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It’s December, the heart of the winter holiday season – the most wonderful time of the year, when you’re a kid. When you’re an adult, maybe not so much – depending on the weather Old Man Winter sends our way. When a winter storm looms, the National Weather Service (NWS) works to help keep us…

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To help keep power flowing to customers during the cold winter months, FirstEnergy’s operating companies have been completing inspections and maintenance work to help enhance service reliability throughout our five-state territory. FirstEnergy Utilities (FEU) inspects substation equipment and winterizes substation control buildings to ensure that essential components of its electrical power system continue to function…

Two nonprofit organizations in West Penn Power’s territory recently benefitted from our employees’ volunteerism and FirstEnergy Foundation support. City of St. Marys officials joined numerous community sponsors in holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new outdoor fitness court. St. Marys participates in the National Fitness Campaign, a nonprofit dedicated to helping communities fund, build and…

Employees in our Met-Ed service territory provided support for two worthy causes. Members of our EBRG Women in Leadership – SW Pennsylvania and Thrive, along with Met-Ed employees, helped the IM Able Foundation host a demo day so people with challenges could try off-road hand cycling. The foundation’s mission is to remove obstacles that prevent…

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

Mon Power and Potomac Edison have applied for approval to build five large, utility-scale solar energy generating projects in West Virginia. Permit applications for the solar projects were submitted to the West Virginia Public Utilities Commission. Combined, the five projects would generate 50 megawatts of electricity. The application supports a 2020 bill passed by the…