electricity

AKRON, Ohio — FirstEnergy is reminding customers to fill the air with love, not helium-filled balloons this Valentine’s Day. While foil balloons have ...

GREENSBURG — FirstEnergy Corp.’s Pennsylvania utilities completed more than $120 million in major projects over the last year that include infrastruct...

It wasn’t the weather or a car accident. However, things got pretty dark Wednesday evening and area residents were wondering why. A power outage in Br...

ERIE — The Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., plans to install about 2,000 automated “TripSaver” reclosing de...

READING — Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is continuing to conduct tree trimming work in communities acros...

HARRISBURG — In conjunction with National Electric Safety Month, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is reminding homeowners and contract...

Wednesday’s windy weather may have contributed to two power outages that impacted local customers. Roughly 1,500 customers in the Bradford area found ...

HARRISBURG – As part of enhanced statewide safety efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today urged h...

As the public largely remains at home in response to COVID-19, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) urges added caution around home fire sa...

ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. – Several years ago the Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce took on the responsibility of providing and installing the beautiful tre...

Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary, has their ‘Veterans Kindness Tree’ lit and ready with tags again this year! Local nursing homes have provided a list of...

MAIN : All the work on Main Street over the past few months has sent us looking in our archives for past projects on the thoroughfare. We found this s...

Power was out for several hours Thursday afternoon in the Foster Township area when storms spread through the region. Christine Hajoway from Penelec s...

Electric safety in water: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is reminding people about potential electrical hazards that exist in swimmin...

Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched to reports of a small fire at GE Energy at the corner of Fisher Avenue and Mill Street, where Dresser-Ran...

READING — Tracing its roots to a handful of companies that illuminated downtown streetlights – from dusk until an hour after the saloons closed in som...

A failed insulator in Bradford Township left much of the Bradford area without power for about a half-hour Thursday afternoon. Penelec spokesman Todd ...

HARRISBURG — With frigid temperatures gripping the state this week, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Wednesday provided tips to consumers...

A failed insulator on a wire is to blame for electrical issues in the Bradford area Tuesday night. “We have a pole that’s off High Street near our Pen...

Several places in Bradford experienced power outages and issues between 10:30 and 11 p.m. Tuesday night. At The Era, the power would go off for a minu...