PR Newswire
READING, Pa., Dec. 1, 2016
READING, Pa., Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) is completing work on approximately $7.5 million of electric system projects as part of its 2016 Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan to reduce the number and duration of service interruptions experienced by the company's 560,000 customers.
The projects include installing enhanced protective devices on wires and poles, replacing or upgrading electric lines, adding other special equipment, and installing automated and remote control devices.
"These projects benefit customers by complementing the work we already do each year to enhance the reliability of our electric system," said Ed Shuttleworth, regional president of Met-Ed. "Our goal is to make our system the best it can be when it comes to limiting the number of outages our customers experience."
Met-Ed's Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan was approved earlier this year by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. This five-year, $43-million program will target distribution infrastructure projects to enhance service reliability in the Met-Ed area through 2020.
Projects completed this year in the Met-Ed service area include:
In 2017, Met-Ed is expected to spend an additional $9 million on similar Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan projects.
Met-Ed, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), serves approximately 560,000 customers in 15 Pennsylvania counties. Follow Met-Ed on Twitter @Met Ed and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MetEdElectric.
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FirstEnergy is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp or online at www.firstenergycorp.com.
Editor's Note: Photos of some of the equipment that was installed as part of Met-Ed's 2016 Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan are available for download on Flickr.
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SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.
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