Energy & Utilities
HB 6 was the largest bribery scandal in Ohio history, and its cleanup is still unfinished. Meanwhile the bills keep coming. We follow the money from the statehouse to the meter.
Issue
Energy & Utilities
The HB 6 corruption cleanup, FirstEnergy's long shadow, and who pays for the grid.
Stories
30,000 Megawatts: Who Pays When the Data Centers Move In
AEP Ohio has cited more than 30,000 megawatts of requests to plug into the grid, mostly data centers. A 2025 tariff decides whether they pay for that buildout or you do.
04 July 2026
$445,000 a Day: The Coal Subsidy That Outlived the Scandal
Ohio repealed the famous part of HB 6 in 2021 and called it fixed. The charge that kept costing ratepayers $445,000 a day stayed on the bill for four more years.
04 July 2026