In a resignation letter, Randazzo said the impression left by the FBI raid and FirstEnergy's filing, along with the accompanying publicity, "will, right or wrong, fuel suspicions about and controversy over decisions I may render in my current capacity." The FBI search came amid an ongoing federal investigation into House Bill 6, which will send over $1 billion to two financially troubled nuclear plants owned by Energy Harbor, a former FirstEnergy subsidiary. In July, then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four allies were arrested and charged with running a $60 million bribery scheme using FirstEnergy money to secure the passage of HB6 and fend off a potential referendum to overturn it.