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FirstEnergy’s subsidiaries – Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power, Keystone Appalachian Transmission Company (KATCo) and Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, LLC (MAIT) – have filed a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PaPUC) regarding their joint application to merge FirstEnergy’s four Pennsylvania electric distribution companies into a single consolidated operating company with a continued…

Mary Yoder became hooked on pain pills that were prescribed to her following a car accident during her teenage years, and the addiction led to heroin use. When she woke up in the hospital after an overdose last year, Mary knew it was time to get help. She found Lasting Change, a Hagerstown-based nonprofit that…

The Girl Scouts of North East Ohio (GSNEO) will soon be the proud owners of a new STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Ledgewood, thanks to the generous contribution of $500,000 from the FirstEnergy Foundation. The project, which is set to cost $7 million, will feature an impressive 8,000 square-foot building that will be seamlessly…

Few of us can claim to have worked at a company for more than 50 years – But Brian Lowe, general manager, Reading Customer Contact Center can. He came to work for The Illuminating Company (CEI) right out of high school. “When I was a high school senior in Cleveland, CEI participated in a career day,”…

Whether you root for the Akron RubberDucks, the Toledo Mud Hens or the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, there is something special about minor league baseball. It’s America’s pastime in its purest form – a space where athletes and fans can come together to share their love of the game. Earlier this summer, children of FirstEnergy employees…

When we say our utility crews are ready for anything, we really mean it. More than 2,000 JCP&L customers lost power when a transformer was damaged by an unlikely culprit. A fish, normally confined to a watery environment, was found on top of a damaged transformer on Aug. 12. Police in Sayreville, N.J., believe a…

FirstEnergy employees participated in National Night Out events across our service territory recently with a demonstration – compliments of the Live Wire Electrical Safety Trailer – that lit up the sky while providing important information about how to stay safe around electricity. “Employees from Ohio to New Jersey took part in this annual community event…