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FirstEnergy employees qualify for  10%* off. To request a quote, call 1-800-505-7283 or click here. Be sure to mention you are a FirstEnergy employee to receive a 10% discount. With winter right around the corner, you can focus on other projects while your electrical work is performed safely by highly trained independent professional contractors. This…

Service personnel at The Illuminating Company (CEI) responded to severe damage caused by a Sept. 13 storm – including a microburst in Cleveland Heights. A CEI customer in the hard-hit community sent the following email – with the subject line Thank You for Your Outstanding Service. I would like to take this opportunity to commend…

When a severe thunderstorm blows through a neighborhood in our service territory – sending tree  branches and power lines down across the street – the first person a customer may see as part of our service restoration process is a hazard responder. Hazard responders are dispatched quickly during major storm restoration events to locations where…

​One of the biggest volunteer events in the Akron region is the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby. Each year, our employees support this legacy event, which draws racers and spectators from around the world. This year was no different. Watch it now.

​It’s not as powerful as a tornado, but a microburst – a type of weather phenomenon the National Weather Service (NWS) confirms occurred in the Cleveland Heights, Ohio, area on the night of Sept. 13 – still managed to cause a great deal of damage for customers, communities and FirstEnergy Utilities (FEU) restoration crews to…

Dōmo Arigatō, Mr. Roboto*​ Visitors to the recent New Jersey State Fair were greeted by a high-tech strolling act dressed in a Jersey Central Power & Light T-shirt and baseball cap. It was OSCAR the Robot! As a sponsor of the fair, JCP&L arranged for an appearance by OSCAR, who wheeled about the grounds entertaining…

Many of us would panic at the thought of performing in front of a large audience – especially singing our national anthem. But not Mark Bair, construction site coordinator, York office. His long-time dream has been to perform the “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the start of a baseball game. This summer Mark got his wish.…