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Ohio utility regulators fined FirstEnergy $250 million for its role in a sweeping bribery scheme.

The scheme involved bribing former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to pass a bailout for two nuclear plants.

FirstEnergy has previously paid hundreds of millions in other state and federal penalties related to the scandal.

The bill, adopted in July 2019, would've required 4.5 million Ohio consumers to pay extra on their monthly electric bills to give FirstEnergy $1.3 billion bailout.

The findings came after weeks of testimony over the summer from top FirstEnergy officials, lobbyists and utility experts.

The commission made rulings on three separate but intertwined cases: whether FirstEnergy followed corporate separation regulations, whether the company improperly

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