Jersey Central Power and Light News

Monmouth County leaders are happy with changes and proposals made by Jersey Central Power and Light, but at least one Freeholder says local leaders shouldn't forget about the company's many failures.

Jersey Central Power & Light will hold open houses June 24 and June 25 for its proposed $44.5 million Oceanview Reinforcement Project, which will build a new 230 kilovolt transmission line in Monmouth County to add redundancy to the system and meet the growing demand for electricity.

West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. , continues to conduct vegetation management work across its 24-county service area in Pennsylvania as part of its ongoing efforts to help enhance system reliability.

JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano on Monday disputed criticism before New Jersey officials of the company's tree-trimming efforts.

At the regular meeting of the Danbury Township Trustees June 12, the following business was conducted: * Road Superintendent Brett Waldron reported that one full-service burial was held at Sackett Cemetery; the berm on North Shore Boulevard has been trimmed to grade level; the township auction was a success; a sewage back-up at township hall was ... (more)

U.S. power company FirstEnergy Corp said Monday there were no evacuations at or around the Perry nuclear power plant in Ohio after the company shut the plant to fix a coolant leak that was contained within the plant, company spokeswoman Jennifer Young told Reuters.

By Tom Johnson It's been a trying 10 years for customers of Jersey Central Power & Light.

The Akron area had a thunderous wake-up call Thursday morning as a massive line of storms made its way east.

Jersey Central Power & Light has given a makeover to its online colored outage maps, which were greatly criticized in the days following superstorm Sandy.

FirstEnergy is reporting on its website that about 4300 customers are without power this morning after a night of severe weather.

The National Weather Service has ended a severe storms warning for Trumbull and Mahoning counties.

Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. , continues to conduct vegetation management work across its 34-county service area, primarily in north-central West Virginia, as part of its ongoing efforts to help enhance system reliability.

Jersey Central Power & Light is ready to respond to power outages caused during the hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30. As one of 10 FirstEnergy Corp. utilities, JCP&L is able to utilize FirstEnergy's certified meteorologists' access to National Hurricane Center data to help predict any hurricane or tropical storm's impact on ... (more)

FirstEnergy says it will work with the state Public Service Commission on that agency's investigation of the meter reading and billing practices of FirstEnergy companies Mon Power and Potomac Edison.

The Morristown Office of Emergency Management is asking residents to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season amid warnings from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration of an "active 2013."

Nearly nine months after Hurricane Sandy knocked the borough for a loop and knocked out for a week and a half, a new area manager for Jersey Central Power & Light introduced himself to the Borough Council.

Two contractors were responsible for sneaking a pair of goldfish inside First Energy Corp.'s Perry nuclear power plant, plant officials confirmed Friday.

The Public Service Commission of West Virginia launched a general investigation Friday into the meter reading, billing and customer service practices of the FirstEnergy subsidiaries Monongahela Power Company and Potomac Edison Company after receiving numerous customer complaints.

Plant officials confirmed Friday that two contractors were responsible for sneaking in a pair of goldfish that were found swimming in a juice pitcher at the Perry facility.

What started out as a routine house fire call May to a home in the 9600 block of Brecksville Road quickly turned into the investigation of an elaborate marijuana growing operation.