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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is naming a former Franklin County judge to be the next chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. French replaces Sam Randazzo, who resigned last year after the FBI searched his home, looking into a $4 million-dollar payment from First Energy.

A listener wondered if Ohio's power grid might be vulnerable to an outage as severe as Texans experienced in February. The state's public utilities commission says there are a number of provisions in place to guard against that.

The utility's report says the transactions date as far back as 10 years ago.

The $61 million bribery scandal involving Ohio's nuclear plant bailout law and a utility widely believed to be FirstEnergy has brought new attention to to the commission that regulates utilities.

The list of possible successors to take over as chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has been narrowed to four.

Ohio's top utilities regulations official has resigned just days after FBI agents searched his home in an early morning raid.

FirstEnergy's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission says former senior management members were fired after an internal investigation...

Gov. Mike DeWine has announced a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. retail curfew beginning Thursday to help slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic; the city of Cleveland reported a record 509 coronavirus cases on Monday and Tuesday; Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman is participating in a COVID-19 vaccine test; and more stories.

The Columbus home of the chair of the agency that regulates Ohio utilities was the site of a search by the FBI this morning.

There’s renewed hope for an off-shore wind project on Lake Erie.The Ohio Power Siting Board voted Thursday to remove a provision that would have made the…