2009 PDCA PIPP – Industrial Submission Narrative: First Energy – Penstock Painting New Jersey Pumped Storage Facility FirstEnergy Corp. is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. First Energy’s 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. The New Jersey Pumped Storage Facility creates power by transferring water from an upper reservoir to a lower reservoir via a 1/2 mile (approx. 2,000 foot) long Penstock. The 2 billion gallons of water rushing down through this 20 foot diameter pipe each day, generate up to 400 megawatts of power for use during high demand periods during the d

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