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Page 5 Business Matters<br />
The Potomac Edison Company – Your Provider <strong>of</strong> Reliable<br />
Electric Service in <strong>the</strong> Eastern Panhandle<br />
Electricity is <strong>the</strong> lifeblood <strong>of</strong> modern day living and<br />
commerce. The Potomac Edison Company takes very<br />
seriously its mission to provide safe, reliable electric<br />
service to our 132,000 customers in West Virginia’s<br />
Eastern Panhandle, including 51,000 customers in<br />
Berkeley County. Whe<strong>the</strong>r it is connecting a new resident<br />
or business, upgrading and maintaining <strong>the</strong> region’s<br />
electrical infrastructure, or restoring power after damaging<br />
storms such as <strong>the</strong> June 29 Derecho, <strong>the</strong> men and women<br />
<strong>of</strong> Potomac Edison stand squarely in your corner. Potomac<br />
Edison employs more than 500 people to serve its West<br />
Virginia and Maryland customers, with about 60<br />
employees based at <strong>the</strong> Martinsburg Service Center.<br />
Some people may remember us as Allegheny Power. But that name changed after Allegheny Energy merged with<br />
FirstEnergy Corp. <strong>of</strong> Akron, Ohio in 2011, and FirstEnergy promptly restored <strong>the</strong> traditional utility name <strong>of</strong><br />
Potomac Edison. Our local utility management team is focused on making decisions that benefit our customers and<br />
communities, and we operate by a philosophy that “<strong>the</strong> greater good is better business.” This testament underlies<br />
our contributions to community organizations and investments in <strong>the</strong> local economy. Potomac Edison’s<br />
Martinsburg-based employees contributed more than $2,500 and 500 pounds <strong>of</strong> food to Harvest for Hunger in 2011<br />
and 2012, benefitting <strong>the</strong> Loaves & Fishes food bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cooperative Community Action Project. Similarly,<br />
employees and <strong>the</strong> FirstEnergy Foundation donated more than $10,000 to <strong>the</strong> United Way <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eastern<br />
Panhandle in 2011.<br />
We take an active role in promoting <strong>the</strong> communities we serve to new and existing businesses. Businesses seeking<br />
sites can use FirstProspector, a program that finds and analyzes potential sites for new commercial and industrial<br />
construction, including existing available space. Potomac<br />
Edison worked closely with Macy’s and <strong>the</strong> Berkeley<br />
County Development Authority to extend electric service to<br />
Macy’s new distribution center. We also support regional<br />
efforts to attract data center operators to <strong>the</strong> Eastern<br />
Panhandle to take advantage <strong>of</strong> an ample supply <strong>of</strong> lowcost,<br />
reliable electricity.<br />
To learn more about Potomac Edison and FirstEnergy,<br />
please visit our web site at www.firstenergycorp.com.