About 45 line workers from Jersey Central Power & Light started their day in western Georgia on Saturday, helping restore power to more than half a million customers after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast.
The contingent from New Jersey is part of a team of approximately 200 workers and support personnel from FirstEnergy Corp’s electric utilities in the Garden State, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland who are helping utilities in the South restore power.
While JCP&L headed south to help Georgia Power, others went to assist Duke Energy Carolinas in repairing utility lines and restoring electric service in North Carolina…