JCP&L upgrades are part of a larger
$95 million project
HOLMDEL,
N.J., Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jersey
Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy
Corp. (NYSE: FE), has started construction on infrastructure
upgrades designed to enhance electric reliability for customers in
three Morris County communities.
The work is scheduled to be completed in October 2025 as part of JCP&L's New Jersey
Reliability Improvement Project, an element of the company's rate
review settlement approved by the New
Jersey Board of Public Utilities in February.
Equipment enhancements will take place along more than five
miles of power lines in Chester, Washington and Roxbury townships. More than
2,100 JCP&L customers are expected to benefit from this
work.
Doug Mokoid, FirstEnergy's
President, New Jersey: "The
upgrades we're making under the New Jersey Reliability Improvement
Project are part of our commitment to providing safe, reliable
electric service for all our customers. These improvements, in
particular, target areas where customers have experienced some of
the most frequent outages in recent years."
The upgrades include:
- Replacing existing infrastructure with thicker, stronger wires
and poles that can safely carry more electricity and provide more
resiliency in storms.
- Upgrading fuses and installing additional devices
and reclosers that allow power to be rerouted to adjacent
lines when an outage occurs, minimizing the number of impacted
customers.
- Installing TripSaver devices, which sense temporary
abnormalities along power lines, such as a tree branch bouncing off
lines, and automatically reenergize the line after the condition
has passed without having to send a crew to investigate.
- Additional tree trimming and vegetation management along power
lines.
The New Jersey Reliability Improvement Project is a two-phase
effort to enhance reliability for customers on high-priority lines
selected based on historical outage data. The first phase, which
includes at least $95 million in
upgrades, is set to be completed over the next three years.
Second-phase work, which includes longer-duration projects, is
targeted for completion by the end of 2028.
JCP&L serves 1.1 million customers in the counties of
Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union
and Warren. Follow JCP&L on X
@JCP_L, on Facebook at facebook.com/JCPandL or online at
jcp-l.com.
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 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 on X @FirstEnergyCorp or
online at firstenergycorp.com.
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