WILLIAMSPORT, Md., July 25,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has hired nine recent graduates of
Power Systems Institute (PSI), the company's award-winning,
two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation
of line and substation workers FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility
companies.
The new employees include seven lineworkers who recently
graduated from the company's PSI program established with
Blue Ridge Community & Technical
College in Martinsburg, West
Virginia, in 2015. Two new substation electricians graduated
from Pierpont Community & Technical College in Fairmont, West Virginia.
"Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated
men and women for the electric utility industry," said Linda Moss, president of FirstEnergy's Maryland
Operations. "We look forward to these graduates joining our
workforce to help continue providing safe and reliable electric
service for our customers."
The new Potomac Edison lines employees, along with their work
locations and hometowns, include:
- Augusta Service Center – Dillion
Fuller, Augusta, West
Virginia
- Berkeley Springs Service Center – Trevor Rice, Cumberland, Maryland
- Martinsburg Service Center – Nicholas
Sauble, Hagerstown,
Maryland
- Mt. Airy Service Center – Travis
Topper, Taneytown,
Maryland; Gavin Edwards,
Middletown, Maryland
- Thurmont Service Center – Owen
Sgaggero, Cumberland,
Maryland
- Williamsport Service Center – Alex
Nee, Smithsburg,
Maryland
The new Potomac Edison substation employees with their work
locations and hometowns include:
- Martinsburg Service Center – Dalton
Earhart, Gore,
Virginia
- Williamsport Service Center – Blain
Moore, Grafton, West
Virginia
The PSI curriculum for lineworkers requires two and a half days
each week spent at Blue Ridge Community
& Technical College, with the remainder of the week spent at a
Potomac Edison training facility in Williamsport, Maryland. Similarly, substation
electricians spend two and a half days each week at Pierpont
Community & Technical College completing academic course work
and the remainder of time at the Potomac Edison training facility.
All students focus on safe work practices and procedures in the
electrical environment. The graduates earned an associate of
applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology.
Since the program was developed in 2000, FirstEnergy has hired
more than 2,400 line workers and substation personnel who completed
PSI programs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
Jersey and West
Virginia.
For information about how to enroll in the PSI program, call
1-800-829-6801, or visit www.firstenergycorp.com/psi.
Potomac Edison serves about 275,000 customers in all or parts of
Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery, and Washington counties in Maryland and 151,000 customers in the Eastern
Panhandle of West Virginia. Follow
Potomac Edison at www.potomacedison.com, on Twitter @PotomacEdison,
and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PotomacEdison.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its 10 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 online at www.firstenergycorp.com and
on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.
Editor's Note: Photos of FirstEnergy's Power
Systems Institute training program are available for download on
Flickr.
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