Ohio
Ohio regulators decline to force FirstEnergy to hire an independent auditor
The order agrees that spending should be open to review but first requires the company to review itself.
Ohio
HB 6 costs go well beyond claimed harm to public trust in Ohio
Here’s what’s at stake as Ohio lawmakers debate whether and how to repeal the bailout law at the heart of an alleged $60 million conspiracy case.
Ohio
Murray Energy’s limited disclosures on Ohio conspiracy case leave big questions unanswered
The for-profit corporate structure of Hardworking Ohioans, Inc. and other groups precludes transparency on how companies use money to influence energy policy.
Ohio nuclear bailout
HB 6 repeal would address only part of Ohio lawmakers’ recent actions to slow renewables
But a complete repeal is needed as a minimum to undo the bill’s gutting of the clean energy standards, advocates say.
politics
Dark money dominated Ohio’s nuclear subsidy saga
A March report from the Energy News Network outlines the dark money links to the passage of HB 6, Ohio’s nuclear bailout bill.