Ohio regulators begin House bill 6 hearings as lawmakers mull anti-corruption legislation

Ohio regulators begin House bill 6 hearings as lawmakers mull anti-corruption legislation

Aerial photograph of the OVEC-operated Kyger Creek Power Plant in Cheshire. (Getty Images.)The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Tuesday kicked off several weeks of hearings related the House Bill 6 scandal. The proceedings braid together three different cases tied to FirstEnergy’s scheme to bribe lawmakers and regulators to bail out nuclear and coal plants. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., an Ohio Congr…