#FirstEnergy Corp

Končar – Power Transformers (KPT) Ltd., a joint-venture of Siemens Energy and Končar, has successfully contracted supply of 7 transformers with FirstEnergy Corp.

USA, Ohio, Cleveland: The Illuminating Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is completing electrical grid upgrades in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

USA, Pennsylvania: Construction has begun on a new FirstEnergy Corp. transmission substation near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, to help meet the increased electrical usage of the area’s expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry.

USA, Pennsylvania: The Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania received a massive backup transformer that will only be used as a spare in the event of a malfunction.

USA, Ohio: Ohio Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. has energized a new $2.4 million substation in West Akron to enhance customer service reliability and help meet future demand for electricity in the area.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy is building a $1.2 million substation in Brunswick, Ohio, that will support future growth and reduce outages, the company says.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy Corp. is looking to invest about $120 million in 2015 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects in Toledo Edison’s service area in northwest Ohio.

USA, Pennsylvania: One of FirstEnergy Corp.’s two reactors at the Beaver Valley Power Station failed because operators had not been briefed on how to operate the plant’s aging main transformer.

USA, Pennsylvania: FirstEnergy Corp. has completed construction of a new substation and transmission line in Armstrong County

USA, Ohio:Toledo Edison (a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.) is completing the testing of new power transformers installed at two large substations that will help enhance service reliability in the area and meet the expected increase in power demand in the summer.