Company News & Information

Improving Reliability for Illuminating Company Customers
January 29, 2025
The Illuminating Company is constructing a new neighborhood power line that will help enhance electric service reliability for hundreds of customers in Lorain County, particularly during severe weather. The new line will help prevent or minimize the impact of outages caused by wind and other factors by connecting about 700 customers in Avon Lake to…

The Illuminating Company and Ohio Edison Named 2024 Business Customer Champions by Escalent
January 28, 2025
The Illuminating Company and Ohio Edison have been named 2024 Business Customer Champions in a national study conducted by Escalent, a leading data analytics and advisory firm with extensive expertise in the energy and utility industry. Escalent’s Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement study for business customers scores energy utility providers based on a 360-degree…

Tabulating Success
January 27, 2025
We asked and you delivered! Collectively, you donated more than 100 pounds of aluminum pull tabs to the Green Teams’ fourth quarter recycling campaign benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). The successful campaign, which ran from October to December last year, involved collecting clean pull tabs from a variety of household aluminum cans such as those used…

Inspiring Students for Future Careers
January 23, 2025
The FirstEnergy Ambassador Network supported Akron Public School’s Garfield Community Learning Center (CLC), showcasing their dedication to community stewardship. Corporate Security team members Damon Parmenter and Amber Shuck welcomed tenth graders to ISOC. The students explored careers in physical security, emergency preparedness and disaster recovery. At the Ohio Customer Care Center, LaToya Scott and Brian Johnson hosted another group of tenth grade…

Tips to Stay Safe and Save Energy During Extreme Cold
January 23, 2025
As frigid weather grips the region, here are steps to take to stay safe and better manage energy bills that may climb due to the cold weather. Based on current forecasts, all of our six-state footprint will be affected by the cold snap, with sub-zero temperatures likely to arrive early next week and lasting several…

JCP&L Making Improvements in Reliability, Environment
January 17, 2025
JCP&L is wrapping up the last of a pair of electric system upgrade projects this month in portions of northern and eastern Monmouth County. The two projects will enhance electric service for more than 4,000 customers while also helping protect wildlife by deterring birds of prey from nesting on utility poles. Watch a video explaining the…

Got Milk?
January 15, 2025
A tall, cold glass of milk – a simple pleasure many of us take for granted. Yet one in six children and one in eight adults facing hunger in Pennsylvania may not have access to this nutritious beverage. That’s why the FirstEnergy Foundation has stepped up again this year to donate $25,000 to support Fill…