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“FirstEnergy's plot was to foist its billion- dollar-plus corporate losses on the consumers of Ohio due to its pitiful management of its two nuclear power plants in northern Ohio. These are crimes. While Randazzo was being indicted, the Federal Government moved to claim an additional $6.5 million from FirstEnergy for this crime. We should all be deeply disturbed that inherently dangerous nuclear assets have been in the hands of criminals. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an editorial titled: ``Finally, 11 counts against ex-PUCO chief Sam Randazzo but why still none against then-FirstEnergy officials whose fingerprints are all over the case?'' [From The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Dec. 6, 2023] Finally, 11 Counts Against Ex-PUCO Chief Sam Randazzo But Why Still None Against Then-FirstEnergy Officials Whose Fingerprints Are All Over the Case? (By Editorial Board) Monday's unsealing of an 11-count federal conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud and embezzlement indictment against former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chief Samuel Randazzo was a welcome sign of prosecutorial progress in the FirstEnergy/House Bill 6 corruption case--but it's like the first footfall in a long-delayed reckoning with some of the key officials at the heart of the asserted conspiracy. Our editorial board had repeatedly urged the U.S.…”