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​FirstEnergy has joined the Electric Highway Coalition, a group of electric companies committed to growing electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions within their service territories and working together to ensure efficient and effective fast-charging deployment plans that enable long-distance EV travel, avoid duplication among coalition utilities and complement existing fast-charging sites. “We look forward to working…

Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day are usually reserved for recognizing those who served our country. However, FirstEnergy employees honor veterans year-round. Here are a few examples. Members of the FirstEnergy East-N.J. Veterans & Allies Employee Business Resource Group (EBRG) assembled poppy plants to be sold as part of a local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)…

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

​​When USA Olympic gymnast Suni Lee accepted the gold medal in the women’s individual all-around competition, a bit of FirstEnergy climbed the podium with her – considering Met-Ed supplies power to the company that made the team uniforms. Reading, Pa.-based GK Elite is the official supplier to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics squad. “It’s always interesting to see…

Have you ever toured the inside of a substation? Or, traveled more than 40 feet into the air in an aerial bucket? Two Maryland schoolteachers are getting to experience these and other utility-related activities through the Maryland Chamber Foundation’s 2021 Teacher Externship Program with Potomac Edison. The Teacher Externship Program is a four-week learning session…

A Transmission Maintenance project replaced a 34.5-kilovolt transmission line that crosses more than a mile of Barnegat Bay to supply power to JCP&L customers on New Jersey’s coastal barrier islands – just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the Jersey Shore’s busy tourist season. Making this job especially challenging – in…

Today, the company announced that Soubhagya Parija has been named vice president and Chief Risk Officer, effective Aug. 16. In this role, he will develop and execute a risk program that reflects FirstEnergy’s core values and behaviors; establish standards and implement robust processes and procedures to ensure risk controls are effective and efficient in identifying, mitigating, and preventing…