MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Energy — subsidiaries of FirstEnergy, have applied to the state Public Service Commission to build five solar power plants that would generate a combined […]
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Mon Power completes projects to improve local service reliability
MORGANTOWN – Mon Power announced it has completed a series of improvements to its distribution system that are designed to reduce service interruptions for approximately 4,580 customers in seven West […]
Strained lines holding several downed trees off Canyon Road, travelers
MORGANTOWN — Utility lines don’t typically grab your attention. The ones on Canyon Road do — primarily because they’re all that’s keeping multiple trees from falling onto the road. Or, […]
Power back on after downed tree causes outage affecting 1,700
MORGANTOWN — For roughly an hour Monday, more than 1,700 area residents lost power, including businesses in the Pierpont Centre on Venture Drive. At 4:08 p.m., a tree came down […]
Mon Power will use saws suspended from helicopters to trim trees along power lines
MORGANTOWN – Mon Power reports that it is using two helicopters equipped with aerial saws to trim trees and maintain electrical clearances along eight difficult-to-access transmission line corridors in West […]
Police: Tuesday power outage caused by drunk driver
MORGANTOWN — A Tuesday evening power outage in Sabraton was caused when an allegedly drunk driver crashed into a light pole support wire. About 1,500 Mon Power customers lost power […]
Help for those facing power shutoffs, notices
by Olivia MurrayOMurray@DominionPost.com Several Morgantown residents claim to have received termination notices regarding their electric service through Mon Power, while others report that their power, or that of someone they […]
Mon Power agrees with green groups to postpone Fort Martin, Harrison upgrades in power rate settlement approved by PSC
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and its FirstEnergy sister Potomac Edison have agreed with a number of green energy groups to set aside plans to upgrade the coal-fired boilers at their […]
Mon Power completes upgrades
Enhancements should reduce 400 customers’ outages Newsroom@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT — Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. recently completed enhancements to its local electric lines in south Morgantown that are designed […]
PSC OKs rates for Mon Power/Potomac Edison to provide LED street lights, but not the rates they asked for
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved rates for LED outdoor lights for customers that provide outdoor lighting – essentially state and local governments. But they’re not the […]
