Ohio’s House Bill (HB) 6 law granted billions (plural) of dollars to FirstEnergy in an attempt to prop up the company’s economically failing nuclear power plants. FirstEnergy bribed state legislators to pass, and keep passed, HB 6 by paying out $61 million to a small group of insiders, including the now-former Speaker of the House (see FirstEnergy Involved in Bribery Scheme to Pass $1B Nuke Bailout Law). Not learning a thing from their fellow Midwestern state, the Illinois legislature has just passed a new law to bail out its nuke power plants with nearly $700 million of taxpayer money. The new law also shuts down coal and natural gas-fired power plants. Our question: How much in bribes did Illinois legislators accept to pass this hot mess of a law?
