The 20,000-square-foot facility is located
within Ohio Edison's service area
AKRON,
Ohio, Oct. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy
Corp. (NYSE: FE), recently completed construction on a new
operations service center in North
Jackson, Mahoning County,
to help streamline operations and maximize efficiencies along the
local high-voltage power system.
The nearly 20,000-square-foot facility, centrally located within
Ohio Edison's greater Youngstown
service area, provides company personnel with efficient access to
heavy-duty transmission equipment and materials to help enhance
electric service reliability and minimize the impact of service
disruptions for customers in the area.
The building will serve as a central location for nearly a dozen
FirstEnergy transmission line workers based in the Mahoning Valley
area. This facility will benefit customers by providing quicker
access to resources for transmission personnel during
service-related issues and daily work.
A video of the new facility is available to view
on FirstEnergy's Youtube page.
Mark Mroczynski, President of
Transmission at FirstEnergy: "Our northeast Ohio customers are already benefiting by
having this transmission service center in Mahoning County. For example, after severe
storms hit the region in early August, this new building allowed
restoration to begin faster since materials and other resources
were together in one central location."
The new center, situated on 10 acres along Bailey Court East,
also includes offices and storage space. A 15,000-square-foot
storage facility was constructed next to the service center to
house large transmission equipment, including transformers, power
lines, insulators and more.
ATSI provides transmission services in Ohio and in the western portion of
Pennsylvania and owns or maintains
more than 8,100 miles of transmission lines, substations and other
facilities.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving more than six million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, West Virginia,
Maryland and New York. The company's transmission
subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission
lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow
FirstEnergy online at firstenergycorp.com and on
X @FirstEnergyCorp.
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SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.