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FirstEnergy
FirstEnergy reached an agreement with the Office of Ohio Attorney General and the Office of the Summit County Prosecutor to resolve all outstanding proceedings on the firm’s bribery scandal.
Electric cat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
AEP Ohio is asking state regulators to create new tariffs that would force data center developers to pay for 90 to 95% of their projected electrical demand for their first 10 years of operation, even if they use less.
WKRC
Former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo, who faced multiple criminal counts for taking millions in bribes from FirstEnergy, died by suicide, according to multiple news reports.
Versant Power
The U.S. Department of Energy finalized energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers to increase grid efficiency and save $824 million annually.
EPA
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared inclined to pause the Biden administration’s Good Neighbor Plan, an EPA rule to limit ozone-forming nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants and industrial facilities in certain states.
RMI
An RMI study about grid-enhancing technologies on the PJM grid found they could save consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year and speed renewable development.
Energy Harbor
FERC approved Vistra's purchase of Energy Harbor, which will allow Vistra to set up a new clean generation/retail firm while spinning off the combined firms' fossil plants into a separate subsidiary.
WKRC
Three former Ohio utility and regulatory officials face dozens of new charges in the House Bill 6 scandal.
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio and Pennsylvania lawmakers met in Columbus for a hearing on the future reliability of the PJM grid, quizzing RTO and industry insiders on the role states can have in maintaining resource adequacy.
WKRC
Former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo pleaded not guilty to charges that FirstEnergy paid him $4 million in bribes before his appointment to aid the utility.
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