Potomac Edison Celebrates Earth Day and Arbor Day with Maryland Tree Giveaway and Planting Events

FirstEnergy is donating almost 2,400 timber as a part of 2022 tree-planting initiative

WILLLIAMSPORT, Md., April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — In celebration of Earth and Arbor days, worker volunteers from Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), are internet hosting a number of tree-planting occasions within the firm’s Maryland service space this spring.

FirstEnergy is donating almost 2,400 timber for the plantings and giveaway occasions as a part of the corporate’s ongoing efforts to scale back its carbon footprint, promote accountable use of pure sources and advance sustainable practices. Since April 2021, FirstEnergy has donated and planted greater than 17,000 timber all through its service territory. The corporate is on monitor to plant greater than 14,000 extra timber this spring.

Potomac Edison Inexperienced Workforce volunteers kicked off their occasions final week in Frederick County by planting 200 timber alongside Toms Creek in Emmitsburg to assist with stormwater runoff and assist enhance the water high quality of the creek. On Arbor Day, April 29, members of the Inexperienced Workforce will plant roughly 100 timber at a number of areas in Middletown, additionally in Frederick County. Potomac Edison forestry specialists additionally will assist plant greater than a dozen bigger timber this week at Washington County elementary colleges.

In Might, volunteers will plant a whole lot of timber on the Brunswick Sports activities Complicated in Brunswick and at Monocacy Nationwide Battlefield in Frederick. The corporate can even host a tree giveaway occasion within the city of Boonsboro on Might 14.

“The timber planted by Potomac Edison volunteers this spring will make a optimistic environmental influence in our Maryland service space and will probably be loved by clients and workers for years to come back,” mentioned Michele Dellinger, a forestry specialist with FirstEnergy who organized the occasions.

FirstEnergy’s 10 Inexperienced Groups encompass workers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia who volunteer their time and skills to assist all kinds of environmental initiatives. The teams plan to proceed to group with state park methods, watershed and recycling teams, backyard golf equipment, colleges and different environmentally centered organizations sooner or later to assist FirstEnergy’s dedication to constructing a brighter and extra sustainable future.

For extra details about FirstEnergy’s dedication to environmental initiatives, go to www.firstenergycorp.com/environmental.

Potomac Edison serves about 275,000 clients in all or components of Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery, and Washington counties in Maryland and 151,000 clients within the Japanese Panhandle of West Virginia. Observe Potomac Edison at www.potomacedison.com, on Twitter @PotomacEdison, and on Fb at www.fb.com/PotomacEdison.

FirstEnergy is devoted to integrity, security, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electrical distribution corporations type one of many nation’s largest investor-owned electrical methods, serving clients in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The corporate’s transmission subsidiaries function roughly 24,000 miles of transmission strains that join the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic areas. Observe FirstEnergy on-line at www.firstenergycorp.com and on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.

SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.