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Darling Ingredients’ Nature Safe Brand Innovates Organic Fertilizer Preventing Millions of Pounds in Landfills

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IRVING, Texas, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The release of Nature Safe’s new organic fertilizer will prevent 39 million pounds per year of organic waste from going to landfills. Brought online in September 2020 after 17-months of development, this fertilizer repurposes the bone chips recovered from Darling’s Wet Pet Food facility located in Ravenna, Nebraska. By increasing the number of sources for nutrition, Darling can add more value to the circular economy, further protect the food chain, and build upon its promise for a better tomorrow with applications for health, nutrients and bioenergy.

Darling Ingredients, parent company of Nature Safe, has recovered organic material from the food and agriculture industries for over 138 years. This service has allowed continued production in these industries and provided nutrient-rich material to produce food, feed and fuel ingredients. Nature Safe’s new organic fertilizer continues this tradition of food production while providing a sustainable purpose for the 778,000 pounds of bone chips recovered from the pet food industry each week. To learn more about our line of organic fertilizer visit https://www.naturesafe.com.

“Not only do these all-natural nutrients make for a much richer organic fertilizer, the process itself prevents millions of pounds of waste from reaching landfills and countless greenhouse gasses from damaging our planet,” said Mike Manning, VP of Organic Fertilizer and Innovation. “Nature Safe is proud of its recent ingenuity and the fact that we are now helping people and the planet two-fold.”

About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) is one of the world’s leading producers of organic ingredients, producing a wide array of sustainable protein and fat products while being one of the largest producers of renewable clean energy. With operations on five continents, Darling collects waste streams from the agri-food industry, repurposing into specialty ingredients, such as hydrolyzed collagen, edible and feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, fuel feedstocks, and green bioenergy. The Company sells its products around the globe and works to strengthen our promise for a better tomorrow, creating product applications for health, nutrients and bioenergy while optimizing our services to the food chain. Darling is a 50% joint partner in Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), North America’s largest renewable diesel manufacturer, currently producing approximately 275 million gallons of renewable diesel annually which products reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by up to 85% compared to fossil fuels. For additional information, visit the Company’s website at http://www.darlingii.com. For more information on Darling’s ESG efforts, visit http://www.darlingii.com/csr.

 


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Avid Unveils Next Generation Pro Tools | Carbon Hybrid Audio Production System Designed Specifically for Music Creators

Avid brings powerful HDX DSP technology to individual artists, bands and producers for the fastest, smoothest and most inspiring recording experience

BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced the launch of Pro Tools | Carbon™, a new generation audio interface that empowers artists, bands, engineers and producers to record every detail of every performance with the utmost clarity and precision. Built to capture brilliance, this hybrid audio production system features incredible sound quality and intelligent Pro Tools® integration that combines the power of the user’s native CPU with the unparalleled performance of HDX DSP acceleration. The result is the smoothest, most inspiring tracking experience Avid has ever designed.

Building on Avid’s heritage of making high-end studio technology more accessible to all music creators, Pro Tools | Carbon brings the power of its HDX technology to anyone who records and produces music.

Darrell Thorp, nine-time Grammy Award-winning engineer for such artists as the Foo Fighters, Radiohead and Beck, commented, “With onboard HDX DSP, Pro Tools | Carbon puts low latency power at your fingertips. I can have AAX DSP plugins on my tracking channels at the ready and access them whenever I want. I work extremely fast, so the fewer steps that I need to think about, the better. Pro Tools | Carbon really speeds up the recording process. Plus, its transparent converter and preamp design sounds amazing.”

“With Pro Tools | Carbon, Avid brings groundbreaking, innovative tools and technologies like HDX DSP to a new generation of music creators around the globe to capture their best performances,” said Dana Ruzicka, General Manager of Audio at Avid. “Pro Tools | Carbon is a complete project studio solution that has immense capability without the complexities that bog down music creators. Its onboard HDX DSP lets users record through effects in real-time, virtually eliminating latency, along with some of the highest quality I/O we’ve ever delivered to record a whole band and dial in individual low latency cue mixes for each player.”

The all-new Pro Tools Hybrid Engine lets users push their CPUs to the limit when working with virtual instruments and mixing. It simultaneously allows users to access on-demand, low latency channels to record through AAX DSP plug-ins in real time—with sub-1 ms latency monitoring performance. With the ability to easily toggle a single DSP Mode button per track in Pro Tools, users have the flexibility to simplify their workflow for recording and mixing, so they can focus on the music they’re making—not what they’re making it with.

AAX DSP is at the core of the Hybrid Engine and is the only plugin architecture that offers true hybrid capabilities. AAX DSP delivers the same sound quality in both native and HDX DSP Acceleration domains, enabling users to toggle in and out of DSP Mode while maintaining equally exceptional sound quality. This also enables music creators to easily disconnect Pro Tools | Carbon and take their mix on the road or collaborate with others who don’t have the interface.

Featuring pristine converters, double resolution clocking, and Avid’s most transparent mic preamp design yet, Pro Tools | Carbon has been meticulously designed so that with the push of the record button every nuance of every performance is captured with the greatest depth, dimension, and clarity.

Pro Tools | Carbon is ready to record any session—from solo artists to full bands. With four headphone outputs to send individual monitor mixes, eight pristine preamps combined with 16 channels of ADAT inputs and an onboard talkback mic you are primed for tracking a band. Pro Tools | Carbon also delivers a super-fast, high-bandwidth Ethernet connection to the host computer, that preserves the highest possible sound quality from input to output, as well as supporting future workflow enhancements.

In addition, Pro Tools 2020 introduces a new dramatic dark themed UI that’s sleek, inspiring, and easier on the eyes—especially in lower light conditions. It also provides new ways to create and advance ideas with the ability to analyze audio and render it as MIDI notes. For audio post professionals, Pro Tools 2020 includes native integration to export ADM files for Dolby Atmos®, a new space clips function that lets you arrange a multitude of clips in a fraction of the time, and it reintroduces the ability to bounce sessions to QuickTime formats in macOS Catalina.

Pricing and availability

Pro Tools | Carbon is available now at local resellers, starting at $3,999 USD, which includes a one-year Pro Tools subscription and highly respected partner plugins from Arturia, McDSP, Plugin Alliance, UVI, Native Instruments and Embody at no additional cost.

Avid will host a series of Pro Tools | Carbon webinars starting November 13. To register for a webinar in your region, visit Avid Audio Events. For more information about Pro Tools | Carbon, visit avid.com/carbon.

About Avid

Avid delivers the most open and efficient media platform, connecting content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution, and consumption. Avid’s preeminent customer community uses Avid’s comprehensive tools and workflow solutions to create, distribute and monetize the most watched, loved and listened to media in the world—from prestigious and award-winning feature films to popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting events, and celebrated music recordings and live concerts. With the most flexible deployment and pricing options, Avid’s industry-leading solutions include Media Composer®, Pro Tools®, Avid NEXIS®, MediaCentral®, iNEWS®, Sibelius®, Avid VENUE™, FastServe®, and Maestro™. For more information about Avid solutions and services, visit www.avid.com, connect with Avid on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or subscribe to Avid Blogs. 

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Preserve Artsakh: An Open Letter to the World Community

Academics call on global institutions to save Armenian heritage before it’s too late

New York City, Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The end to active combat in the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war is far from the end of the war on a key victim: the rich and irreplaceable cultural heritage of Artsakh, as the republic is known to Armenians.

Only two years ago, Armenian art, history, and culture were celebrated by some of the world’s most acclaimed cultural institutions. Armenia! at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a major international exhibition of Armenian medieval art. The wonders on display broke attendance records, earned critical praise, and demonstrated the major contributions of Armenians to world civilization. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrated Armenian artistic and cultural traditions during its annual interactive exposition on the National Mall in Washington DC, drawing record numbers. That same year, the global consortium of French-speaking nations gathered in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan for the Summit of the Francophonie, hosting hundreds of world leaders, visitors and the international media. 

Now, just two short years later, the world looks away as Armenian art, architecture, and history are being destroyed. On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military attack on the Republic of Artsakh. Turkey, which continues to deny its genocidal project of the annihilation of the Armenian people perpetrated in 1915-1922 in their historical homeland, has lent its full political and military support to Azerbaijan in this latest act of aggression.

While the war was just brought to a sudden end by Russia, for over a month, the Republic of Artsakh suffered dire civilian and military casualties. The continuous shelling with cluster bombs and other artillery layed waste to homes, hospitals, and schools. The aggression has also been targeted at heritage sites, with the aim to erase the unique cultural contributions of the Armenian people and their history in the region. 

On October 8, 2020, Azerbaijani forces launched two intentional assaults on the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, causing significant damage. Located in Shushi, the cultural capital of Artsakh, the cathedral is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century Armenian architecture and a landmark of Armenian cultural and religious identity. Online photos show a gaping hole in the masonry vaults, with the floor and pews covered in debris. 

Shushi Cathedral is just one of thousands of heritage sites in Artsakh now in grave danger. Most of the structures are much older, dating as early as the fourth century AD, when Armenia converted to Christianity. These extraordinary architectural monuments feature ancient inscriptions, wall paintings, and sculpture. They are not only artistic and historic treasures, but also material evidence for the long history of Armenians in the region. With every cluster bomb, with every hour that the international community is silent and passive, we lose a precious memorial, destroyed forever.

The bombings also targeted archaeological sites, damaging evidence for ancient habitation, including fortification and ecclesiastical architecture and precious artifacts. 

This wholesale destruction is part of a violent denialist policy by Azerbaijan that includes the intentional elimination of Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh. Both Azerbaijan and Turkey have continuous, well-documented policies of destroying the Armenian cultural heritage found in their territories. Azerbaijan’s 1997–2006 erasure in Nakhichevan of its Armenian culture, with more than 89 medieval churches, 5,840 khachkars, and 22,000 historical tombstones is illustrative in this regard. The 16th General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) adopted a resolution in October 2008 expressing its grave concern regarding these acts of cultural vandalism. We call attention, by contrast, to Armenia’s efforts to restore the Gohar Agha Mosque in Shushi.

Is the Monastery of Gandzasar, a crown jewel of thirteenth-century Armenian architecture, fated to similar oblivion? What about the fourth-century Amaras Monastery, the location of the first school to use the Armenian script and the burial place of Saint Grigoris, grandson of the patron saint and evangelizer of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator? Grigoris’s fifth-century tomb is one of the earliest Armenian Christian funerary structures surviving.

What will become of the Monastery of Dadivank, a large, picturesque complex of buildings and carved cross-stones dating from the thirteenth century? The main church, with its delicate exterior arcades and sculpted donor portraits, shelters an extraordinary set of interior frescoes showing sacred and historical figures and Armenian inscriptions. While recent restoration efforts by an Italian team have sought to stabilize its deteriorated state, their work is now under imminent threat of reversal. 

These are only a few examples of the thousands of sites across Artsakh that are now vulnerable to destruction. Once they are gone, it will be too late. We acknowledge the value of cultural heritage and recognize that the loss of any one culture constitutes a harmful impoverishment of the heritage of all the nations of the world, and not only of the nation to which the cultural property belongs. We call upon UNESCO, ICOMOS, The Blue Shield, World Monuments Fund and other international organizations committed to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites to assist immediately in safeguarding and monitoring these monuments and documenting them for posterity.

Prof. Christina Maranci, Tufts University (US)

Prof. Theo Maarten van Lint, University of Oxford (UK)

Prof. Emma Loosley, University of Exeter (UK)

Prof. Ivan Foletti, Masaryk University (Czech Republic)

Prof. Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University (US)

Dr. Sylvie L. Merian, The Morgan Library & Museum (US)

Prof. Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, SOAS University of London (UK)

Prof. Heghnar Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis (US)

Prof. Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Tufts University (US)

Prof. Sergio La Porta, California State University, Fresno (US)

Prof. Patrick Donabédian, Aix-Marseille University (France)

Fr. Garabed Kochakian, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (US)

Prof. Elizabeth H. Prodromou, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (US)

Prof. Alexandros K. Kyrou, Salem State University (US)

Prof. Ara H. Merjian, New York University (US)

Prof. Talinn Grigor, University of California, Davis (US)

Dr. Felicity Harley-McGowan, Yale University (US)

Prof. Zara Pogossian, University of Florence (Italy)

Prof. Erik Thunø, Rutgers University (US)

Prof. Ioanna Rapti, École Pratique des Hautes Études (France)

Prof. Roberta Ervine, St. Nersess Seminary, (US)

Prof. Haig Utidjian, Charles University (Czech Republic)

Prof. Valentina Calzolari Bouvier, University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Prof. S. Peter Cowe, University of California, Los Angeles (US)

Prof. Robert Dulgarian, Emerson College (US)

Prof. Rachel Goshgarian, Lafayette College (US)

Dr. Jeffrey Kloha, Museum of the Bible, Washington DC (US)

Prof. Lori Khatchadourian, Cornell University (US)

Dr. Marc Mamigonian, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (US)

Dr. Boris Adjemian, AGBU Nubar Library in Paris (France)

Prof. Houri Berberian, University of California, Irvine (US)

Prof. Hakem Al-Rustom, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (US)

Prof. Kevork Bardakjian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (US)

Prof. Taner Akçam, Clark University (US)

Prof. Vahram Shemmassian, California State University, Northridge (US)

Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, California State University, Fresno (US)

Prof. Melanie S. Tanielian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (US)

Prof. Bedross Der Matossian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (US)

Prof. Simon Payaslian, Boston University (US)

Prof. Stephan Astourian, University of California, Berkeley (US)

Prof. Salpi Ghazarian, University of Southern California (US)

Prof. Ara Sanjian, University of Michigan, Dearborn (US)

Prof. Dickran Kouymjian, California State University, Fresno (US)

Prof. Michael Pifer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (US)

Prof. Tamar M. Boyadjian, Michigan State University (US)

Dr. Lana Sloutsky, Museum of Russian Icons (US)

Prof. Peter Bouteneff, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary (US)

Dr. Vazken Davidian, University of Oxford (UK)

Dr. Alice Sullivan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (US)

Dr. Laurent Dissard, University College London (UK)

Prof. Sebouh Aslanian, University of California, Los Angeles (US)

Prof. Richard Hovannisian, University of California, Los Angeles (US)

Prof. Lisa Gulesserian, Harvard University (US)

Dr. Levon Avdoyan, Library of Congress, Washington DC (US)

Prof. Michael Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

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Scripps taps Merri Hanson as VP and GM of KIVI in Boise, Idaho

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CINCINNATI, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has promoted Merri Hanson to vice president and general manager of KIVI, its ABC affiliate in Boise, Idaho. Her role is effective Jan. 1, 2021.

Hanson has over 25 years of sales and broadcast experience and most recently served as station manager at KIVI. She joined the station in 2016 as a local sales manager.

“We look forward to Merri stepping into this new leadership role as she enters the next chapter in her Scripps career,” said Local Media President Brian Lawlor. “Her decades of experience from journalist to business executive make her a great fit to lead KIVI as it serves the Boise community.”

Prior to joining Scripps, Hanson held roles including vice president of business development with Stevenson Advertising in Seattle, regional marketing executive with Tegna, anchor and producer with KTRV in Nampa, Idaho, and general manager for KSVT in Hailey, Idaho.

“I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to lead the phenomenal group of people at Idaho News 6,” said Hanson. “During a time when our community has been challenged due to the pandemic, I am proud of how our people have come together, worked tirelessly to keep the public informed, created opportunities for businesses and helped organizations who work with the most vulnerable in our community. Our culture is as strong as ever, and I look forward to the things we will accomplish together.”

Hanson holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology with an emphasis in business management from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.

She replaces Ken Ritchie, who is retiring from his role as vice president and general manager at the end of this year after a combined KIVI tenure of 40 years. During his KIVI career, Ritchie served in roles including account manager, local sales manager and director of sales before being named general manager in 2014.


About Scripps

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is one of the nation’s leading media companies, focused on creating a better-informed world through a portfolio of news, information and entertainment brands. Scripps will become the nation’s largest television broadcaster, reaching 73% of U.S. television households through 108 stations in 76 markets, pending regulatory approval of its acquisition of ION Media. Committed to serving local audiences through objective journalism, Scripps operates 60 local TV stations in 42 markets. It is creating a national TV networks business that will include ION Media’s entertainment programming, Newsy’s straightforward headline and documentary news content and the five popular Katz broadcast networks including Bounce and Court TV. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”

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McAfee Announces MVISION Marketplace and MVISION API to Enable Organizations to Quickly and Easily Adapt to Security Gaps

McAfee Announces MVISION Marketplace and MVISION API to Enable Organizations to Quickly and Easily Adapt to Security Gaps

Open and Cloud Driven Platform Expands Existing Security Infrastructure with Simple Pre-Integrated Building Block Approach

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McAfee Corp. (Nasdaq: MCFE) – Today, McAfee announced the launch of MVISION Marketplace, MVISION API and MVISION Developer Portal, part of the MVISION platform that will allow customers to quickly and easily integrate McAfee and trusted Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) partner applications as well as privately developed applications within their current security environment. This enables security teams to swiftly address security gaps in their architecture and easily improve security posture. The newly launched open API framework enables organizations to respond faster to threats while reducing total cost of operations by automating MVISION Platform (ePolicy Orchestrator) capabilities and integrating with their IT and security operations.

In many security environments, IT and Security Operations Center (SOC) teams lack unified information, spend too much time on routine operations, and lack automation. By utilizing McAfee cloud security tools both customers and partners can deliver automated security outcomes through the components of the platform including MVISION Marketplace, MVISION Developer Portal and MVISION API. These cloud delivered offerings are key components of the recently announced MVISION Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solution and accelerate McAfee and SIA partner solutions working together for better security outcomes.

  • MVISION Marketplace – An application marketplace enabling McAfee and ecosystem partners to deliver pre-integrated, best in industry solutions to customers.
  • MVISION Developer Portal – A portal for application developers to build, test, and certify their applications prior to making them available on MVISION Marketplace or for customers to develop and deploy their private apps.
  • MVISION API – A single, hyper scale, global security Application Programming Interface enabling real time visibility, and response to the McAfee portfolio. Customers and Partners can now See what McAfee Sees, know what McAfee knows and do what McAfee can do through this API.

“With today’s ever-changing business and threat landscape, organizations need to adopt new technologies to help resolve emerging threats and to secure all their assets,” said Javed Hasan, global head of enterprise products strategy and alliances, McAfee. “Time is critical in the context of defense against threats and enterprises need the ability to integrate and deploy new solutions. With the new Marketplace, Developer Portal, and API we are enabling customers to quickly and easily implement the security tools they need.”

MVISION Marketplace is launching with best of breed partners to complement customers’ existing security solutions. Customers can easily search based on categories such as; Attivo Networks in Endpoint Protection and Active Directory, Siemplify in SOAR, ServiceNow in SOC and IT, Seclore for Data-centric Security, ThreatQuotient in SOC, IBM QRadar in SOC, and more.

“Orchestrated prevention, detection, and remediation is essential to effective scale and results,” said Jeff Hausman, VP ITOM, Security and CMDB at ServiceNow. “The MVISION composable platform connected with the ServiceNow platform helps resource-starved security teams streamline investigation and response for more use cases. It enables real-time links between the myriad data sources and processes of investigations and hooks directly into workflows for remediation and incident management by security and IT.”

“McAfee MVISION EDR plus Attivo EDN is a comprehensive solution for superior endpoint security as evidenced by the MITRE ATT&CK framework,” said Marc Feghali, VP of product management, Attivo Networks. “We are pleased to be a part of the MVISION marketplace and offer innovation for the best possible endpoint protection and lateral movement threat detection.”

“The changing threat landscape is requiring cyber professionals to prioritize the integration and interoperability of existing tools and services,” said Matt McCormick, SVP business and corporate development, ThreatQ. “The combination of McAfee products and the ThreatQ platform broadens the security ecosystem and enables customers to solve this real problem through an open security architecture.”

“Providing customers with the fast and simple ability to deploy Siemplify for their SOAR needs is critical,” said Amos Stern, co-founder and CEO, Siemplify. “We are pleased to be a part of the MVISION marketplace to address these needs.”

“Threat Prevention plus Data Protection creates the perfect security posture. Embedded with the McAfee ePO framework, Seclore can automatically protect customer data via actions invoked from McAfee DLP, Email Prevent, and/or MVision Cloud,” said Vishal Gupta, CEO at Seclore. “The data chase across networks, devices and applications ends and gets replaced with persistent protection and tracking of data and its use, another example of what best-of-breed technologies coming together can do.”

MVISION Marketplacesolutions include complete endpoint protection, complete network protection, complete cloud protection, complete data protection, and complete SOC security.

Customer and partner benefits include:

  • Evaluate Quickly – Customers can evaluate McAfee and partner applications in minutes and then move to production through a simple purchasing step.
  • Build Easily – Customers can build bespoke applications with full ability to embed McAfee and partner IP.
  • Streamlined deployment – Partners and McAfee can jointly demo and POC market-leading solutions which can be deployed in production in minutes.

McAfee invites customers and partners to explore the new capabilities at https://marketplace.mcafee.com/

About McAfee

McAfee Corp. (Nasdaq: MCFE) is the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company. Inspired by the power of working together, McAfee creates consumer and business solutions that make our world a safer place. www.mcafee.com

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The Illuminating Company Completes Inspections and Maintenance to Help Enhance Customer Service Reliability Through Winter Season

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BRECKSVILLE, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With the cold-weather months expected to produce higher electric usage, The Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is completing inspections and equipment maintenance expected to enhance service reliability for customers who rely on power to stay warm, safe and comfortable.  

“Completing inspections and equipment maintenance now can help enhance system resiliency to keep power flowing to customers when severe winter weather strikes,” said Mark Jones, regional president of The Illuminating Company. “Many customers are spending more time at home during the current pandemic, and our goal is to deliver the safe and reliable power they rely on.” 

Helicopter patrols have completed inspections on nearly 2,500 miles of FirstEnergy transmission lines located across The Illuminating Company’s service territory this year. The inspections are designed to look for damaged wire, broken cross arms, failed insulators and other hardware problems not visible from the ground. Any potential reliability issues identified during the inspections can be addressed.  

Tree trimming throughout the year also helps meet the rigors of winter operations by maintaining proper clearances around electrical systems and helping to protect against tree-related outages caused by the weight of ice and heavy, wet snow on branches. The Illuminating Company’s tree contractors have completed trimming work along 1,600 circuit miles of electric lines to date this year, and they are on track to complete an additional 300 miles of tree trimming by the end of December.

On the ground, proactive equipment inspections include using “thermovision” cameras to capture infrared images of electrical equipment that can detect potential problems within substations and on power lines that cannot be observed during regular visual inspections. The infrared technology shows heat on a color scale, with brighter colors or “hot spots” indicating areas that could need repairs. These images can identify equipment issues such as loose connections, corrosion and load imbalances, and utility workers are able to make repairs to prevent potential power outages in the future. 

Other utility work being done by The Illuminating Company personnel includes inspecting distribution circuits, such as transformers, capacitors, reclosers and lightning arrestors to ensure the equipment is operational and the lines are ready to perform efficiently when demand for electricity increases during the winter, typically due to heating. 

Company bucket trucks and other vehicles also are being inspected to help ensure safe operation during the winter season. Special emphasis is placed on the condition of tires and air braking systems, which can freeze up if moisture is present. Snow removal equipment is also being checked.  

The Illuminating Company’s employees also participated in virtual readiness exercises and drills throughout the year to test the company’s restoration process used to repair winter storm-related power outages. Storm drills are becoming more common in the utility industry in the wake of severe weather over the last several years. 

The Illuminating Company serves more than 750,000 customers across Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties. Follow The Illuminating Company on Twitter @IlluminatingCo and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/IlluminatingCo.

FirstEnergy is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company’s transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter: @FirstEnergyCorp. 

Editor’s Note: Photos of workers conducting inspections to enhance service reliability for The Illuminating Company’s customers are available for download on Flickr. A video of utility personnel conducting a thermovision inspection and explaining the work can be found on the company’s YouTube channel. 

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Ohio Edison Completes Inspections and Maintenance to Help Enhance Customer Service Reliability Through Winter Season

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AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With the cold-weather months expected to produce higher electric usage, Ohio Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is completing inspections and equipment maintenance expected to enhance service reliability for customers who rely on power to stay warm, safe and comfortable. 

“We proactively inspect and maintain our equipment to help ensure system reliability to meet the increased electrical demand when the temperatures drop,” said Ed Shuttleworth, regional president of Ohio Edison and Penn Power. “We anticipate many customers will continue to spend more time at home, including working and learning remotely during the winter, and our goal is to deliver the safe and reliable power they rely on.”

Helicopter patrols have completed inspections on nearly 10,000 miles of FirstEnergy transmission lines located across Ohio Edison’s service territory this year. The inspections are designed to look for damaged wire, broken cross arms, failed insulators and other hardware problems not visible from the ground. Any potential reliability issues identified during the inspections can be addressed.

Tree trimming throughout the year also helps meet the rigors of winter operations by maintaining proper clearances around electrical systems and helping to protect against tree-related outages caused by the weight of ice and heavy, wet snow on branches. Ohio Edison’s tree contractors are on track to complete tree trimming along nearly 5,000 circuit miles of electric lines in 2020.

On the ground, proactive equipment inspections include using “thermovision” cameras to capture infrared images of electrical equipment that can detect potential problems within substations and on power lines that cannot be observed during regular visual inspections. The infrared technology shows heat on a color scale, with brighter colors or “hot spots” indicating areas that could need repairs. These images can identify equipment issues such as loose connections, corrosion and load imbalances, and utility workers are able to make repairs to prevent potential power outages in the future.

Other utility work being done by Ohio Edison personnel includes inspecting distribution circuits, such as transformers, capacitors, reclosers and lightning arrestors to ensure the equipment is operational and the lines are ready to perform efficiently when demand for electricity increases during the winter, typically due to heating.

Company bucket trucks and other vehicles also are being inspected to help ensure safe operation during the winter season. Special emphasis is placed on the condition of tires and air braking systems, which can freeze up if moisture is present. Snow removal equipment is also being checked. 

Ohio Edison employees also participated in virtual readiness exercises and drills throughout the year to test the company’s restoration process used to repair winter storm-related power outages. Storm drills are becoming more common in the utility industry in the wake of severe weather over the last several years.

Ohio Edison serves more than one million customers across 34 Ohio counties. Follow Ohio Edison on Twitter @OhioEdison, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OhioEdison, and online at www.ohioedison.com.

FirstEnergy is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company’s transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter: @FirstEnergyCorp.

Editor’s Note: Photos of workers conducting inspections to enhance service reliability for Ohio Edison customers are available for download on Flickr. A video of utility personnel conducting a thermovision inspection and explaining the work can be found on the company’s YouTube channel.

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West Penn Power Completes Inspections and Maintenance Prior to Winter Weather

Preparing Equipment for Colder Weather Helps Enhance System Reliability

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GREENSBURG, Pa., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With winter just around the corner, West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is inspecting and completing maintenance on weather-sensitive equipment to help enhance system resiliency and service reliability for customers in its 24-county western and central Pennsylvania service territory.

Winter’s frigid temperatures can increase demand for electricity, and heavy snow, wind and ice have the potential to cause damage to poles, wires and substations, requiring crews to make repairs in difficult conditions. Completing inspections and maintenance of equipment before the snow falls can help keep power flowing to customers.

“Our preparations do not end with inspecting electrical infrastructure and preparing our vehicles for winter operations,” said John Rea, West Penn Power regional president. “Employee and public safety are our top priority. Ours is an unforgiving business, so we review cold-weather procedures and time-proven safety measures with our line workers and other field employees to help ensure not only their safety, but that of our customers during winter.”

Fall work includes inspecting heaters for substation components such as capacitor banks, circuit breakers and gas- and oil-filled transformers. Certain larger substations have buildings that house electrical equipment that is winterized and inspected to ensure their heating systems are ready for the season. 

Meanwhile, substation electricians diligently inspect batteries used to power relays that sense faults on the network and motors that automatically operate switches to isolate those problems, helping to prevent service interruptions or limit their size and scope. Crews use thermal-imaging cameras to detect hot spots invisible to the naked eye on equipment that could malfunction as customers crank up their heaters to combat the cold.

Our mechanics inspect bucket trucks – the trusted workhorses of our fleet – to ensure they are safe to operate and ready to roll on snow-covered roads and freezing temperatures. Special emphasis is placed on the condition of tires and air brakes, which can freeze up if moisture is present. Snow removal equipment is checked as well, to ensure that a simple detail like ensuring access to substations, clear work areas and sidewalks at our service centers and other facilities is not overlooked.

Helicopter patrols also are completing inspections on approximately 1,700 miles of FirstEnergy transmission lines located in the West Penn Power area. The inspections are designed to look for damaged wire, broken cross arms, failed insulators, and other hardware problems invisible from the ground. Any potential reliability issues identified during the inspection can then be addressed.

Tree trimming throughout the year also helps meet the rigors of winter operations by maintaining proper clearances around electrical systems and helping to protect against tree-related outages. West Penn Power tree contractors have trimmed about 4,000 circuit miles of electric lines this year and are on track to complete nearly 4,600 total miles of trimming by the end of 2020.

In addition to preparing equipment and vehicles for winter, managers review cold-weather safety procedures with field employees, including how to traverse slippery conditions to avoid slips and falls. They are also reminded to hydrate and take frequent breaks in warm trucks to avoid frostbite and maintain sharp mental focus. Particular emphasis is placed on safe winter driving to ensure crews arrive safely to the work site. 

West Penn Power serves approximately 725,000 customers in 24 counties within central and southwestern Pennsylvania. Follow West Penn Power on Twitter @W_Penn_Power and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WestPennPower.

FirstEnergy is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.  Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company’s transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Visit FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com and follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.

Editor’s Note: Photos of workers conducting inspections to enhance service reliability for West Penn Power customers are available for download on Flickr. A video of utility personnel conducting a thermovision inspection and explaining the work can be found on the company’s YouTube channel.

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Mon Power Prepares for Winter Weather

Inspections and Maintenance Help Enhance Service Reliability for Customers

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FAIRMONT, W.Va., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — To help keep power flowing to customers during the cold winter season, Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is preparing for winter in its West Virginia service area by conducting inspections and maintenance to help enhance system reliability.

Snow, ice and wind have the potential to damage equipment such as poles, wires and substations during the winter season, when demand for electricity is typically high. Mon Power is working to complete inspections and maintenance now to help preempt difficult repairs in harsh conditions and to keep power flowing to its customers in the months ahead.

“By actively preparing our power infrastructure and our fleet vehicles for potentially challenging winter weather, we will be better positioned to serve our customers and to ensure employee safety as the temperature drops,” said Jim Myers, president of West Virginia operations for Mon Power.

Mon Power is inspecting substation components such as capacitor banks, transformers and oil- and gas-filled circuit breakers. Substation control buildings that house protective relays and remote monitoring and control equipment will be winterized and have their heating systems checked.

Substation electricians inspect batteries used to power relays and motors that sense faults on the network and operate switches to isolate those problems, helping to prevent or reduce service interruptions. Electricians view critical components through special thermal-imaging cameras to detect hot spots on equipment that could malfunction as customers crank up their heaters to combat the cold.

Company bucket trucks and other vehicles are also being inspected to help ensure safe operation during the winter season. Special emphasis is placed on the condition of tires and air braking systems, which can freeze up if moisture is present. In addition, snow removal equipment is being checked.

Helicopter patrols have been inspecting approximately 2,100 miles of transmission lines located in the Mon Power service area. The inspections are designed to look for damaged wire, broken cross arms, failed insulators and other hardware problems not visible from the ground. Any potential reliability issues identified during the inspection can then be addressed.

Tree trimming throughout the year also helps meet the rigors of winter operations by maintaining proper clearances around electrical systems and helping to protect against tree-related outages. Mon Power tree contractors have completed trimming along 4,600 circuit miles of electric lines and along nearly 400 miles of transmission lines this year.

Mon Power serves about 385,000 customers in 34 West Virginia counties. Follow Mon Power at www.mon-power.com, on Twitter @MonPowerWV, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MonPowerWV.

FirstEnergy is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company’s transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com and on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.

Editor’s Note: Photos of workers conducting inspections to enhance service reliability for Mon Power customers are available for download on Flickr. A video of utility personnel conducting a thermovision inspection and explaining the work can be found on the company’s YouTube channel.

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JCP&L Conducting Inspections and Maintenance Prior to Winter Season

Preparing Equipment for Colder Weather Helps Enhance System Reliability

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MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is preparing for the winter season by conducting inspections and equipment maintenance on weather-sensitive equipment across its service area. These efforts are expected to enhance system resiliency and service reliability for customers throughout JCP&L’s service footprint.

Winter’s cold temperatures can increase demand for electricity, and heavy snow and wind have the potential to cause damage to poles, wires and substations, requiring crews to make repairs in difficult conditions. Completing inspections and equipment maintenance now can help enhance system resiliency to keep power flowing to customers when the snow begins to fall.

“Our winter maintenance protocols help ensure that our system will be ready to perform once the cold weather returns and inclement weather conditions follow,” said Alex Patton, vice president of Operations, JCP&L. “These proactive measures in advance of any severe weather conditions help keep the lights on for our customers and enhance overall service reliability.”

The work includes inspecting heating equipment for substation components, such as capacitor banks, transformers and oil and gas-filled circuit breakers. Substation buildings that house remote-controlled relay equipment will be winterized and the heating systems will be checked.

Substation electricians also inspect batteries used to power relays that sense faults on the network and motors that automatically operate switches to isolate problems, helping to prevent or reduce service interruptions.

Company bucket trucks and other vehicles also are being inspected to help ensure safe operation during the winter season. Special emphasis is placed on the condition of tires and air braking systems, which can freeze up if moisture is present. In addition, snow removal equipment is being checked.  

Helicopter patrols have been inspecting transmission lines located in the JCP&L service area to look for damaged wire, broken cross arms, failed insulators and other hardware problems not visible from the ground. Any potential reliability issues identified during the inspection can then be addressed. 

JCP&L’s tree contractors have completed trimming work along 2,950 circuit miles of electric lines to date this year, and they are on track to complete an additional 450 miles of tree trimming by the end of December.

In addition to preparing equipment and vehicles for winter, managers review cold-weather safety procedures with field employees, including how to traverse slippery conditions to avoid slips and falls. They are also reminded to hydrate and take frequent breaks in warm trucks to avoid frostbite and maintain sharp mental focus. Particular emphasis is placed on safe winter driving to ensure crews arrive safely to the work site. Employees are also taking extra precautions to work safely throughout the coronavirus health emergency, including social distancing, alternating shifts and splitting into smaller work groups.

JCP&L serves 1.1 million New Jersey customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.  Follow JCP&L on Twitter @JCP_L, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JCPandL or online at www.jcp-l.com.

FirstEnergy is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.  Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York.  The company’s transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.  Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp or online at www.firstenergycorp.com.

Editor’s note: Photos of workers conducting inspections to enhance service reliability for JCP&L customers are available for download on Flickr.

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