FirstEnergy signs power purchase agreement

FirstEnergy Corp. has announced that it has entered into a 23-year agreement to purchase 80MW of wind power from the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm, a new wind power generation project being developed near Altoona, Pennsylvania, by Gamesa Energy USA. The Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm site, encompassing parts of Cambria and Blair counties, is planned to have 40 turbines rated at 2MW each for Phase I, which is expected to be operational by early 2007.