JCP&L Executive Admits Company Does Not Prepare For Major Storms
What did JCP&L’s parent company learn from Hurricane Irene and the October 2011 Nor’easter? Nothing. They just assumed their great grandchildren would have to just deal with the next one.
The president of First Energy Utilities (parent company of JCP&L) told financial analysts that the company doesn’t plan for 100 year storms, according to a report on NJSpotLight.
“And I think we really understood that these storms are — I mean I tell Tony [Anthony Alexander, chief executive officer and executive director of FirstEnergy] they are 100-year storms.’’
“So he’s not going to have to worry about them again, hopefully. But they can’t be prevented and you can’t plan for them,” Jones said.
“And I’ve gotten questions at the board [of directors] several times about how we’re going to increase our storm budget because of them and the answer is no. I mean, they are literally events that I don’t think we should plan for. When they come, we will deal with them,’’ Jones said.
Charles E Jones was speaking on a earnings call on February 29, 2012.
From First Energy’s website:
Charles E. Jones President, FirstEnergy Utilities
Charles E. Jones is president, FirstEnergy Utilities, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. He has responsibility for Energy Delivery, Customer Service, compliance with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission transmission requirements, and Energy Efficiency activities, while leading FirstEnergy’s 10 regulated electric utility companies and other regulated operations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.
Chuck began his career with Ohio Edison as a substation engineer in 1978. He held a variety of positions in the Akron, Marion and Elyria areas, and in 1995 was named president of Ohio Edison’s Penn Power subsidiary. He returned to Akron in 1996 as division manager. Chuck was named president of FirstEnergy’s Northern Region in 1997, vice president of Regional Operations in 2001, senior vice president of Energy Delivery and Customer Service in 2003, and president, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., in 2007. He was named senior vice president, Energy Delivery and Customer Service, in 2009, and senior vice president and president, FirstEnergy Utilities, in February 2010.
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Hmmm, wasn’t there a Chuck Jones in charge of the Road Runner cartoons? Can’t be the same guy – however unsuccessful, at least the Coyote tried to come up with some kind of a plan to catch the bird. Seems this one was just flipping the bird to everyone who sat in their unelectrified houses or shelters for over a week.
Why are dumb huckleberries from Ohio running power here in Jersey? WTF happened to let this sh.. happen ? Send Fat Tony and Jimmy Two Toes over there for a heart to heart with those motherf….