Kicking & Screaming, OH Legislature Votes to Overturn HB 6 Nuke Bill
Finally! After months and months of dithering around, the Ohio legislature has passed a bill that will overturn and rescind House Bill (HB) 6, the legislation that got passed due to $61 million in bribes spread around by FirstEnergy in what has become Ohio's biggest bribery scandal ever (see FirstEnergy Involved in Bribery Scheme to Pass $1B Nuke Bailout Law). HB 6 created a new tax on all Ohio electric ratepayers to funnel $150 million per year (for seven years) into FirstEnergy's coffers in order to prop up the company's economically failing nuclear power plants in the state.
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