FirstEnergy seeks customer surcharge to fund $2.7B generation for data center demand

FirstEnergy's Mon Power subsidiary plans to assess a surcharge on existing customers to finance $2.7 billion in generation capacity being built in West Virginia, primarily to serve data center load.

First covered Jul 30, 2026 · 5:43 AM PT · 1 article

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Appeared in: 2026-07-30 (#9)

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