Ohioans deserve better than the rigged energy game being played by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). While families sweat under rising power bills, PUCO appears far more interested in protecting American Electric Power and FirstEnergy Corp. than protecting the public. Nationally, in some communities near large artificial-intelligence data centers, a Bloomberg News analysis found that household electricity costs had climbed as much as 267% over what they were just five years ago . This year alone, Sentinel Data Centers and Microsoft have both either walked away from or paused billion-dollar Central Ohio projects, proof that even tech giants are losing faith in the state’s energy leadership.

Let’s be honest: This is regulatory capture in full view. PUCO has consistently en

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