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FirstEnergy

Investor-owned electric utility

firstenergycorp.com

Headquarters: Akron, United States
Founded year: 1997
Company type: Public company
Number of employees: 10,000+

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Latest news about FirstEnergy

In short: FirstEnergy proposed a $480 million rate hike in Ohio and faced the reindictment of former executives in a $60 million bribery scandal.

Company announcements

Yesterday FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy Ohio companies ready to respond to outages

They are monitoring storms expected Wednesday evening and have over 1,000 outside workers on standby.

Yesterday FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy names three senior leaders for operations, safety, and IT

Chris Beam leads WV/MD ops, Hanneke Counts oversees safety culture, Daniel Puscas is CIO to accelerate tech transformation.

Yesterday FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania crews prepare for fourth round of severe storms

The company mobilizes additional crews to respond to potential outages from wind gusts up to 65 mph across its Pennsylvania service area.

May 26 FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy files rate plan for reliability and customer support

The plan involves $800M annual investments in infrastructure and expanded bill assistance programs.

Media coverage

June 7 CBS News

Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that a grand jury has reindicted two fired...

June 5 Seeking Alpha

FirstEnergy Ohio Rate Plan Seeks $400M Of New Revenue, $2B Of Added Rate Base

FirstEnergy's Ohio utilities are seeking a total $481.4 million multiyear electric distribution base rate increase that would be implemented beginning in mid-2027. Read more here.

June 4 AP News

Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state's long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year have been reindicted.

June 1 TipRanks

FirstEnergy Updates Strategy in Spring Investor Presentation - TipRanks.com

The latest announcement is out from FirstEnergy ( ($FE) ). On June 1, 2026, FirstEnergy published a spring investor presentation providing updated strategic and reg...

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