FirstEnergy Scandal is Latest Example of Utility Corruption, Deceit

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By GuestJul 26, 2020, 10:58 am208 ptsTrending
Read time: 13 mins By Matt Kasper, originally published at Energy and Policy Institute Federal agents arrested Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder, along with several lobbyists, on July 21 on charges that the group used $60 million of funds provided by the monopoly utility FirstEnergy Corp. in…

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