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AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 17,500 employees from Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed), Mon Power, The Illuminating Company (CEI), Potomac Edison and other FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) utilities, along with outside contractors and utilities, continue their around-the-clock efforts to restore service to customers following devastating Hurricane Sandy last week. The storm left more than 2.3 million FirstEnergy utility customers...
READING, Pa., Nov. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 workers from Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed), other FirstEnergy utilities, and contractors continue to work around the clock to restore service following Hurricane Sandy, which tore through the company's 15-county Pennsylvania service area earlier this week. As of 3 p.m. today, Met-Ed has restored service to approximately 240,000 customers - about 90 percent of the customers impacted by the hurricane - with about...
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2 in Shippingport, Penn., returned to service at 5:22 p.m. last night following a September 24, 2012, shutdown for refueling and maintenance. The 904-megawatt plant is currently operating at 23 percent power and is expected to reach full power in the next week. During the outage, 65 of the plant's 157...
READING, Pa., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 workers from Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed), other FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) utilities, and contractors continue to work around the clock to restore service following Hurricane Sandy, which tore through the company's 15-county Pennsylvania service area earlier this week. As of 3 p.m. today, Met-Ed has restored service to approximately 220,000 customers - more than 80 percent of the customers impacted by the hurricane -...
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 16,000 FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) employees, contractors and workers from other utilities - including 10,700 line, hazard and forestry crews - have been working around the clock to restore service to customers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland who lost power following Hurricane Sandy. Around-the-clock work will continue until the restoration process is complete. Power has been restored to approximately 82...
FAIRMONT, W.Va., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The FirstEnergy Foundation has contributed $20,000 to the West Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross to support relief efforts for state residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is the parent company of Mon Power and The Potomac Edison Company. Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region on October 29, packing winds exceeding 80 mph and dropping up to three feet of heavy, wet snow in the higher elevations of West...
CLEVELAND, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The FirstEnergy Foundation has contributed $25,000 to the American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland to support relief efforts for residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is the parent company of The Illuminating Company, which was particularly impacted by the storm. Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region on October 29, packing damaging winds exceeding 80 mph in some areas and causing widespread power outages throughout...
WILLIAMSPORT, Md., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The FirstEnergy Foundation has contributed $10,000 to the American Red Cross of the Chesapeake Region to support relief efforts for Maryland residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is the parent company of the Potomac Edison Company. Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Northeast on October 29, packing winds exceeding 80 mph and dropping up to more than a foot of heavy wet snow in the higher elevations in Western...
READING, Pa., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The FirstEnergy Foundation has contributed $25,000 to the American Red Cross in Berks, Monroe and Bucks counties to support relief efforts for residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is the parent company of Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed) Company, which was particularly impacted by the storm. Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Northeast on October 29, packing damaging winds exceeding 80 mph in some areas and causing...
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The FirstEnergy Foundation has contributed $100,000 to the Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross to support relief efforts for residents of the state affected by Hurricane Sandy. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is the parent company of JCP&L. The Jersey Coast Chapter, which covers Monmouth and Ocean counties, will share the grant with other Red Cross chapters in hard-hit areas of New Jersey, including: Central New Jersey...
