READING,
Pa., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan
Edison Company (Met-Ed), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:
FE), has hired 14 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), the
company's award-winning, two-year educational program that helps
prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for
FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility companies.
The new employees include 10 lineworkers and four substation
electricians who are recent graduates of the company's Power
Systems Institute (PSI), a utility worker training partnership with
Reading Area Community College (RACC)
in Reading, Pennsylvania.
"Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated
men and women for the electric utility industry," said Scott Wyman, president of Pennsylvania
Operations. "We look forward to these graduates joining our
workforce to help continue providing safe and reliable electric
service for our customers."
The new Met-Ed lines employees, listed by work location and
hometowns, are:
- Gettysburg – Gerald Walsh, Bernville
- Hanover – Christopher Neuin, Hamburg
- Lebanon – Colton Kessler, Tremont
- Reading – Nick Evans, Mohrsville; Jack
Thomas, Bernville;
Kyren Turner, Fleetwood
- Stroudsburg – Omar Abdelfatah, Emmaus; Bryce
Ebinger, Alburtis
- York – Alex Guilbe, Reading; Bronson
Warner, Brogue
The new substation employees listed by work location, with their
hometowns are:
- Easton – Colby Constable, Bangor; Robert
James, Easton; Maxwell Murphy, Reading
- York – Brady Bowen, Corry
PSI is an award-winning, two-year educational program originally
developed by FirstEnergy in 2000 to help prepare the company's next
generation of utility line and substation workers.
The PSI curriculum for lines and substation employees requires
two-and-a-half days each week spent at Reading
Area Community College completing academic course work, with
the remainder of the week spent at a Met-Ed training facility in
Reading. All students focus on
safe work practices and procedures in the electrical environment.
The graduates earned an associate of applied science degree in
Electric Utility Technology.
Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than
2,400 lineworkers and substation personnel who completed PSI
programs in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
For information about how to enroll in the PSI program, call
1-800-829-6801, or visit www.firstenergycorp.com/psi.
Met-Ed serves approximately 570,000 customers within 3,300
square miles of eastern and southeastern Pennsylvania. Follow Met-Ed on Twitter @Met
Ed and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MetEdElectric.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability, and
operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving customers in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West
Virginia, Maryland, and
New York. The company's
transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of
transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com and
on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.
Editor's Note: Photos of FirstEnergy's Power
Systems Institute training program are available for download on
Flickr.
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