Allegheny Energy
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| Allegheny Energy, Inc. | |
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| Type | Public (NYSE: AYE) |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
| Key people | Paul J. Evanson, Chairman and CEO |
| Industry | Utility |
| Products | Electric Power |
| Revenue | Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg$3.84 billion USD |
| Employees | 8,500 |
| Website | www.alleghenyenergy.com |
Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE) is a traditional public utility based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg. It services communities in Western Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Northern West Virginia, Northwest Virginia. The company is the region's biggest energy supplier, providing power to over 1.5 million customers, including many in suburban Pittsburgh, where it battles its chief rival, Duquesne Light for customers. An unusually large amount, about 95%, of the power produced by the company comes from coal generators. Several of these are brown-coal fired, leading to concern by environmental groups over Allegheny Energy's environmental impact.
Subsidiaries of the company include Allegheny Power (northern Pittsburgh suburbs and central Pennsylvania), West Penn Power (southern Pittsburgh suburbs), Monongahela Power (northern West Virginia), Potomac Edison Power (western Maryland and northern Virginia), and Mountaineer Gas (West Virginia).
Allegheny Energy formerly operated sections of eastern Ohio, until early 2006, when the company decided to sell the territory to Columbus Southern Power, a division of American Electric Power, Inc. [1]
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