JCP&L upgrades in Monmouth and Morris counties are part of a larger
$95 million project
HOLMDEL,
N.J., Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jersey
Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy
Corp. (NYSE: FE), is investing in its customers by upgrading two
power lines in Morris and
Monmouth counties. The upgrades
are scheduled to be completed in November 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.
Doug Mokoid, FirstEnergy's
President, New Jersey:
"JCP&L is committed to the safe, reliable delivery of
electricity to our 1.1 million customers in New Jersey in a cost-conscious manner. The
upgrades we are undertaking as part of the Reliability Improvement
Project are one of the ways we are ensuring we are meeting our
customer commitments."
The upgrades include:
- Replace 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 remote-access devices
and reclosers, which 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 re-energize the line after the condition
has passed without having to send a crew to investigate.
- Additional tree trimming and vegetation management along the
circuits.
Equipment enhancements will take place along more than 10 miles
of lines in Monmouth County and approximately 10 miles of
lines in Morris County.
The Monmouth County upgrades
begin at a JCP&L substation in Howell
Township and continue along a line that runs to Freehold Township, serving 2,200 customers. In
Morris County, 2,174 customers
stand to benefit from the upgrades, which begin at a JCP&L
substation in Gillette/Long Hill
Township before continuing into Chatham Township.
These two lines represent the first of 18 that will receive
upgrades under the New Jersey Reliability Improvement Project, 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 repairs, which are longer-duration
projects, are 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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