Ohio Expands Suit in FirstEnergy Case to Include Former CEO (1)

Ohio’s attorney general has expanded a civil racketeering lawsuit filed against FirstEnergy Corp. to include the company’s ex-Chief Executive Officer Charles Jones as a defendant.

The suit accuses Jones and others of participating in an “unholy alliance” with lawmakers to pass a $1 billion bailout for nuclear power plants, according to a statement Thursday from Attorney General Dave Yost. It also names former FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling and ex-Public Utility Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo as defendants.

FirstEnergy declined to comment on the suit. Jones, who was fired in October, didn’t immediately comment. The company’s shares ...