FirstEnergy subsidiaries awarded $800 M in transmission upgrades
FirstEnergy subsidiaries Potomac Edison and MAIT have been awarded transmission projects worth more than $800 million.
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USA, Williamsport: FirstEnergy subsidiaries Potomac Edison and MAIT have been awarded transmission projects worth more than $800 million.
FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiaries Potomac Edison and Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission (MAIT) have been awarded transmission projects worth more than $800 million in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia by regional transmission organization PJM Interconnection. The projects should enhance reliability, accommodate growing demand for electricity by residential and commercial customers and facilitate the connection of new energy resources, such as wind and solar.
The companies submitted the projects earlier this year. The work will also help enhance the flow of electricity across the system and address the impact of power plant retirements that provided 11 GW of energy. In December, the PJM Board of Managers approved three FirstEnergy-affiliated projects that minimize environmental and community impacts by utilizing existing transmission rights of way.
Awarded projects include upgrading an existing 24-mile transmission line that runs from Adams County, Pennsylvania, to Carroll County, Maryland, upgrading a transmission line in Frederick and Montgomery counties in Maryland, and upgrading 36 miles of an existing 138 kV transmission line in Virginia and West Virginia to create a double-circuit line with 500 kV wires installed over 138 kV wires.
Source: FirstEnergy
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