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Then Data Center Derek handed FirstEnergy a billion dollar bailout, raising our rates even higher.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (committee) · A television advertisement from the DCCC and Kaptur for Congress · September 29, 2026 · Race: U.S. Representative, Ohio's 9th District

About Derek Merrin.

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Checked against Ohio House roll calls on H.B. 6 (133rd General Assembly, May 29 and July 23, 2019) and H.B. 128 (134th General Assembly, March 10 and 25, 2021) as posted by the Ohio Legislature, and the Legislative Service Commission fiscal notes for H.B. 6 (as enacted, July 31, 2019) and H.B. 128 (as enacted, April 1, 2021).

The records: House Bill 6 Votes | 133rd General Assembly · H.B. 6 Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement (as enacted) · House Bill 128 Votes | 134th General Assembly · H.B. 128 Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement (as enacted) · Ohio nuclear bribery scandal

Context

Merrin, then an Ohio House member, voted Yea on H.B. 6 (2019), which set up customer-funded payments to two Ohio nuclear plants, and on H.B. 128 (2021), which repealed those payments.

Topics: Energy, Utilities, Voting Record.

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Sources

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Ohio nuclear bribery scandal

  1. DCCC Releases New TV Ad in OH-09: “Common Sense” · DCCC · 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-10-05
  2. OH-09: Common Sense (unlisted upload) · DCCCVideo (YouTube) · 2026-09-28 · accessed 2026-10-05
  3. House Bill 6 Votes | 133rd General Assembly · Ohio Legislature · 2019-07-23 · accessed 2026-10-05
  4. H.B. 6 Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement (as enacted) · Ohio Legislative Service Commission · 2019-07-31 · accessed 2026-10-05
  5. House Bill 128 Votes | 134th General Assembly · Ohio Legislature · 2021-03-25 · accessed 2026-10-05
  6. H.B. 128 Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement (as enacted) · Ohio Legislative Service Commission · 2021-04-01 · accessed 2026-10-05
  7. Ohio nuclear bribery scandal · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-10-05

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