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FirstEnergy Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

April 25, 2024

FirstEnergy today reported first quarter 2024 GAAP earnings of $253 million, or $0.44 per basic and diluted share, on revenue of $3.3 billion. This compares to first quarter 2023 GAAP earnings of $292 million, or $0.51 per basic and diluted share, on revenue of $3.2 billion. GAAP results include the impact of special items listed…

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Former U.S. Army Soldier and POW Speaks to WV Employees

April 25, 2024

Each year, the West Virginia Chapter of the Veterans & Allies Employee Business Resource Group (EBRG) holds a signature event for its members. This year’s gathering – held at Mon Power Headquarters in Fairmont – featured Jessica Lynch, a former U.S. Army soldier and prisoner of war (POW), who shared her story. On March 23,…

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It’s Line Worker Appreciation Day

April 18, 2024

When you flip a light switch, you expect a light to turn on. Most people don’t give much thought to the operations or men and women responsible for their service until the lights go out during a power outage. Today, April 18, is National Line Worker Appreciation Day, and we hope you join us in recognizing…

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FirstEnergy Welcomes John Combs as Senior Vice President, Shared Services

April 16, 2024

Ernie Maley Set to Retire August 1 Among the areas of responsibility John will assume are those of Ernie Maley, Vice President and CIO, who is retiring August 1 after more than two decades with FirstEnergy. Ernie joined the company in 2002 as director, Infrastructure Services for IT, and was promoted to a number of leadership positions…

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Settlement Reached in FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities’ Grid Modernization Plan

April 15, 2024

Our Ohio electric companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison – have reached a settlement on our Grid Modernization (Grid Mod) II plan that will expand the deployment of smart meters to an additional 1.4 million customers in Ohio. If approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the four-year, $421…

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Customer Shout-Out: Potomac Edison

April 10, 2024

We recently received the following letter of appreciation from a Potomac Edison customer expressing her thanks to two West Virginia Operations employees – Kenneth Nails, Lead Line Worker, and Parker Wilson, Line Worker B – who went the extra mile to restore her service following severe weather. Early in the morning, two trees fell onto power lines…

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Working to Minimize Power Outages in West Virginia

April 3, 2024

We are conducting tree trimming and other vegetation management work in portions of our Mon Power and Potomac Edison service areas as part of our efforts to help enhance electric service reliability in West Virginia. This year’s $84.7 million tree-trimming program will help keep power flowing to customers by helping to prevent tree-related outages, such…

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