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Learning isn’t just reading, writing, mathematics and science – it can incorporate many topics and benefit many individuals. Here are a few ways FirstEnergy employees and the FirstEnergy Foundation are supporting learning opportunities. The Northern Tier Industry & Education Consortium (NTIEC) in Penelec’s service territory  received a $15,000 FirstEnergy Investing with Purpose grant. NTIEC’s mission…

Here are some examples of our employees and the FirstEnergy Foundation supporting one of our Core Values: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Toledo Edison employees volunteered at two Hispanic nonprofit agencies. One group of employees helped to winterize a garden at the Sofia Quintero Arts and Cultural Center. A second…

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has awarded JCP&L the construction responsibility to connect clean energy generated by New Jersey’s offshore wind farms to the power grid. The BPU selected JCP&L’s plan from among 80 proposals submitted by 13 different transmission developers in the nation’s first coordinated offshore wind transmission bidding process. The…

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

Two nonprofit organizations recently benefitted from FirstEnergy Foundation support. The IM ABLE Foundation in Wyomissing, Pa., received a $5,000 FirstEnergy Foundation check. IM ABLE’s mission is to remove obstacles that keep people with challenges on the sidelines, providing them access to programs and equipment tailored to their needs and a community of all abilities to…

Once again, FirstEnergy employees enthusiastically volunteered for United Way Day of Caring events by participating in a variety of service projects. As always, our volunteers made a significant difference in communities throughout our service territory. A few JCP&L employees volunteered at the Lunch Break Soup Kitchen in Red Bank. They sorted donated food and served…

When reflecting on Hurricane Sandy, one of the images that stands out for JCP&L’s Joe Hildebrandt was of the Casino Pier Ferris Wheel in Seaside Heights, N.J., being swallowed up by the Atlantic Ocean. “It was something I will never forget,” recalled Joe, a 40-year veteran of the company who spent 20 years as a line worker…