Talk:FirstEnergy

Somewhat Biased?
I understand that much of the information in this article comes from mainstream news and that FirstEnergy might not merit an article without its current scandals. However, it does not look well-written when the vast majority of the article focuses on negative aspects without giving any more information about the company and without including its response to the charges made. N Vale 06:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I think you are taking NPV too far. I read the article a couple of time and its honestly sound neutral to me. See, when someone says an article is not neutral, it is mainly due to the tone or assertions that are not supported by facts. This articles tone is okay and he point out figure whenever necessary.


 * You have to accept its not always possble to present all side of the story. We are helping out and who ever wrote it presented what is public which happen to be negative. He/she can't go hunting for the owner to present the other side of the story. And some stories can never be balanced ever, because the entity involved was/were downright evil. Should that really warrant an article being labelled NPV? How do you write a biography of a mass killer in Rwanda and avoid this label? And trust me, I know of people who could say Mobutu was a good leader with a straight face, so such a claim/example is not far fetched.


 * It didn't seem to be an egregious violation and I attempted to find the most mild template possible. It would still be better to include whatever public statement the company may have made in these areas as any professional report would require.  However, the rearranging of the information does much to alleviate my concern by making a definition of the company primary and its scandals secondary.  Is there any official procedure or may I simply remove the POV banner? N Vale 20:41, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * It seemed safe to just go ahead and remove the POV banner seeing as this topic hadn't been touched in over 2 months. I agree with the anonymous editor in that this is about as neutral as it can get without being redundant and pedantic. Oncehour 10:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned references in FirstEnergy
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Reference named "10K": From Exelon:  From American Electric Power:  

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Merger proposal
It is proposed at WPM that Allegheny Energy be merged into this article. Discuss here. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 11:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Nay. Keep the articles separate at least for the time being. There is enough history and content available about Allegheny Energy to keep it a separate article. Just my thoughts. Johnston.josh (talk) 01:34, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

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Ohio scandal in lead
In the last few minutes I've added the following passage to the lead:

On July 21 2020, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Larry Householder, former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges, and three others were accused of accepting $60 million in bribes from FirstEnergy in exchange for $1.3 billion worth of benefits in the form of Ohio House Bill 6, as part of what became known as the Ohio nuclear bribery scandal. The stock price of the company plummeted within hours of the arrests bring made. First Energy denies involvement in the charges. As of July 22, 2020, FirstEnergy has not been named as a defendant. According to U.S. Attorney David DeVillers, the investigation is far from over. "There are a lot of federal agents knocking on a lot of doors."

Weirdly, Ohio nuclear bribery scandal says this was a scandal in the opening sentence. My quick search to determine if the aftermath is already now in the past tense (almost impossible to comprehend for a scandal of this magnitude) turned up the WaPo article from July, which basically said "knock, knock, guess who?"

If someone else can find a citation saying this knocking has now ceased, and all the G-men are resting at ease, feel free to update that material.

In my opinion the lead must summarize scandals of this magnitude, and most especially ongoing scandals where the aftershocks continue to roll along. &mdash; MaxEnt 20:55, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Role in 2003 Northeast Blackout
Is there a reason why the article limits FirstEnergy's responsibility for the massive 2003 Northeastern United States blackout solely to poor management of tree growth along transmission lines? The NERC investigation fingered FirstEnergy for significantly more responsibility than just that; and the Wikipedia article on the blackout itself reflects some of that. -- Funkapus (talk) 06:47, 28 November 2022 (UTC)