FirstEnergy

Two companies created by the former head of the state’s utilities regulating panel to take bribes from FirstEnergy have made a deal with the state to close out proceedings against them.

FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges from the SEC, but the federal agency will go ahead with civil fraud charges against the utility’s former top executive.

FirstEnergy won’t face state criminal charges in the investigation into the $60 million bribery scheme surrounding the nuclear power plant bailout law House Bill 6.

The deal is the latest in the $60 million bribery scheme that involved Republican former speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges, who are both in federal prison.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he asked a lot of people for money during his 2018 campaign and doesn't remember asking FirstEnergy for a half-million dollar donation.

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A coalition formed by pro-democracy and environmental groups was disappointed Wednesday when Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office refused to meet with them as they call for the state to dissolve FirstEnergy's ability to do business in the state.

Advocates for Ohio electric customers are questioning FirstEnergy's commitment to transparency and ethics in the continued wake of the nuclear bailout bribery scandal.

The First Energy Accountability Coalition is asking Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to pull the plug on Akron-based FirstEnergy. Its members hope to get his attention at a rally Wednesday at the Statehouse.

The cost of an audit to track First Energy's political spending after the corrupt House Bill 6 is likely to go up because it has taken so long to move forward with it.