Five things to know for Thursday, Dec. 4
PUCO settles two investigations
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has resolved investigations into customer enrollments for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers.
As part of the deal, Eligo Energy OH will make a $300,000 donation to the Dollar Energy Fund, credit impacted customers, and pay a $14,600 civil forfeiture to the state. Major Energy Services will make a $400,000 donation to Dollar Energy Fund and credit impacted customers.
State finds improper Medicaid payments. Ohio auditors discovered that a Lucas County behavioral health agency received more than $1.75 million in inappropriate Medicaid payments over three years. The Auditor of State’s Office recommended that Empowered for Excellence Behavioral Health of Ohio repay nearly $1.9 million, including interest, following a compliance examination.
Miller proposes bill to bolster export controls. Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller and U.S. Rep. Jefferson Shreve, R-Indiana, have introduced the Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes, and Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act. The ADVERSARIES Act aims to bolster U.S. export controls and to stem foreign adversaries, such as the Chinese Communist Party, from using loopholes to access sensitive U.S. technology.
NORMAL just says no. NORML, a marijuana advocacy group, wants the Ohio Senate to nix Senate Bill 56, which could receive a vote next week. Morgan Fox, the group’s national political director, told Signal Ohio that the measure, which would levy new penalties on marijuana smokers and establish rules on the intoxicating hemp industry, penalizes smokers who don’t keep their marijuana in its original, unopened packaging or import it from cheaper dispensaries in other states, including Michigan.
Too young to work. Saying a veto “is in the public interest,” Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed Senate Bill 50. The measure would have amended state law to allow 14- and 15-year-old Ohioans to work up to 9 p.m. on school nights.
