Top Ohio Utility Regulator Resigns Amid Bribery Scandal
- Sam Randazzo quit after federal authorities raided his home
- FirstEnergy has been embroiled in corruption investigation
FBI agents remove items from the home of Sam Randazzo in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16.
Photographer: Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP
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The head of the commission that regulates Ohio utilities resigned in the wake of a widening federal racketeering case tied to subsidies for two struggling nuclear plants.
Sam Randazzo stepped down from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Friday. It came one day after the reactors’ ex-owner, FirstEnergy Corp., disclosed that former top executives made an improper payment in early 2019 for a consulting agreement tied to someone who was later appointed as an Ohio state regulator.