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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE:FE) (Akron, Ohio), historically a coal-focused power-generation company, is adding solar to its portfolio as it revamps its infrastructure across large swaths of its service area. Industrial Info is tracking more than $760 million worth of active projects from FirstEnergy, more than half of which is attributed to transmission and distribution (T&D) projects.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing FirstEnergy's active projects, by U.S. state.
FirstEnergy recently wrapped up the closure of an ash landfill at its former R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport, Maryland, which the company plans to repurpose as a utility-scale solar facility. Although located in Maryland, the Smith station serviced the northernmost area of West Virginia's "stovepipe." The landfill's closure was the conclusion of a 20-year effort to reuse 3.1 million tons of the plant's ash byproduct in cement manufacturing, according to a press release from FirstEnergy. The ash was sold to two major cement manufacturers to fuel their cement kilns.
Mon Power, one of FirstEnergy's two electric companies in West Virginia, continues to seek permits for the Smith solar plant, which would generate up to 10 megawatts (MW). Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can learn more from Industrial Info's detailed project report for the solar plant and plant profile for the coal plant, which ceased operations in 2012.
Mon Power is planning five solar facilities across West Virginia, as part of a new statewide solar program. Other proposals include the 10-MW Wylie Ridge Solar Project in Weirton, West Virginia, at or adjacent to the existing Wylie Ridge Substation, which also services West Virginia's stovepipe. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's detailed project report.
In April, West Virginia's Public Service Commission (PSC) provided conditional approval of FirstEnergy's request to build 50 MW of utility-scale solar power generation in the state, at a cost of roughly $100 million, as long as FirstEnergy's Mon Power and Potomac Edison subsidiaries subscribe at least 85% of the output before beginning construction.
"We began accepting commitments from residential, commercial and industrial customers to purchase solar [renewable energy certificates] in May," said Steven Strah, the chief executive officer of FirstEnergy, in a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call. "We're making progress to meet the 85% threshold. And at that time, Mon Power and Potomac Edison will seek final approval from the commission for a surcharge to cover the balance of the project costs and begin full-scale construction. We expect the first solar generation site to be in service by the end of 2023, with the construction completed at the four other sites no later than the end of 2025."
Earlier this month, Mon Power reached an agreement to keep two of its existing coal-fired plants in West Virginia--the Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville and the Harrison Power Station in Haywood--operating past 2028. Wastewater-treatment systems at both facilities will be upgraded as part of the settlement, which is pending approval by the state PSC, according to West Virginia public radio. Subscribers can read detailed profiles for the Fort Martin and Harrison plants.
In July, FirstEnergy filed for the second phase of its grid modernization program in Ohio, which follows a series of system upgrades the company completed across the state starting in 2019. FirstEnergy already is at work on the Ashland Substation and transmission line additions in and near Ashland, Ohio, in which a new substation in Ashland will serve as the hub for two 138-kilovolt (kV) and three 69-kV transmission lines. Subscribers can learn more details about the substation from Industrial Info's project report.
The five transmission lines will connect the Ashland Substation to the existing:
Subscribers can click here for a full list of reports for active projects from FirstEnergy.
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Click on the image at right for a graph detailing FirstEnergy's active projects, by U.S. state.FirstEnergy recently wrapped up the closure of an ash landfill at its former R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport, Maryland, which the company plans to repurpose as a utility-scale solar facility. Although located in Maryland, the Smith station serviced the northernmost area of West Virginia's "stovepipe." The landfill's closure was the conclusion of a 20-year effort to reuse 3.1 million tons of the plant's ash byproduct in cement manufacturing, according to a press release from FirstEnergy. The ash was sold to two major cement manufacturers to fuel their cement kilns.
Mon Power, one of FirstEnergy's two electric companies in West Virginia, continues to seek permits for the Smith solar plant, which would generate up to 10 megawatts (MW). Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can learn more from Industrial Info's detailed project report for the solar plant and plant profile for the coal plant, which ceased operations in 2012.
Mon Power is planning five solar facilities across West Virginia, as part of a new statewide solar program. Other proposals include the 10-MW Wylie Ridge Solar Project in Weirton, West Virginia, at or adjacent to the existing Wylie Ridge Substation, which also services West Virginia's stovepipe. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's detailed project report.
In April, West Virginia's Public Service Commission (PSC) provided conditional approval of FirstEnergy's request to build 50 MW of utility-scale solar power generation in the state, at a cost of roughly $100 million, as long as FirstEnergy's Mon Power and Potomac Edison subsidiaries subscribe at least 85% of the output before beginning construction.
"We began accepting commitments from residential, commercial and industrial customers to purchase solar [renewable energy certificates] in May," said Steven Strah, the chief executive officer of FirstEnergy, in a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call. "We're making progress to meet the 85% threshold. And at that time, Mon Power and Potomac Edison will seek final approval from the commission for a surcharge to cover the balance of the project costs and begin full-scale construction. We expect the first solar generation site to be in service by the end of 2023, with the construction completed at the four other sites no later than the end of 2025."
Earlier this month, Mon Power reached an agreement to keep two of its existing coal-fired plants in West Virginia--the Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville and the Harrison Power Station in Haywood--operating past 2028. Wastewater-treatment systems at both facilities will be upgraded as part of the settlement, which is pending approval by the state PSC, according to West Virginia public radio. Subscribers can read detailed profiles for the Fort Martin and Harrison plants.
In July, FirstEnergy filed for the second phase of its grid modernization program in Ohio, which follows a series of system upgrades the company completed across the state starting in 2019. FirstEnergy already is at work on the Ashland Substation and transmission line additions in and near Ashland, Ohio, in which a new substation in Ashland will serve as the hub for two 138-kilovolt (kV) and three 69-kV transmission lines. Subscribers can learn more details about the substation from Industrial Info's project report.
The five transmission lines will connect the Ashland Substation to the existing:
- Howard Substation, running 17.3 miles; see project report
- Dell Substation, running 6 miles; see project report
- Brookside Substation, running 3.4 miles; see project report
- Hale Substation, running 3.5 miles; see project report
- Fairview Substation, running 1.5 miles; see project report
Subscribers can click here for a full list of reports for active projects from FirstEnergy.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the world's leading provider of market intelligence across the upstream, midstream and downstream energy markets and all other major industrial markets. IIR's Global Market Intelligence Platform (GMI) supports our end-users across their core businesses, and helps them connect trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated project opportunities. Follow IIR on: LinkedIn.
