OHIO NUCLEAR BAILOUT SCANDAL -- Conspirators plead guilty, execs fired, FirstEnergy's ratings downgraded -- WHAT YOU CAN DO!

Action alert sent to our members and supporters in Ohio:

In July, news broke that FirstEnergy (FE) Nuclear allegedly bribed the Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder, and perhaps others, with $61 million, to secure, and defend, a $1.3 billion Ohio ratepayer-funded bailout for its dangerously age-degraded Davis-Besse and Perry atomic reactors on the Lake Erie shore, as well as dirty, old coal burners, including one in Indiana.

On October 29, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced guilty pleas from two of the indicted co-conspirators -- a top aide to Householder, and a FE lobbyist. In response, FE abruptly fired three top executives, including its CEO Chuck Jones, who presided over the company during passage of House Bill 6 (HB6) in 2019, its successful but highly controversial defense against a popular ballot initiative petition drive, and this year's revelation of the federal charges alleging public corruption racketeering conspiracy, reportedly the largest in Ohio's history.

As reported by the Akron Beacon Journal, FE's HQ hometown newspaper, Fitch Ratings downgraded FE over its CEO's firing, amidst the investigation of alleged bribery.

Also on Oct. 29, Beyond Nuclear testified at an environmental coalition "People's Hearing," organized to demand the OH state legislature and governor quickly repeal the scandalous, allegedly criminal nuclear/coal bailout, which has already resulted in guilty pleas by two indicted co-conspirators.

What can you do? If you live in Ohio, please contact your Ohio State Representative, your Ohio State Senator (find your legislators and their contact information via those preceding links), and Governor DeWine. Urge them to do all they can to quickly repeal House Bill 6 (HB6), and revoke FE's ill-gotten $1.3 bailout at public expense. You can also write your state legislators via the easy-to-use webform at https://repealhb6.com/, where you can also learn more, by accessing articles, watching the video recordings of the three "People's Hearings" held in recent weeks, and signing up to receive updates on the HB6 repeal campaign. (If you don't live in Ohio, please forward this action alert to people you know who do!)

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