— A major power grid overhaul is taking shape across southeastern Pennsylvania as FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) advances a $28 million transmission upgrade designed to strengthen electric reliability for thousands of customers in Lehigh and Berks counties.
The project, known as the Allentown–Lyons–South Hamburg 69-kilovolt Line Rebuild, is being led by Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, a FirstEnergy transmission subsidiary. It calls for rebuilding roughly 15 miles of high-voltage power lines and modernizing equipment at four substations, replacing aging infrastructure with stronger poles and higher-capacity conductors engineered to withstand severe weather and other common causes of outages.
Construction began in August and is scheduled for completion in November 2027. Once finished, the rebuilt line is expected to improve power flows across the regional network, giving operators greater flexibility to reroute electricity during emergencies or maintenance and reducing the frequency and duration of outages…