FirstEnergy Solutions' Electric Savings Offer For Residential Customers Of Penn Power To End On December 31, 2011

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Residential electric customers of Penn Power still have time to sign up with FirstEnergy Solutions to receive the lowest price on electric generation currently available.  By enrolling now, residents can lock in a fixed price of 6.60 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on electric generation through December 2013.  This is a 12 percent savings over Penn Power's current average residential rate of 7.48 cents per kWh.

Residents who choose FirstEnergy Solutions as their electric generation supplier will continue to receive one bill and the same level of service from Penn Power, and the utility will continue to deliver the electricity, maintain the poles and wires, and respond to power outages.

Residents interested in learning more about the FirstEnergy Solutions offer should contact the company at 1-866-430-4410 or visit www.fessave.com/easy. Discounts and savings for small commercial and industrial businesses are also available by visiting www.fes.com. 

FirstEnergy Solutions, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is one of the nation's largest providers of competitive electric generation supply, serving more than 1.5 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan and Illinois. 

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.  Its 10 electric distribution companies comprise the nation's largest investor-owned electric system.  Its diverse generating fleet features non-emitting nuclear, scrubbed baseload coal, natural gas, and pumped-storage hydro and other renewables, and has a total generating capacity of nearly 23,000 megawatts.

FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. is an unregulated subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp and is not the same company as Penn Power.  The prices of FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. are not regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and a customer is not required to buy electricity or other products or services from FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. in order to receive the same quality service from Penn Power.