FirstEnergy Corporation subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have selected a 35-acre site in Maidsville, West Virginia, for a new 1,200-megawatt natural gas power plant. The facility, to be built next to the existing Fort Martin Power Station, is expected to provide electricity for approximately half a million homes and strengthen the region's energy supply to meet growing demand. The project, part of the companies' Integrated Resource Plan, also includes a proposal for 70 megawatts of new solar generation on former industrial and reclaimed mine lands. Construction could begin as early as 2027, pending regulatory approval, with the plant anticipated to come online in late 2031.

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