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Coal supplier for HB6-connected plants continued to overcharge for fuel

2023-11-15

Resource Fuels, the coal supplier to power plants at the heart of Ohio’s HB6 corruption scandal, has consistently been overpaid for coal during the first three the law has been in effect, according to an analysis of federal energy data conducted by Checks & Balances Project. On Nov. 13, Checks & Balances Project reported that… Read more »

HB6 enabled coal company that donated to Householder bribery fund to keep overcharging for coal

2023-11-12

A coal company that donated to the fund used to bribe former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder was overpaid for coal because of the law the now-imprisoned Householder rammed through the Ohio Legislature in 2019, according to an audit of the law, federal records and testimony by utility analysts. That law, HB6, includes riders that… Read more »

Householder gets 20-year sentence for his role in massive utility bailout scheme

2023-06-30

Larry Householder, the former Ohio House speaker convicted of bribery and racketeering for his role in a massive scheme to bail out a utility’s failing power plants, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. “You were not serving the people,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Black told Householder. “You were serving yourself. You were… Read more »

How we calculated Thomas’ travel costs

2023-04-10

To determine the cost of the travel that billionaire Harlan Crow paid for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as reported in the April 6 ProPublica article, we used a variety of publicly available sources. Air travel: We used an hourly rate of $15,000 to operate a Bombardier Global 5000 jet, which Crow uses to fly… Read more »

How much would you pay to travel in luxury like Clarence Thomas? $3 million, a C&BP analysis shows

2023-04-10

Pro Publica’s ground-breaking reporting on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepting junkets from a real estate mogul has created a flurry of controversy about the lack of federal judicial ethics. The controversy raises a basic question: How much would it cost you, as an average citizen, to buy travel that Thomas was given over the… Read more »

Ohio convictions end one chapter of long-running corruption saga

2023-03-17

The conviction of former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and state Republican Party chairman Matt Borges in a $61 million bribery trial ends just one chapter in a long-running saga of corruption in Ohio that Checks & Balances Project has uncovered over the last decade. At the heart of the scandal is FirstEnergy, a fossil… Read more »

Checks and Balances Project files FEC complaint against Rep.-Elect George Santos

2022-12-29

The Checks and Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission seeking an investigation into the finances of the successful 2022 campaign of Rep.-Elect George Santos, R-N.Y. Santos’ campaign reported receiving $705,000 in loans from the candidate for the 2022 campaign, but recent reports in the New York Times show no… Read more »

Detailed report debunks claim that wind turbines hurt property values

2022-09-7

For years, opponents of wind energy have cited claims that the presence of turbines in an area causes property values to drop. Checks and Balances Project (C&BP) has reported that these claims are false. Now a detailed report in the Greenville Daily News of Michigan has shown that property values in areas with wind turbines… Read more »

Health Statistics: No Signs of Wind Turbine-Related Illnesses

2022-08-14

Opponents of wind energy in Michigan and elsewhere frequently assert they oppose wind farms because of their impact on public health. But Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) spent several weeks reviewing health statistics from American communities with significant numbers of wind turbines. The records and relevant public health authorities report no negative health effects from… Read more »

Opposition to wind forces Michigan employers to look elsewhere for renewable energy

2022-07-11

By the end of this year, Michigan companies will produce 3,544 megawatts of renewable energy, state statistics show, from an assortment of sources, including 38 wind farms that generate the vast majority of that electricity. Yet, many large Michigan employers seeking to power their facilities with renewable energy are now having to turn to out-of-state… Read more »

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