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Former House Speaker Larry Householder, is serving 20 years in federal prison for masterminding the racketeering operation at the center of the scandal.

A federal appeals court in Cincinnati Tuesday rejected appeals filed by former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges.

There's an opening on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. For the first time, ethics paperwork was required at the beginning of the process, instead of in the middle.

Two companies created by the former head of the state’s utilities regulating panel to take bribes from FirstEnergy have made a deal with the state to close out proceedings against them.

FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges from the SEC, but the federal agency will go ahead with civil fraud charges against the utility’s former top executive.

State utility regulators at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved $105 million in coal plant subsidies enabled by the corrupt House Bill 6.

FirstEnergy won’t face state criminal charges in the investigation into the $60 million bribery scheme surrounding the nuclear power plant bailout law House Bill 6.

The deal is the latest in the $60 million bribery scheme that involved Republican former speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges, who are both in federal prison.

House Bill 363 would require consumer representation on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Its sponsor, Cleveland-area state Rep. Daniel Troy said the bill is necessary to bring more balance to the regulatory body that's grown too close to the industry it’s supposed to regulate.

The First Energy Accountability Coalition is asking Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to pull the plug on Akron-based FirstEnergy. Its members hope to get his attention at a rally Wednesday at the Statehouse.