BRECKSVILLE, Ohio, July 26,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Illuminating Company, a
subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is enhancing its
underground power system in eastern Cuyahoga County with a cable upgrade that will
help boost service reliability for area customers. This work
complements more than $15 million in
upgrades to the company's underground system over the past five
years to benefit nearly 536,000 customers in Cuyahoga County.
The Illuminating Company maintains 11,000 miles of underground
wire across the region. This year, nearly 1.5 miles of older,
uncoated underground lines in Pepper
Pike will be replaced with new power lines coated in a thick
shell to make them more durable against elements like dirt, rocks,
lightning and water. Since work began in 2015 to harden the system,
the company has replaced more than 100 miles of underground lines
that served customers well for many years but were ready for an
upgrade.
"This work demonstrates our commitment to hardening our system
against power outages so we can keep power flowing to our
customers," said Pat Mullin, acting
president of FirstEnergy's Ohio
operations. "We operate one of the nation's largest underground
electric systems, and these upgrades allow us to continue providing
safe, dependable and affordable power to our customers."
To determine the best locations for the underground upgrades,
utility personnel reviewed outage patterns across The Illuminating
Company's service territory and identified areas that would most
benefit. The work in Pepper Pike
is expected to be completed by the end of this year and will
benefit about 3,000 customers.
The Illuminating Company serves more than 750,000 customers
across Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake
and Lorain counties. Follow The
Illuminating Company on Twitter @IlluminatingCo and on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/IlluminatingCo.
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 on
Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp or online
at www.firstenergycorp.com.
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