HOLMDEL,
N.J., Feb. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Fakult, President of FirstEnergy Corp.
(NYSE: FE) subsidiary Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L),
has been named the recipient of Morris Habitat for Humanity's
Community Partner Award for 2024. The award was presented at the
organization's Hearts & Hammers Gala on Feb. 22 in Mountain
Lakes.
The award highlights Fakult's role in JCP&L's
commitment to diverse, equitable and inclusive communities
where everyone feels safe, valued and respected, as well as his
support of the Morris Habitat for Humanity's mission to complete 30
home builds and 100 home repairs this year. Since 2019, the
FirstEnergy Foundation has donated more than $23,000 to Morris Habitat for Humanity.
Additionally, Fakult has been named to ROI-NJ's Influencers
Power List for 2024, earning the 17th spot on the list's
Super 60. The editors recognized Fakult's leadership in crafting
JCP&L's EnergizeNJ initiative, the largest
infrastructure upgrade proposal in company history, and the
company's winning bid for the New Jersey Clean Energy Corridor
projects to connect offshore wind-generated clean energy to the
grid. Fakult has appeared on the ROI-NJ Influencers Power List
every year since its launch in 2018, including last year's
inaugural energy industry specialty list.
Jim Fakult, President of
JCP&L: "I am deeply appreciative of both the Morris
Habitat for Humanity and ROI-NJ for these honors. But while it is
my name that appears, both of these awards recognize the incredible
work that is on display every day by our entire JCP&L team.
They not only work in these towns but live and become engrained in
the very fabric of their communities. It's this attitude that makes
New Jersey such a great place to
live, work and raise a family."
In addition to his leadership role at JCP&L, Fakult serves
as the Immediate Past Chair of the New
Jersey Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of the
Alliance for Action and Choose New Jersey. He is also a member of
the Morris County Chamber Business Cabinet, former chair of the
board of trustees at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn and was selected as a member of
Governor Phil Murphy's Restart and
Recovery Advisory Council, a group of New
Jersey business and municipal leaders that helped organize
and plan the restart of the state's economy following the impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
JCP&L serves customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union
and Warren. Follow JCP&L on X,
formerly known as Twitter, @JCP_L, on Facebook at
facebook.com/JCPandL or online at jcp-l.com.
FirstEnergy Corp. is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability
and operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies
form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving more than six million 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 online at firstenergycorp.com and on X
@FirstEnergyCorp.
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