Major Michigan Utility Selects GE Hitachi Nuclear Reactor Design in License Application to NRC

Detroit Edison, Michigan’s largest electric utility, today submitted a combined construction and operating license application (COLA) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a potential new reactor, based on GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s ESBWR design, at its existing Fermi 2 Power Plant site. The facility is on the shore of Lake Erie, 35 miles... 

Detroit Edison Submits Application for Possible New Nuclear Plant

Detroit Edison officials submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission a Combined License Application for a possible new nuclear power plant at the site of the company’s existing nuclear plant near Newport, Mich. “It is satisfying to reach this significant milestone, which is necessary if we are to maintain the option of building a... 

Service Restored to 930,000 Customers of FirstEnergy Utilities

Service to 93 percent of FirstEnergy’s utility operating company customers has been restored following Sunday’s massive wind storm. As of 10:00 a.m. Thursday, approximately 70,400 customers of Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Pennsylvania Electric and Pennsylvania Power remain without service. Approximately 3,000 line,... 

FirstEnergy Continues Restoration Efforts to Approximately One Million Customers Affected by Severe Wind Storm

Unexpected high winds that moved through northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon, September 14, interrupted electric service to approximately one million customers of FirstEnergy Corp.’s Ohio Edison and Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company subsidiaries in Ohio, and Penn Power and Penelec subsidiaries in western Pennsylvania.... 

Progress Energy Sending Crews, Contractors to Assist in Ike Restoration

Progress Energy is sending more than 800 company and contract workers from the Carolinas and Florida to Texas to assist utilities there with expected damage and power outages from Hurricane Ike. The company’s deployment of 385 employees and 437 contract personnel is larger than deployments made in support of utilities in Louisiana and Texas after... 

Progress Energy Receives National Economic Development Award

Site Selection magazine has named Progress Energy one of North America’s Top Utilities for Economic Development for the sixth time in the last seven years. The magazine’s September 2008 issue selected Progress Energy as one of 10 winning utilities based on its success in helping to generate 7,405 new jobs and more than $766 million in capital... 

Progress Energy Responding to Outages from Hanna

A strong Tropical Storm Hanna came ashore at 3:20 a.m., bringing high winds and heavy rains to much of Progress Energy Carolinas’ service area, and the company has deployed hundreds of company and contract workers to restore service as quickly and safely as possible. As of 8 a.m., about 55,000 customers were without power. Most of those customers... 

Con Edison Prepares for Tropical Storm Hanna

With a forecast of heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour this weekend, Con Edison is preparing to mobilize extra crews throughout New York City and Westchester County to respond to any power outages that might occur. The expected high winds and heavy rain could take their toll on trees, causing them to topple into power lines resulting... 

Send Students Back to School With High Scores in ‘Electrical Safety 101′

As teachers do their best to enforce solid study habits this fall, it is a good time for parents to remind their children about the ABCs of electricity safety. Electrical shocks and fires injure thousands of people each year. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated 28,300 residential building electrical fires cause 360 deaths, 1,000... 

Progress Energy Crews Heading East to Assist in Storm Restoration

Progress Energy crews from Western North Carolina are headed to coastal areas today to assist in restoring service from the expected effects of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna. The storm is expected to make landfall near the N.C./S.C. border between 2 and 4 a.m. Saturday. Company line & service crews, as well as contract line and tree crews and...