read More
Former Ohio House Speaker Needs More Time To Find Lawyer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former speaker of the Ohio House says he needs more time to find a lawyer to defend him against a conspiracy charge related to an… Read More
Lawmaker Says HB6 Benefits Ratepayers With ‘Lower Electric Costs’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the calls for a repeal of the state’s nuclear power plant bailout grow louder, there are legislators who are standing by the law that made sweeping changes to… Read More
Power Failure: A Massive Bribery Scheme Could Change Ohio Valley Energy Systems
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (OVR) — One of the country’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, with a large presence in the Ohio Valley, has emerged at the center of a $60 million bribery… Read More
Ohio Governor Reverses Course, Calls To Repeal Energy Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has reversed course and called for a nuclear bailout energy law to be repealed in the wake of the state’s $60 million… Read More
Lawmakers Crafting Legislation To Repeal HB6
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are quickly putting a proposal together that would repeal the energy laws created through House Bill 6. It’s a sweeping energy bill… Read More
Some State Leaders Calling For Speaker Householder To Resign Following His Arrest
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s been just over 24 hours since Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested and charged with bribery and racketeering. And since that time, the chorus… Read More
Nuclear Power Plant Bailout At The Center Of Federal Corruption Case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) has been arrested in connection to a $61 million public corruption racketeering conspiracy case. He and four other… Read More
Nuclear Bailout Opponents End Their Referendum Attempt
The group that was fighting to overturn Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout has dropped its case in court which means the plan for additional fees on electric bills to subsidize nuclear and coal… Read More
Future of Nuclear Bailout Law Could Depend on Ohio Supreme Court
The window has closed for parties to file in the Ohio Supreme Court case over whether the new energy law, HB6, can be subject to a citizen referendum. The energy law… Read More
Deadline to File to Overturn Controversial Nuclear Bailout Law a Week Away
On October 21, the group that wants to overturn Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout law is required to submit nearly 266,000 valid signatures to halt that law and put it… Read More