The U.S. Department of Justice criminally indicted and signed a deferred prosecution agreement with FirstEnergy for the Company’s efforts to bribe Ohio officials as part of the House Bill 6 scandal.

In this indictment, new details of inappropriate communications between FirstEnergy executives and Sam Randazzo, the former chairman of the PUCO and OPSB were made available.

Randazzo resigned last year after the FBI raided his home and it became clear he had taken $4.3 million from FirstEnergy immediately before his appointment as PUCO Chairman.

It is imperative Ohioans have faith in the objectivity, fairness, commitment to the public interest, and accountability of the PUCO and OPSB, the regulatory body in charge of overseeing Ohio’s electric utilities.

The revelations about Randazzo’s actions call into question Ohioans' ability to trust this critical state agency.

Submit a comment to Ohio Attorney General David Yost and Ohio Inspector General Randall Meyer to demand a full inquiry and audit of the PUCO, OPSB, and every decision Sam Randazzo adjudicated before he resigned in disgrace.

This is corruption on a previously unseen scale and it demands unprecedented action. 

As the scandal around FirstEnergy’s corruption of Ohio’s elected officials and regulatory bodies continues to unfold, it's more clear now than ever that Ohio needs to review and strengthen ethics rules and requirements for utility regulations and regulators.

We must know the full extent of the corruption so we can move forward -- add your message today.