Lawmakers To Introduce Bill To Repeal House Bill 6

Two Ohio lawmakers are introducing a measure to repeal House Bill 6.

House Bill 6 is the measure federal authorities say House Speaker Larry Householder and others were bribed with $60 million to push through, that sent state money to two power plants managed by FirstEnergy in Northeast Ohio.

The bill tacked a surcharge on Ohio energy consumers to help bail out the two unprofitable nuclear power plants.

The bill will be introduced by Democratic State Representatives Michael J. Skindell and Michael O’Brien.

The bailout bill for Ohio’s two nuclear power plants was signed into law last July.

Federal prosecutors allege that from March 2017 to March 2020, Householder and others received millions of dollars in exchange for help in passing the bill.

Senator Rob Portman, Governor DeWine and several other state political leaders are calling for Householder’s resignation.