Householder Trial Begins Next Month

The public corruption trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, which will examine his role in the House Bill 6 scandal, begins next month. Prosecutors have accused Householder and others of secretly running a dark money campaign that accepted more than $60 million from FirstEnergy to ensure passage in 2019 of HB 6, which provided customer-funded subsidies and special favors for investor-owned utilities.

Householder’s attorneys want the judge overseeing the case to block key evidence, including an admission from FirstEnergy that it paid $4.3 million to former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo. Meanwhile, the Ohio Press Network reports that the PUCO’s release of Randazzo’s emails has shed more light on the behind-the-scenes activity related to HB 6. 12/1/2022