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Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones , former FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling and former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Sam Randazzo have been charged with 27 counts of felony violations.
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder took a $61 million bribe in exchange for legislation to give FirstEnergy a $1 billion bailout.
H.B. 6 mainly benefited FirstEnergy 's struggling nuclear power plants.
The main beneficiaries of this are American Electric Power Company ( AEP ), Duke Energy and AES Ohio .
Fehrman: "These guys deserve to have everything taken away from them" Borges tried to bribe him to be a part of the scandal, but that conversation was set up and recorded by the feds.
Law professor: "This is just how things get done in Columbus . This is just the normal sausage-making of public policy".
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