JCP&L Welcomes New Employees from the Power Systems Institute Training Program

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) utilities have announced the hiring of several Brookdale Community College graduates of the Power Systems Institute (PSI) two-year educational training program. This program helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy’s ten electric utility companies.

The following Brookdale students completed their technical education and are now new employees as lineworkers or substation electricians: Scott Baghsarian, Freehold; Dominic Cavallero, Howell; William Ditchkus, Point Pleasant; George Dounis, Brick; Christopher McGackin, Morganville; Jeffrey Noll, Toms River; Shawn Stillwell, Browns Mills; Shane Therien, Toms River; Matthew Wikfors, Manahawkin.

“Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated men and women for the electric utility industry,” said Jim Fakult, president of New Jersey Operations. “We look forward to these graduates joining our workforce to help continue providing safe and reliable electric service for our customers.”

All the graduates will be assigned to line and substation shops across JCP&L’s service area. Their work assignments will rotate as part of the training program.

Brookdale offers the Electric Utility Technology Overhead Lines and Substation Option Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree programs beginning in the Fall term. PSI students split time between classes at the college and JCP&L training facilities in Farmingdale and Philipsburg. Since the program’s inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than 2,400 line and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

For more information about the Electric Utility Technology Programs and the Power Systems Institute at Brookdale Community College, visit https://www.brookdalecc.edu/stem-institute/electric-utility-technology/

About JCP&L
JCP&L serves 1.1 million customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
About FirstEnergy Corp
FirstEnergy Corp. is dedicated to integrity, 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.