FirstEnergy Invests Heavily in Years-Long T&D Buildout for PJM

October 28, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--FirstEnergy is preparing for a years-long buildout of transmission and distribution (T&D) capacity in its service area, which covers portions of the U.S. Northeast, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions. The company warns the expected growth in data centers will drive some of the strongest demand increase the region has seen in decades.

Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.39 billion worth of active and proposed projects from FirstEnergy, nearly 90% of which is attributed to T&D projects in the PJM Interconnection.