An electrical power line fire caused a brief power outage July 24 in downtown Erie and forced Gannon University to evacuate a ...

Penelec adds that they have called in additional crews to help restore power throughout the area. Friday's storm knocked down trees and power lines throughout our 10-county viewing area, resulting ...

Penelec's parent company, FirstEnergy, has proposed a 9.8% rate increase that would boost the monthly electric bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours by nearly $20.

Penelec has requested an annual increase of $132 million. If approved, the total bill for the typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month would increase 9.8% or $19.79 for a new monthly ...

More than 400 Penelec customers will be without electrical service for a portion of Thursday due to planned repair projects in Erie and Millcreek Township. Service will be interrupted to 342 ...

Penelec conducted the drill virtually to align with its pandemic protocol, which includes not gathering for large in-person meetings to safeguard employees from the coronavirus. During the past ...

Penelec, a local FirstEnergy power provider, held a series of electric safety demonstrations at the Nanty Glo Fire Station today. As a part of their Stop-Look-Live initiative, Penelec ...

Of these investments, Penelec will receive $538 million — the largest investment of the four PA service areas — to help improve the power grid infrastructure.

Penelec customers will see a significant decrease in their price of electricity beginning Monday. The residential rate for electricity will decrease from 9.28 cents per kilowatt hour to 7.05 cents ...

Customers who use Penelec as their power generation supplier will now pay more for their electricity. The residential rate for electricity has increased from 5.97 cents per kilowatt hour to 6.29 ...

ERIE, Pa., Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), plans to install about 2,000 automated "TripSaver" reclosing ...

Penelec has no estimate for when power will be restored to the businesses, in the 200, 600, 700 and 800 blocks of West 12th Street, said Todd Meyers, a spokesman for Penelec.