FirstEnergy Turns to $3 Billion in T&D Projects as it Prepares to Close Nuclear Plants

SUGAR LAND--February 21, 2019--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE:FE) (Akron, Ohio) recently capped off what one executive called "perhaps the most pivotal year" in its history with stronger revenues and profits, as it ditches the competitive power business to become a fully regulated company. Amid its announced closures of a string of nuclear-power plants, the company's regulated transmission and distribution businesses reported higher deliveries, partly due to weather conditions. Industrial Info is tracking nearly $3 billion in active projects involving FirstEnergy, nearly 90% of which is attributed to work in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within this article: Details on some of the highest-valued projects from FirstEnergy, including the closures of major nuclear-power plants and a series of transmission-line upgrades.