This is a fairly lengthy article, but the last sentence of the excerpt below says it all. Translation: "Screw the rate payer!"

Full story at:

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-business/20160805/firstenergy-loses-11b-may-sell-pleasants-plant-to-monpower

After announcing a quarterly loss of $1.1 billion because of the future closures of two uncompetitive coal-fired power plants in Ohio, FirstEnergy says it will seek to “de-risk” by pushing plants onto electricity customers in states like West Virginia.

Charles Jones, CEO of FirstEnergy, the parent company of MonPower and Potomac Edison, announced in an earnings call on July 29 that the coal-heavy utility would seek to remove itself completely from the competitive energy business and, in the meantime, would try to offload plants to regulated markets, where the company is guaranteed a profit.

“Longer-term, we do not believe competitive generation is a good fit for FirstEnergy and we are focused on regulated operations,” Jones said. “We cannot put investors and our company at risk.”

Jim Kotcon