Regulators have ordered FirstEnergy Corp. to restore steeply discounted rates for all-electric homes, eliminated last year after decades of promoting electric heating. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio took the unprecedented action Wednesday after weeks of protests from homeowners and an order from Gov. Ted Strickland. More than 100,000 families that heat with electricity have […]

COLUMBUS – When Gov. Ted Strickland walked into a meeting with a phalanx of reporters and television cameras, he joked about getting a “Christmas present.”