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Electric Upgrades Boost Reliability for McKean County Customers
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company (FE PA), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) known in northwestern Pennsylvania as Penelec, has completed a major upgrade in McKean County to provide more reliable and resilient electric service for more than 1,000 Bradford and Bradford Township customers.
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