HB 6 Skirmishes Continue at the Commission
The public uproar over FirstEnergy’s dark money payments to nonprofits controlled by ex-Speaker Householder, and a motion by the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC), prompted the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to open a docket to determine whether “the costs of any political or charitable spending in support of Am. Sub. H.B. 6, or the subsequent referendum effort were […] included, directly or indirectly, in any rates or charges paid by ratepayers in this state.”