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ck4829

(38,031 posts)
Fri May 1, 2026, 08:21 AM Friday

Ohio's electric bills are high -- and so are utility CEO salaries

In February, Ohioans’ electricity bills were up 22% compared to a year earlier. That was the sharpest increase of any state except for Virginia, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency.

Despite increasing costs for consumers, Ohio’s Republican leadership incentivizes construction of the centers with huge tax breaks paid for by those same consumers.

And already in the throes of an affordability crisis, ratepayers also shelled out tens of millions last year to pay the salaries of utility executives who each make as much as many hundreds of Ohioans.

According to a new report by the Energy & Policy Institute, CEOs of the four electric utilities serving Ohio made a combined $81 million last year.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/ohios-electric-bills-are-high-and-so-are-utility-ceo-salaries/

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Ohio's electric bills are high -- and so are utility CEO salaries (Original Post) ck4829 Friday OP
And my A.E.P. bill has to pay for an outdated coal fired power plant in Southern Indiana. Botany Friday #1
And yet the MAGAT zombies in Ohio... Wuddles440 Friday #2
You nailed it, Wuddles440. Diamond_Dog Friday #3
Today on Bluesky Blue Full Moon 9 hrs ago #5
Disgraceful and Infuriating Diamond_Dog 9 hrs ago #6
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Blue Full Moon 9 hrs ago #4

Botany

(77,702 posts)
1. And my A.E.P. bill has to pay for an outdated coal fired power plant in Southern Indiana.
Fri May 1, 2026, 08:35 AM
Friday

A plant that was scheduled to close years ago.

Wuddles440

(2,115 posts)
2. And yet the MAGAT zombies in Ohio...
Fri May 1, 2026, 08:57 AM
Friday

continue to elect some of the most vile and corrupt elected officials over and over again. As long as you have a "R" after your name you're golden.

Diamond_Dog

(40,883 posts)
3. You nailed it, Wuddles440.
Fri May 1, 2026, 09:08 AM
Friday

And Ramaswamy is only going to make it much worse if they vote him in. And Husted should be 50 points behind Brown instead of tied in the polls since Husted was right in the middle of the First Energy bribery scandal. But, it’s Magaland in Ohio …..

Blue Full Moon

(3,606 posts)
5. Today on Bluesky
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:13 AM
9 hrs ago

Molly4Democracy

Please note, our today's Dayton Daily News did not list Amy Acton as candidate for Governor. It listed only the Republican candidates. #Ohio #AmyActon

The Cincinnati Enquire has been doing this kind of thing for decades.

Blue Full Moon

(3,606 posts)
4. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:08 AM
9 hrs ago

That a major utility company doesn't need to refund customers nearly 75 million after they overcharged customers for 2 unprofitable and scandal ridden coal plants.
And then this.
Ohio Supreme Court reverses PUCO decision, finds utility resellers are utilities under state law • Ohio Capital Journal https://share.google/Q9TMxJQJbDO8h75wk

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