FirstEnergy Corporation

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 19, the 324th day of 2008. 1794: The U.S. and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War. 1863: President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national...

Two Pennsylvania utilities cannot raise the electric rates they charge to customers and break the deregulation-era rate caps on the cost of electricity to which they agreed a decade ago, a state judge ruled Friday. Commonwealth Court Judge Rochelle S....

Monday Reports October Institute for Supply Management index, October vehicle sales, September construction spending Earnings Akorn Inc.; Automatic Data Processing Inc.; MasterCard Inc.; Nicor Inc.; Sysco Corp.; Viacom Inc. Tuesday Reports...

PJM Interconnection LLC, operator of the high-voltage electricity grid that stretches from the U.S. mid-Atlantic region to Illinois, said yesterday it approved $1.8 billion of improvements to meet future demand and avert blackouts. Dozens of projects were...

The presence of seven of the top 20 prospects, including No. 1-rated Carlos Carrasco, in the Phillies organization on their opening-day roster led many to believe the Reading Phillies were primed for a strong season this year. But as the 2008 campaign...

The future the electric industry has been working to create for itself has collided with the political realities of today. Deregulated markets, new nuclear power plants and more high-tension power lines -- that is what big energy companies nationwide...

A high-tension power line linking eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, now in the early stages of development, will probably push up the price of electricity in and around the Lehigh Valley, experts say. Other new lines, from West Virginia and western...

State regulators on Thursday rejected Metropolitan Edison Co.'s request to raise electricity generation rates ahead of schedule. A smaller hike, relating primarily to the costs of electricity transmission over high-tension power lines, was approved by...

Q: I would like to know if my shares of Wendy's International Inc. will continue to grow in my IRA. -- C.M., via the Internet A: The nation's third-largest hamburger chain--behind McDonald's and Burger King--isn't just trying to sell more food. It could...

LAWMAKERS LEHIGH COUNTY GOVERNMENT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Lehigh County Commissioner's Office, 17 S. Seventh St., Allentown, 610-782-3050, Fax: 610-820-3053, www.lehighcounty.org, County executive: Donald T. Cunningham, (2005-2009) Townships,...

AUTO/DRIVING INFORMATION All new residents of Pennsylvania are required to register their vehicle(s) within 20 days of establishing residency and to obtain a Pennsylvania driver's license within 60 days. Additionally, new residents must surrender...

The head of the Democratic Party said Wednesday that unchecked U.S. reliance on foreign oil helps fund terrorists and the nation must address its energy needs in a way that creates jobs. Howard Dean, in a speech to the American Jewish Committee, said...