#Pennsylvania

USA, Pennsylvania, Columbia: PPL Electric Utilities moved a large transformer in Lancaster County on 19 August.

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) has recently received accreditation for its substation design and installation management system.

USA, Pennsylvania, Altoona: Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission (MAIT), a transmission subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has begun construction of a new transmission line in Altoona.

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, Maryland: A fire broke out at a power plant in Maryland, just over the Pennsylvania border.

USA, Pennsylvania: Firefighters battled a blaze at a Lehigh Valley natural gas power plant for hours after transformer explosion sparked a fire at the facility on Sunday evening.

USA, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh-based steel producer Allegheny Technologies announced the elimination of 250 jobs in the company’s flat-rolled products division.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy is expanding a substation in Wampum, Pennsylvania to accommodate new high-voltage electrical equipment designed to reinforce the regional electric system and enhance service reliability.

USA, Pennsylvania: Sunbelt Transformer, a Grey Mountain Partners affiliate company, announced it is acquiring California-based Delta Testing Services Inc. (Delta Testing), an electrical services company.

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, Pennsylvania: Power management company Eaton has announced a contract to provide electrical distribution equipment and engineering services for an 8.2 MW community solar installation in Colorado at five sites, including Denver and Colorado Springs.

USA, Pennsylvania: FirstEnergy Corp. has nearly completed construction of a new substation in Elk County, Pennsylvania, that will include voltage-regulating equipment designed to reinforce the electric system and enhance service reliability for West Penn Power and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) utility customers.

USA, Pennsylvania: The closure of the Wysox bridge that carries state Route 187 over the Susquehanna River for the purpose of transporting two heavy power transformers to the Panda Liberty power plant has been approved by the state Department of Transportation.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy Corp. is looking to invest $35 million over the next two years on several transmission and substation projects in order to improve electrical service around Marcellus shale gas development.

USA, Pennsylvania: The transport of two heavy power transformers to the Panda Liberty power plant might require the closing of the bridge in Wysox, Pennsylvania, that carries state Route 187 over the Susquehanna River in Bradford County.

USA, Pennsylvania: Lansdale electric infrastructure has been upgraded with a new transformer as part of an extensive local infrastructure upgrade project.