CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio electric company under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say is a $60 million bribery and corruption scheme said in a regulatory filing it shouldn’t have to refund customers $30 million collected from a revenue guarantee provision in a tainted energy bill.
The Ohio Consumers’ Counsel earlier this month asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to order Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. to refund $30 million in collections paid to its three Ohio electric utilities.
FirstEnergy stopped collecting the revenue guarantee in February to settle a lawsuit with Ohio Attorney General David Yost.
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