FIRST ENERGY FINE 

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, FIRST ENERGY'S ROLE IN THE STATE'S LARGEST PUBLIC BRIBERY SCANDAL HAS LANDED THE POWER PROVIDER A MASSIVE FINE.
OHIO'S UTILITY REGULATORS HAVE HIT FIRST ENERGY WITH A MASSIVE $250 MILLION FINE. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ORDERED FIRST ENERGY TO REFUND CUSTOMERS $180 MILLION AND PAY ANOTHER $70 MILLION IN CIVIL FINES. REGULATORS SAY THE COMPANY ILLEGALLY USED CUSTOMER MONEY MEANT FOR POWER GRID UPGRADES TO SECRETLY FUND A NUCLEAR PLANT BAILOUT SCHEME. INSTEAD, THE HOUSE BILL 6 SCANDAL LED TO THE ARREST OF FORMER OHIO HOUSE SPEAKER LARRY HOUSEHOLDER, WHO IS NOW SERVING 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR BRIBERY.