FirstEnergy Refusing To Return Subsidy Cash To Customers

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio electric company under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say was a $60 million bribery and corruption scheme has told state energy regulators that it should not have to refund customers $30 million collected from a revenue guarantee provision included in a tainted energy bill.
The millions in question were paid by customers of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp.’s three Ohio electric utility companies, guaranteeing that they receive the same amount