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FirstEnergy has received an Emergency Recovery Award from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) in recognition of our outstanding response in restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers in northeast Ohio following a historic weather event in August 2024 that brought severe thunderstorms, wind and tornadoes. We also received the Emergency Assistance Award from EEI…

Employees from the Distribution Control Center (DCC), DCC Support and Engineering teams recently made their way to Fairview Elementary School, located near Erie, PA. It was all for the love of STEM for the much-anticipated annual “Mad Science Family STEM Night.” More than 1,300 eager students and their families attended the event where employees engaged…

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we are reminding customers to handle helium-filled foil balloons safely to keep power flowing this season and year-round. Foil balloons cause power outages when released outdoors because their metallic coating conducts electricity and poses a risk to the electric system. “While our community outreach has helped reduce balloon-related outages from previous…

FirstEnergy today announced two new leaders as we continue to build our organizational structure, strengthen our state leadership teams and provide the resources our businesses need to execute at the local level. Arsalan Azarsa has been named Vice President, Finance and Regulatory for West Virginia and Maryland, effective Feb. 10. He will report to Jim Myers, President,…

Penelec employees from the Distribution Control Center (DCC), DCC Support and Engineering teams recently made their way to Fairview Elementary School, located near Erie, PA. It was all for the love of STEM for the much-anticipated annual “Mad Science Family STEM Night.” More than 1,300 eager students and their families attended the event where employees…

Check out the list of February’s service anniversaries​.​​​​

On Jan. 31 our Ohio electric companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison – filed a proposed Electric Security Plan (ESP) with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) that supports our commitment to investing in and maintaining the electric grid while providing customer assistance programs and energy efficiency initiatives that help…