FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company (FE PA), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) doing business in western and central Pennsylvania as West Penn Power and Penn Power, recently completed a combined emergency preparation drill focused on testing its storm restoration process in the event severe weather causes outages throughout its vast and heavily forested service area.
As communities along Lake Erie prepare for the mass arrival of mayflies this summer, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) electric company Ohio Edison is proactively working with local municipalities to keep roads along the lakeshore safe by temporarily turning off streetlights to deter swarms of the insects. Mayflies are attracted to streetlights and can create hazardous driving conditions when large numbers accumulate along roads and bridges near the lights.
FirstEnergy Corp.'s (NYSE: FE) Ohio electric companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, and Toledo Edison – today are filing a request with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to review their base electric rates. The rate request includes recovery of investments to strengthen the distribution system, improve the customer experience and establish a new customer assistance program to aid residential customers who qualify as income-eligible for financial assistance. The proposed