FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES) announced today that it will accelerate the deactivation of its remaining coal-powered unit in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, "due to a lack of economic viability in current market conditions."

The Company has notified PJM that the Bruce Mansfield Unit 3 will be deactivated on November 7, 2019. The previously communicated deactivation date for the facility was June 1, 2021.

FES previously deactivated Mansfield's Units 1 and 2, based in Shippingport, Pennsylvania on February 5, 2019.

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