FirstEnergy
American electric utility
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| June 1 2023 | Brian X. Tierney officially became president and CEO of FirstEnergy Corp., replacing John Somerhalder as interim CEO. |
| May 2023 | FirstEnergy consolidated operations by vacating their longtime headquarters in Downtown Akron and Brecksville offices, moving to their West Akron campus. |
| April 13 2023 | The Cleveland Browns and FirstEnergy immediately terminated their naming rights agreement, returning the stadium to its original name of Cleveland Browns Stadium. |
| March 27 2023 | FirstEnergy Corp. announced Brian X. Tierney as its new president and CEO, effective June 1, 2023. |
| September 17 2022 | John Somerhalder began serving as interim CEO of FirstEnergy. |
| September 16 2022 | Steven E. Strah decided to retire from his role as acting CEO. |
| June 2022 | Cleveland city council passed a resolution urging FirstEnergy to relinquish its naming rights to FirstEnergy Stadium. |
| July 22 2021 | FirstEnergy was fined $230 million for its role in the bribery scandal, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel. |
| July 22 2021 | U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced a $230 million criminal fine against FirstEnergy for their role in the Ohio nuclear bribery scandal, which was the largest criminal fine ever collected by the Southern District. |
| 2020 | FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. emerged from bankruptcy and was incorporated as Energy Harbor Corp. in Delaware, while continuing to operate in Ohio. |
| October 29 2020 | FirstEnergy terminated CEO Charles E. Jones and two other executives following an internal review related to government investigations. |
| July 21 2020 | Speaker Larry Householder, Matt Borges, and three others were accused of accepting $60 million in bribes from FirstEnergy related to Ohio House Bill 6, marking the start of the Ohio nuclear bribery scandal. |
| March 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, FirstEnergy stopped power shutoffs and restored connections for customers who had previously had their power terminated due to non-payment across all ten of its utility companies in a six-state region. |
| October 14 2019 | FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. filed its eighth amended bankruptcy plan, continuing its restructuring process. |
| July 2019 | The closure of Perry, Davis–Besse, and Sammis plants were rescinded after the State of Ohio passed a subsidy to support the nuclear plants. |
| 2018 | FirstEnergy ranked 219 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest public corporations in the United States by revenue. |
| August 2018 | FirstEnergy announced the closure of two coal-fired plants: W.H. Sammis Power Plant in Stratton, Ohio and Bruce Mansfield Power Plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, planned for June 2022. |
| March 2018 | FirstEnergy announced the closure of Perry Nuclear Generating Station and Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station in Ohio, and Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Pennsylvania. |
| March 31 2018 | FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. filed for bankruptcy, a significant event that was closely watched for potential implications in the U.S. power sector. |
| February 2018 | FirstEnergy announced plans to deactivate or sell Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. |
| January 2018 | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously rejected the Department of Energy's proposed rulemaking to subsidize coal and nuclear plants. |
| 2017 | A University of Massachusetts Amherst report ranked FirstEnergy as the 9th largest greenhouse polluter among the top 100 companies in the country. |
| August 2017 | Robert E. Murray, CEO of Murray Energy, warned that FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. was at risk of bankruptcy without White House intervention to support coal-fired plants. |
| November 2016 | FirstEnergy decided to exit the competitive power business and become a fully regulated company. |
| 2015 | Charles E. Jones became president and chief executive officer of FirstEnergy Corp. |
| July 2012 | A consent decree from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection forced FirstEnergy to close the Little Blue Run Lake coal ash waste impoundment by 2016, pay an $800,000 penalty, and provide clean water to local residents. |
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