No Decision On First Energy Bill

Ohio lawmakers end the 2020 legislative session…without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion dollar bailout for two aging nuclear power plants. After more than four months of negotiations, it failed to reach a deal to fix House Bill 6, the 2019 legislation…under scrutiny since then-Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder and four others were arrested in late July. Federal authorities say Householder led a $60 million bribery scheme…secretly funded by Akron-based FirstEnergy…to win legislative approval for a $150 million dollar annual subsidy for the nuclear plants.