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Pumpkin spice lattes, football and foliage. Fall is officially here and with all the fun things that come with the season, why not make energy efficiency part of it? Getting your home prepped for colder temperatures can help you stay comfortable while saving energy and money. Follow these tips to keep the cool air where…

When Penelec Operations Manager Karen Finney was looking for employee volunteers to staff the Live Wire Electrical Safety Trailer for the Cambria County Arts & Heritage Festival – held in Ebensburg, Pa. – she didn’t have to look far. “The festival planning committee asked if Penelec could participate in this year’s event, and we didn’t want to…

On Sept. 15, seven employees received FirstEnergy Hero Awards for their acts of courage and compassion by coming to the assistance of an injured or at-risk person. President and CEO Brian Tierney hosted an awards ceremony for the recipients – as well as their guests, nominators and members of our leadership team. “It’s a privilege to honor…

For the fifth year in a row, FirstEnergy has been named by Site Selection magazine as one of the nation’s leading utilities in promoting economic development, helping to attract more than 12,000 new jobs and $7.3 billion in third-party corporate facility investment in our six-state service area in 2022. Twenty Site Selection award winners were chosen from a field…

Recently FirstEnergy employees who are also members of Black Greek lettered organizations contributed to the Black College Hall of Fame’s Education Day by reading to students at both Crouse Community Learning Center and Emmanuel Christian Academy in Akron, Ohio. This was part of the Black College Hall of Fame Classic Weekend’s Reading Playbook Program. The…

FirstEnergy subsidiary American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI) has begun upgrading 20 miles of a high-voltage power line in Belmont and Harrison counties in Ohio to strengthen the regional transmission system. The third phase of a larger 64-mile project, the rebuilt 138-kilovolt line will enhance service reliability, improve system resiliency and accommodate increasing customer demand for…

As part of our commitment to minimizing the environmental impact of our operations, we have begun construction on two projects that will improve the wastewater treatment process at our regulated power plants in West Virginia. The environmental upgrades at Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, and Harrison Power Station in Haywood, will help Mon Power…