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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: API Press [Press@api.org] 3/29/2018 7:37:29 PM API Press [Press@api.org] NEWS: FirstEnergy should stop misleading public on grid reliability POWER PAST IM PO SSlBLE.O R G 202.682.8114 | press@apLorq FirstEnergy should stop misleading the public on grid reliability WpoAwSeHr IpNlaGnTtsOiNn,OMhaiorcahnd29P, e2n0n1s8yl-vaAnPiaI.called on FirstEnergy to stop misleading the public on the future of its "FirstEnergy needs to stop misleading the public and government officials about the status of its power plants ainttOemhipotatondspPreeandnsaylfvaalsneian,"asraraidtivAePsIuMrraoruknedtinDgevtheelorpemliaebnitliGtyroouf ptheDierelecctotrricTgordidd iSsnnitocthhlienrg. "mFoirrsetEthnaenrgay'rsulsaetetshtat will force Main Street consumers to pay higher prices. "As FirstEnergy has said repeatedly, it plans to exit the merchant generation business and retire or deactivate sFoumrtheeor,f iittss Dpoawviesr-Bpelasnstes.nIuncflaecatr, pthlaensteinanOnhoiounwcaesd jruesttireremfueenletsd.are not slated to occur for another 2-3 years. "FirstEnergy's claim that the electric grid would be in immediate danger with these power plant retirements is simply untrue. According to PJM, we have more than enough electricity in the grid to handle these retirements thanks to additional natural gas plants in the region. "For FirstEnergy to cry wolf on the issue of grid reliability is irresponsible and is the company's latest attempt to force consumers to pay for a bailout. PJM is responsible for the reliability of the grid and if there is an emergency, PJM already has the tools to respond." AsinuPcpIlupidsoertthslae1rgo0en.3lyinmnteialgltioiroannteaUdl.Stcr.aojdmoebpsaasnasineodsc,inaaetsiaowrnlyerle8l paprseesrecexenpntliotnrogaftaitohllnefaaUcne.Sdts.peorcofodthnueocmtiooyiln.,aAnrePdfIin'nsainmtguo,rarmel gatharkasenitnin6dg2u,5sptmriyp,eemwlinhbeiec,rhsand marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation's energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 40 million Americans. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00072404-00001