Upgrading the grid: FirstEnergy to replace Erie transmission lines
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Upgrading the grid: FirstEnergy to replace Erie transmission lines. Erie Times-News Updated March 13, 2026, 4:28 p.m. ET (This story was updated to add new information.) FirstEnergy plans to replace electric transmission lines through eight western Pennsylvania counties, including Erie County. In Erie County, the company plans to replace lines from the Erie South substation on Old French Road in Summit Township through Greene, Waterford, LeBouef and Union townships. The 20.3-mile project is part of a larger project to replace transmission lines along a 150-mile path through Erie, Crawford, Venango, Clarion, Armstrong, Jefferson, Indiana and Westmoreland counties. Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission is finalizing the design for the project, said FirstEnergy spokeswoman Lauren Siburkis. Akron-based Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy also is the parent company of Penelec, which provides electric service locally. MAIT also is applying for permits and other approvals required for construction, including a stormwater permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The proposed project. Existing transmission lines would be replaced with new lines carried by steel "monopoles," according to the description of the Erie South-Piney project, the name given to a proposed $334 million project in Erie, Crawford...
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