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Mon Power and Potomac Edison Select Maidsville, West Virginia, Site for New Natural Gas Power Plant
Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), have selected a 35-acre site next to the companies' Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, W. Va., as the home of a new 1,200-megawatt natural gas power plant that will help keep electricity reliable and affordable for West Virginia families and businesses for years to come.
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