JCP&L Completes Equipment Upgrades to Improve Service Reliability in Springfield

The following was submitted by JCP&L:

As part of its ongoing work to help enhance customer service reliability, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has completed upgrades on a major circuit serving nearly 900 customers in Springfield Township. The upgrades included replacing 40 pieces of equipment, including crossarms, lightning arrestors, fuses, animal guards and spacer cable devices that are expected to help limit the frequency and duration of power outages.

This work is part of JCP&L’s plan to spend more than $2.5 million in 2013 on similar projects designed to upgrade 90 circuits throughout its northern and central New Jersey service areas.

“Circuit upgrades are an important part of the work we do each year to help improve our service reliability,” said Tony Hurley, vice president of Operations, JCP&L. “As a part of this process we evaluate circuits throughout our 13 county service area and focus on installing the latest and most advanced equipment on our system to provide our customers the quality service they expect and deserve.”

These circuit upgrades are part of JCP&L’s overall $200 million investment in 2013 designed to help improve service reliability and help meet increasing demand for electricity.

JCP&L is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE). JCP&L serves 1.1 million New Jersey customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. Follow JCP&L on Twitter @JCP_L, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JCPandL, or online at www.jcp-l.com.