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NEW!1,823sharesCOLUMBUS, Ohio—Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Ohio House are preparing to introduce legislation to repeal House Bill 6, the $1.3 billion nuclear bailout law at the center of on Tuesday.Republican state Reps. Mark Romanchuk of Richland County and Laura Lanese of suburban Columbus are currently soliciting other co-sponsors for a repeal bill, Lanese confirmed via text message Wednesday morning.Separately, Democratic state Reps. Mike Skindell of Lakewood and Michael O’Brien of Warren announced in a release Wednesday they intend to file their own repeal bill.All four of those lawmakers voted against HB 6 when it .HB6 provides massive ratepayer subsidies for Ohio’s Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear power plants, owned and operated by Energy Harbor – formerly FirstEnergy Solutions, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., until it broke away earlier this year.Under the law, from 2021 until 2027, every Ohio electricity customer will have to pay a new monthly surcharge that ranges from 85 cents for residential customers to $2,400 for large industrial plants.The law also provides subsidies for coal plants in Ohio and Indiana, and it effectively guts the state’s green-energy mandates for utilities.Householder and four allies were charged Tuesday with conducting one of the largest bribery and money-laundering schemes in Ohio history, funneling more than $60 million in FirstEnergy donations through a “web” of dark-money groups and bank accounts to expand the speaker’s political power, thwart an anti-HB6 referendum effort, and enrich themselves by millions of dollars.“Corruption has no place in our government, regardless of political party. When corruption is revealed, it is important we act quickly to fix what has been broken,” said Skindell in a statement. “Ohio has been under a one-party rule for decades and what we are seeing are the consequences of that undemocratic arrangement. With deeply gerrymandered districts, Republican politicians feel invincible and are more beholden to special interest groups and corporations than they are to their own constituents. HB 6 was the manifestation of this alleged corruption.”It’s not clear yet whether there are the votes to repeal the law in either the House or the Senate, each of which are controlled by a Republican supermajority. House Bill 6 , with 10 Democrats giving 41 Republicans the “yes” votes needed to pass the bill.Read more Larry Householder stories:Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

NEW!1,823sharesCOLUMBUS, Ohio—Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Ohio House are preparing to introduce legislation to repeal House Bill 6, the $1.3 billion nuclear bailout law at the center of on Tuesday.Republican state Reps. Mark Romanchuk of Richland County and Laura Lanese of suburban Columbus are currently soliciting other co-sponsors for a repeal bill, Lanese confirmed via text message Wednesday morning.Separately, Democratic state Reps. Mike Skindell of Lakewood and Michael O’Brien of Warren announced in a release Wednesday they intend to file their own repeal bill.All...

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