From Mirror staff reports
GREENSBURG FirstEnerÂgy Corp.’s Pennsylvania utilities completed more than $120 million in major projects during the last year that include infrastructure and technological upgrades to the electric distribution system.
The investment is part of a five-year plan designed to enhance electric service reliability and minimize the impact of outages for 2 million customers served by Pennsylvania Power, West Penn Power, Pennsylvania Electric Co. and Metropolitan Edison.
Known as FirstEnergy’s Long Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan, the $572 million capital investment, which runs from 2020-24, builds on $360 million in similar system improvements made from 2016-19 during phase one of the plan.