Project to benefit 1,700 customers in
Morris and Sussex counties
HOLMDEL,
N.J., March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Jersey
Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy
Corp. (NYSE: FE), has begun construction on a year-long project to
upgrade overhead and install new underground electric service in
portions of Sussex County. The
$5.1 million project is expected to
be completed in November.
The work will take place along a power line running from a
JCP&L substation in the Landing section of Roxbury Township and benefit 1,700 customers
in Roxbury, the Borough of Mount
Arlington in western Morris
County and the Borough of Hopatcong in southern Sussex County.
Doug Mokoid, FirstEnergy's
President, New Jersey: "Our
teams have worked diligently to plan projects like selective
undergrounding and robust overhead upgrades that make a positive
impact on service reliability for our customers. This work will
help us better meet the current and future electric needs of these
communities."
In addition to enhanced tree trimming along the power line, the
electric grid upgrades include:
- Installing approximately 2,000 ft. of underground wires in
Roxbury Township.
- Upgrading existing infrastructure with thicker, stronger poles
and overhead wire that can safely carry more electricity and
provide more resiliency in storms.
- Increasing the number of protective devices and reclosers that
allow power to be rerouted to adjacent lines when an outage occurs,
minimizing the number of impacted customers.
- Installing TripSaver devices, which sense temporary
abnormalities along power lines, such as a tree branch bouncing off
lines, and automatically reenergize the line after the condition
has passed without having to send a crew to investigate.
The work is part of JCP&L's New Jersey Reliability
Improvement Project, a two-phase effort to enhance reliability for
customers on high-priority lines selected based on historical
outage data. The first phase includes a minimum of $95 million in upgrades over three years.
This project is part of Energize365, FirstEnergy's grid
evolution program focused on investing $26
billion between 2024 and 2028 across its six-state footprint
to create a smarter, more secure grid that delivers the power
customers depend on today while also meeting the challenges of
tomorrow.
JCP&L serves 1.1 million customers in the counties of
Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union
and Warren. Follow JCP&L on X
@JCP_L, on Facebook at facebook.com/JCPandL or online at
jcp-l.com.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving more than six million 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 X @FirstEnergyCorp or online
at firstenergycorp.com.
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