Category: Energy Harbor
Bankruptcy judge questioned FirstEnergy Solutions’ law firm about a draft political contributions motion that was never filed
Bankruptcy court records show lawyers for FirstEnergy Solutions drafted, but never filed, a motion seeking a judge’s approval to make political contributions shortly before the company contributed $500,000 to the...
FirstEnergy attributed Ohio utility regulator’s actions to $4.3 million payment
A state utility regulator in Ohio acted “at the request or for the benefit” of FirstEnergy “as a consequence of receiving” a $4.3 million payment from the utility company shortly...
13 FirstEnergy utilities paid $144 million for external affairs to service company involved in Ohio bribery scandal
FirstEnergy utilities in five states paid $144 million over three years for external affairs support from the central service company that’s alleged to be the source of tens of millions...
AEP gave campaign cash to HB 6 repeal committee members
American Electric Power (AEP) made campaign contributions to seven Ohio state representatives after they joined a new select committee tasked with repealing and replacing House Bill 6, the energy law...
Bill Seitz’s FirstEnergy bailout bill is one target of a subpoena
Records show Rep. Bill Seitz, the third-ranking Republican in the Ohio House, worked with FirstEnergy to draft a nuclear power plant bailout bill that’s now the subject of a federal...
Ohio corruption scandal hits Energy Harbor bankruptcy case
Updated on August 18, 2020: The judge in Energy Harbor’s bankruptcy case will take another three months to consider final approval of fees and expenses for the utility’s outside firms,...
Energy Harbor reveals money, risks involved in Ohio bailout
Financial documents from Energy Harbor reveal new details about FirstEnergy Corp.’s involvement in the multi-million dollar political campaign behind Ohio’s law forcing consumers to bail out struggling coal and nuclear...