Randall A. Frame Promoted to Regional President of Toledo Edison


AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2011 - Randall A. Frame of Uniontown, Ohio, has been promoted to regional president of Toledo Edison for Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE). Frame, who is currently director, Utility & Corporate Sourcing, Supply Chain, will assume his new position following completion of the proposed merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE).

Frame joined the company in 1982 as an engineering assistant. In 1990, he was promoted to engineer and in 1994 was named industrial marketing supervisor. In 1997, Frame was promoted to director, Sales, and in 2004 was promoted to director, Energy Delivery Supply Chain. He was named to his current position in 2009.

Frame earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical engineering technology from The University of Akron.

The proposed merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy was announced February 11, 2010, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011. It has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. Shareholders for both FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy overwhelmingly approved proposals related to the proposed merger. The companies also have applications pending with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the Maryland Public Service Commission.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services. Its seven electric utility operating companies comprise the nation's fifth largest investor-owned electric system, based on 4.5 million customers served within a 36,100-square-mile area of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and its generation subsidiaries control approximately 13,500 megawatts of capacity.

SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.

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