Work Underway to Enhance Electric Service Reliability for FirstEnergy's West Virginia Customers
Nearly 8,700 customers in rural communities to benefit from the projects
The projects are part of a three-year
The program benefits rural communities through reliability projects, such as constructing backup power lines that will help keep the lights on for customers if wires or equipment on their regular line are damaged or need to be taken out of service. The companies are also relocating hard-to-access power lines to more accessible or less forested areas that will help reduce restoration time if a service disruption does occur.
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Berkeley County : Reinforcing and rewiring a 1.8-mile backup power line, benefiting 2,577 Potomac Edison customers inInwood . -
Marion, Monongalia and
Preston counties: Relocating a half-mile length of power line from a ravine to a more accessible and less forested area. The relocation will make the line accessible via bucket truck and will decrease the time needed to repair damage and restore service. The project will benefit 2,091 customers located inFairmont , Gladesville,Hebron and Ringgold. -
Nicholas County : Converting 2.2 miles of a power line from a 4-kilovolt (kV) voltage to 12-kV, enhancing reliability for 821 customers inRichwood . -
Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties: Relocating a half-mile length of power line from a cliffside to a more accessible area. The relocation will decrease the time needed to restore service and will benefit 1,707 customers inRenick , Modoc, Rorer, Horrock, Droop, Spice andHillsboro . -
Summers County : Relocating a mile of power line from a cliffside to a more accessible area. The relocation will decrease the time needed to restore service and will benefit 1,472 customers in Browning, Wiggins andForest Hill .
Potomac Edison serves about 285,000 customers in seven counties in
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
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