As part of the company’s overall $50m investment in 2013, the projects include $5.3m reconstruction of a transmission line to help maintain reliable electric service for customers, a $4.6m in substation improvements, equipment replacement at Ridgeley Substation in Ridgeley, upgrade of 90 distribution circuits.
Additional work includes replacement of underground cables, inspection and replacement of utility poles and ongoing vegetation management programs.
FirstEnergy Maryland Operations president James Sears the infrastructure investments are designed to help maintain the company’s system on a day-to-day basis to benefit its customers now while helping to prepare the system for future load growth.
"When combined with similar investments we’ve made in recent years, it’s part of our ongoing effort to enhance the reliability of our system to benefit our customers," Sears added.
Potomac Edison serves approximately 250,000 customers in seven Maryland counties and 132,000 customers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, US.
