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Company: FirstEnergy Corp.
Current Parent Company: FirstEnergy
Penalty: $49,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: December 5, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: FirstEnergy agreed to pay $49 million to ratepayers to resolve claims relating to a case in which bribes were paid to public officials in Ohio to promote a taxpayer-funded bailout of two nuclear power plants that had been owned by the company.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of Ohio
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:20cv3954
Case Name: Hudock et al v. FirstEnergy Corp. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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