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Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2 Returns to Service Following Refueling and Maintenance Outage

October 30, 2015 2:53 PM EDT

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2 in Shippingport, Penn., returned to service at 1:18 p.m. today following a September 26, 2015, shutdown for refueling and maintenance.  The 933-megawatt plant is currently operating at approximately 20 percent power and is expected to reach full power in the next week.

During the refueling outage, one-third of the plant's 157 fuel assemblies were exchanged.  In addition, numerous inspections and preventative maintenance and improvement projects were completed to ensure continued safe... More

FirstEnergy Announces Third Quarter Financial Results

October 29, 2015 4:20 PM EDT

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today reported third quarter 2015 operating (non-GAAP) earnings* of $0.98 per basic share of common stock.  These results exclude the impact of the special items listed below, and compare to 2014 third quarter operating (non-GAAP) earnings of $0.89 per basic share of common stock.

GAAP earnings for the third quarter of 2015 were $395 million, or $0.94 per basic share of common stock ($0.93 diluted), on revenue of $4.1 billion.  For the third quarter of 2014, GAAP earnings were $333 million, or $0.79 per basic and diluted share of common stock, on revenue of $3.9 billion.... More