ATSI’s transmission assets are located within the footprint of FirstEnergy’s Ohio and Pennsylvania Power utilities. The assets currently are operated by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator.
Stanley Szwed, vice president of FERC policy and compliance at FirstEnergy, said: “We appreciate FERC’s timely decision, which will support our orderly transition into PJM. The move will take advantage of our strong interconnections with PJM, and our customers will benefit from its more fully developed retail choice market.”
The integration into PJM is expected to be complete on June 1, 2011, to coincide with delivery of power under the next competitive generation procurement process for FirstEnergy’s Ohio companies and Pennsylvania Power.
Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services.
