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The energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio will pay $20 million and avoid criminal charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors to resolve its role in the scandal.
The Ohio nuclear bribery scandal (2020) is a political scandal in Ohio involving allegations that electric utility company FirstEnergy paid roughly $60 million to Generation Now, a 501(c)(4) organization purportedly controlled by Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Larry Householder in exchange for passing a $1.3 billion bailout for the nuclear power operator. [1]
One such payment was $4.3 million that FirstEnergy paid Randazzo in January 2019, shortly before DeWine appointed Randazzo to lead the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
FirstEnergy Corp. is a privately owned electric utility headquartered in Akron, Ohio.It was established when Ohio Edison merged with Centerior Energy in 1997. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the distribution, transmission, and generation of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services.
Alexander is a member of the board at: the Ohio Electric Utility Institute and the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, Inc. He is a member of the boards of trustees at: Akron General Health System, The NEOUCOM Foundation, Playhouse Square Foundation, the Green Schools Foundation and The University of Akron Foundation, and serves as vice chairman of the Greater Akron Chamber.
FirstEnergy donated more than $4 million to help elect DeWine and Husted in 2018. The company also donated to the Greene County prosecutor campaign of DeWine's daughter.
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Jul. 22—Federal authorities called the agreement that mandates FirstEnergy pay $230 million in penalties for its role in an alleged bribery scheme a historic event for corporate accountability ...