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The advocate for consumers of Ohio utilities joins the AG in asking PUCO to pause FirstEnergy probes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state agency that watches utilities on behalf of consumers is pulling back on its request for investigations by the Public Utilities Commission of… Read More
![Sam Randazzo leaves federal court in Cincinnati accompanied by his wife and his lawyer Roger Sugarman.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-13-e1705510528862-900x422.webp)
Ex-PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo requests to move his criminal trial from Cincinnati to Columbus
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Samuel Randazzo is requesting that the judge in charge of his criminal case move the trial from Cincinnati to… Read More
![Molly McKenzie Nichols with the Ohio Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign speaks to activists gathered in the lobby of the building housing the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-3-e1680728118221-900x422.webp)
Environmental activists say Ohio utility regulators could halt fees for two coal-fired plants
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Environmental activists are calling on the state’s utility regulators to take action they said is allowed under the nuclear power plant bailout law that… Read More
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Whaley calls for overhaul to PUCO and state energy policy as nuclear bailout anniversary approaches
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the three-year anniversary of the nuclear bailout bill being signed into law approaches, Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, is pushing for… Read More
![Athens City Hall is seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/062221_CityHall_002-scaled-e1632322166288-900x422.jpg)
Athens City Council set to dismantle local towing ordinances years after the state granted regulatory powers to PUCO
By: Jada Respress
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens City Council is set to dismantle towing ordinances that haven’t been enforced for over 15 years. The ordinance sets the towing fees and the process… Read More
![Residential natural gas meter measuring gas consumption.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shutterstock_1078827368-e1654290128978-900x422.jpg)
Columbia Gas of Ohio proposes tripling its monthly fixed rate for natural gas
By: Renee Fox | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Columbia Gas of Ohio is asking the Ohio Public Utilities Commission to approve nearly tripling the flat, monthly distribution charge 1.4 million customers pay before the… Read More
![FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Governor's Office shows Sam Randazzo, of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP20344744631430-e1607621699701-900x422.jpg)
DeWine Learned Of FirstEnergy Payment To Former PUCO Chair Before He Resigned
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has made his first public comments since last week’s plea deal from FirstEnergy in the federal corruption case involving the nuclear power plant bailout… Read More
![FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Governor's Office shows Sam Randazzo, of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP20344744631430-e1607621699701-900x422.jpg)
Group Asks Utilities Commission To Investigate Ex-Chairman
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Environmental advocacy groups have asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to expand an investigation into an alleged bribery scandal to include an examination of the… Read More
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Should State Utility Regulators Be Elected Or Selected?
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The $61 million bribery scandal involving Ohio’s nuclear plant bailout law and a utility widely believed to be FirstEnergy has brought new attention to the… Read More
![Sam Randazzo, former PUCO Chair, on "The State of Ohio"](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screen_shot_2020-11-20_at_10.00.33_am-e1606146727568-900x422.png)
Sam Randazzo Resigns As PUCO Chair To Avoid Being A ‘Distraction’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s top utilities regulations official has resigned just days after FBI agents searched his home in an early morning raid. Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) announced… Read More
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DeWine Deflects Questions On Public Utility Official Searched By FBI
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has deflected questions regarding an FBI search of the Columbus home of the the state’s top utility regulator. DeWine at a coronavirus… Read More
![FBI agents carry boxes out of the Columbus home of Public Utilities Commission Chair Sam Randazzo.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/randazzo_bust_pic_credit_konik-e1605542695837-900x422.jpg)
FBI Agents Search Home Of Chair Of Ohio’s Public Utilities Commission
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Columbus home of the chair of the agency that regulates Ohio utilities was the site of a search by the FBI this morning…. Read More
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PUCO Rejects AEP’s Solar Project Plan
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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State regulators have denied AEP’s plan to charge ratepayers a fee for what would be the largest solar project in Ohio. The decision came down to whether electric customers needed the power plant in order to… Read More
![Solar Panels](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/solar-e1523542117530-900x422.jpg)
AEP Hopes New PUCO Chair Gives Solar Farm A “Fair Shot”
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The panel of state regulators that reviews utility rates will soon have a new leader who has a history of opposing renewable energy issues. This is causing concerns for supporters of… Read More
![Wind Turbines](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AP_500399547131-e1527270018131-900x422.png)
Groups Oppose PUCO Nominee For Past Opposition To Renewable Projects
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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As Gov. Mike DeWine considers who to select as the next member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, a coaltion of environmental groups are calling on DeWine to not… Read More