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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001839882-23-011866
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PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230503
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230503

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRSTENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001031296
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				341843785
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		PX14A6N
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-165640
		FILM NUMBER:		23883108

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		76 SOUTH MAIN ST
		CITY:			AKRON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44308-1890
		BUSINESS PHONE:		330-761-7837

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		76 SOUTH MAIN ST
		CITY:			AKRON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44308-1890

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Majority Action, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001738314
		IRS NUMBER:				825260248
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		PX14A6N

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1885 MISSION ST.
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2022152895

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1885 MISSION ST.
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94103
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<P STYLE="font: 26pt Georgia, Times, Serif; margin: 10pt 0 3pt; color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 13pt"><B>FirstEnergy Corp NYSE:FE</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">:
Due to the company&#8217;s FAILURE to:</FONT></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Include scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power purchased for
resale to customers, which accounted for 66% of FirstEnergy&#8217;s 2021 CO2 emissions, in net zero targets,</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Align its operating and planned coal-fueled generation capacity with a
Below 2&deg;C Scenario or a 1.5&deg;C scenario, and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Commit to ensuring its lobbying and that of its member trade associations
are in accord with the Paris Agreement;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Georgia, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: #0072BD"><B>Vote AGAINST:</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chair, Interim President and CEO, <B>John W. Somerhalder, II</B>, </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lead Independent Director, <B>Lisa Winston Hicks</B>, and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight
Committee Chair, <B>Paul Kaleta</B>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #0072BD"><B>The physical and financial risks posed
by climate change to long-term investors are systemic, portfolio-wide, unhedgeable and undiversifiable.</B></FONT> Therefore, the actions
of companies that fail to align to limiting warming to 1.5&deg;C pose risks to the financial system as a whole, and to investors&#8217;
entire portfolios. See <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>www.proxyvoting.majorityaction.us</U></FONT> for more information regarding Majority
Action&#8217;s Proxy Voting for a 1.5&deg;C World initiative and the transformation required in key industries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #0072BD"><B>FirstEnergy Corp. (FirstEnergy) had the
highest CO<SUB>2 </SUB>emissions rate (CO<SUB>2</SUB> - lb/MWh) among privately/investor-owned electric power producers in the U.S. in
2020.<A HREF="#a_edn1" NAME="a_ednref1" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn1"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT></B></FONT>
In 2021 FirstEnergy relied on wholesale purchased electricity from coal-fired generation sources for the majority of its electricity distribution
to customers.<A HREF="#a_edn2" NAME="a_ednref2" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn2"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>2</SUP></FONT>
<A HREF="#a_edn3" NAME="a_ednref3" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn3"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>3</SUP></FONT> The company
is among the 166 target companies named by Climate Action 100+ as the most significant global emitters and &#8220;key to driving the global
net zero emissions transition.&#8221;<A HREF="#a_edn4" NAME="a_ednref4" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn4"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>4</SUP></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #0072BD"><B>Electric power production is
responsible for nearly one-third of energy-related carbon emissions in the United States.</B></FONT><A HREF="#a_edn5" NAME="a_ednref5" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn5"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>5 </SUP></FONT>The
largest publicly-traded electric utilities remain among the largest sources of carbon emissions in the U.S. economy.<A HREF="#a_edn6" NAME="a_ednref6" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn6"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>6 </SUP></FONT>Their
capital investments in fossil fuel-based electric power infrastructure have the potential to lock in GHG emissions for decades to
come. In addition to curbing a direct source of emissions, the decarbonization of electricity production also enables the
decarbonization of the transportation and industrial sectors as electrification efficiencies are implemented.</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #0072BD"><B>Failure to set ambitious decarbonization
targets in line with <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">1.5&deg;C</FONT> pathways, and to align companies&#8217; business plans and
policy influence to those targets, is a failure of strategy and corporate governance, for which long-term investors should hold directors
accountable.</B></FONT> At companies where the production, processing, sale, and/or consumption of fossil fuels is central to their core
business, GHG emissions reductions have profound strategic implications. The board chair, lead independent director where the position
exists, and other board members with climate-related oversight responsibilities should be held accountable for oversight failures related
to decarbonization.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #0072BD"><B>In 2023, we have updated our metrics to
more closely align with the Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Benchmark Indicators</B></FONT>, while still focusing on the core pillars of
target setting, disclosure and measurement, capital allocation, and policy influence. This allows for a more standardized assessment across
companies that is broadly accepted by investors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: #0E101A">FirstEnergy&#8217;s GHG emissions reduction
targets include a 30% reduction in companywide scope 1 GHG emissions by 2030, from a 2019 baseline, on the way to carbon neutrality by
2050.<A HREF="#a_edn7" NAME="a_ednref7" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn7"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>7</SUP></FONT>
Notably, the company&#8217;s 2050 ambition of carbon neutrality implies accounting for CO2 emissions but not those emissions from other
GHGs, such as fugitive methane. Furthermore, both FirstEnergy&#8217;s 2050 ambition and medium-term target exclude its relevant scope
3 emissions from the power it purchases for resale,<A HREF="#a_edn8" NAME="a_ednref8" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn8"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>8</SUP></FONT>
which accounted for 66% of FirstEnergy&#8217;s total CO2e emissions in 2021.<A HREF="#a_edn9" NAME="a_ednref9" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn9"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>9</SUP></FONT>
<A HREF="#a_edn10" NAME="a_ednref10" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn10"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>10</SUP></FONT></FONT>
The company lags behind larger utilities that have expanded net zero and medium-term goals to include GHG emissions from the power purchased
for resale.<A HREF="#a_edn11" NAME="a_ednref11" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn11"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>11</SUP></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">FirstEnergy&#8217;s 2021 carbon intensity (metric tonnes of CO2 per MWh
electricity generation) was more than double the electric utilities sector mean, according to analysis by the Transition Pathway Initiative.<A HREF="#a_edn12" NAME="a_ednref12" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn12"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>12</SUP></FONT>
Based upon FirstEnergy&#8217;s 2030 GHG reduction target, the company would have to decrease its projected 2030 carbon intensity by 91%
to align with a pathway to limit warming to 1.5&deg;C for utilities in advanced economies.<A HREF="#a_edn13" NAME="a_ednref13" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn13"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>13</SUP></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Georgia, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: #0072BD"><B>Capital allocation and investment plans</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 30%; border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; background-color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: white">Capital Allocation Alignment Assessment (Carbon Tracker) 1: Coal Phase-Out</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 59%; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; border-right: white 1pt solid; background-color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: white">Has the company announced a full phase-out of coal units by 2040 that is consistent with Carbon Tracker Initiative's (CTI&#8217;s) interpretation of the International Energy Agency&#8217;s (IEA&#8217;s) Beyond 2&deg;C Scenario (B2DS)?</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; border-right: white 1pt solid; background-color: #F25025; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16pt; color: white"><B>X</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; background-color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: white">Has the company announced a full phase-out of gas units by 2050 that is consistent with CTI's interpretation of the IEA&#8217;s B2DS?</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; background-color: #B7B7B7; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16pt; color: white"><B>N/A</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">As of 2022, more
than half (53%) of FirstEnergy&#8217;s owned operating and planned coal-fired generation capacity remains out of alignment with the Carbon
Tracker Initiative&#8217;s interpretation of the IEA&#8217;s B2DS,<A HREF="#a_edn14" NAME="a_ednref14" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn14"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>14</SUP></FONT>
let alone the 1.5&deg;C scenario (NZE) which would require even faster closure timelines. In order to be aligned with the IEA&#8217;s
NZE, the agency suggests emissions reductions of 76% or more be achieved by 2030 in G7 countries from 2019 levels.</FONT><A HREF="#a_edn15" NAME="a_ednref15" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn15"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #0E101A"><SUP>15</SUP></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">FirstEnergy owns two coal-fired generating plants that it plans to &#8220;transition
away from&#8221; by 2050.<A HREF="#a_edn16" NAME="a_ednref16" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn16"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>16</SUP></FONT>
Both plants are located in West Virginia, where FirstEnergy has submitted proposed end-of-life dates of 2035 and 2040 for each of the
individual plants.<A HREF="#a_edn17" NAME="a_ednref17" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn17"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>17</SUP></FONT>
However, by 2025, FirstEnergy&#8217;s integrated resource plan &#8211; which demonstrates how FirstEnergy will fulfill its utility obligation
to customers &#8211; must be approved by West Virginia, which prefers asset-backed generation from its utilities.<A HREF="#a_edn18" NAME="a_ednref18" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn18"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>18</SUP></FONT>
Consequently, the company states its pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050 is unclear.<A HREF="#a_edn19" NAME="a_ednref19" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn19"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>19</SUP></FONT>
FirstEnergy&#8217;s desire to offload uneconomical nuclear and coal plants between 2017 and 2020 led to a bribery scandal and deferred
prosecution agreement and a $230 million fine.<A HREF="#a_edn20" NAME="a_ednref20" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn20"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>20</SUP></FONT>
It remains to be seen whether FirstEnergy will allocate capital towards carbon-neutral assets in a manner consistent with the IEA&#8217;s
B2DS or NZE or increase its coal-fired generation capacity in the face of state-level political pressure.<A HREF="#a_edn21" NAME="a_ednref21" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn21"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>21</SUP></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Georgia, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: #0072BD"><B>Policy influence</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 28%; border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; background-color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: white">Climate Policy Engagement Alignment (InfluenceMap) 1: Organization Score</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 61%; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; border-right: white 1pt solid; background-color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: white">The level of company support for (or opposition to) Paris Agreement-aligned climate policy.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding: 5pt; background-color: #0072BD"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: white">The level of a company&#8217;s industry associations&#8217; support for (or opposition to) Paris Agreement-aligned climate policy.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">FirstEnergy received a climate policy engagement score of &#8220;D-&#8221;
from InfluenceMap for its predominantly negative engagement on U.S. federal and state-level climate policies.<A HREF="#a_edn22" NAME="a_ednref22" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn22"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>22</SUP></FONT>
The company appears to have been less active on climate policy since its prosecution for involvement in the 2019 Ohio House Bill 6 bribery
scheme.<A HREF="#a_edn23" NAME="a_ednref23" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn23"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>23</SUP></FONT>
In 2022 the company disclosed engagement on the Build Back Better Act but did not state a position on the bill or its provisions.<A HREF="#a_edn24" NAME="a_ednref24" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn24"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>24</SUP></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">FirstEnergy publicly discloses its trade association memberships and has
committed to ensuring its direct lobbying and that of the trade associations of which it&#8217;s a member lobby in accordance with the
Paris Agreement, according to its most recent Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark assessment.<A HREF="#a_edn25" NAME="a_ednref25" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn25"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>25</SUP></FONT>
However, FirstEnergy remains a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Edison Electric Institute, both of which have taken negative
positions on climate policy.<A HREF="#a_edn26" NAME="a_ednref26" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn26"></A><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><SUP>26</SUP></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; color: #0072BD"><B>Conclusion: FirstEnergy has failed to include scope 3 GHG emissions
from power purchased for resale to customers in net zero targets, align its operating and planned coal-fueled generation capacity with
a B2DS or a 1.5&deg;C scenario, and commit to ensuring its lobbying and that of its member trade associations are in accord with the Paris
Agreement. Therefore, we recommend that shareholders vote AGAINST Chair, Interim President and CEO John W. Somerhalder, II; Lead Independent
Director Lisa Winston Hicks; and Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight Committee Chair Paul Kaleta at
the company&#8217;s annual meeting on May 24, 2023.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref1" NAME="a_edn1" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn1"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>1
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ceres, et al., <I>Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in
the United States</I>, September 2022, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.sustainability.com/globalassets/sustainability.com/thinking/pdfs/2022/benchmarking-air-emissions-2022.pdf</U></FONT>,
p. 15</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref2" NAME="a_edn2" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn2"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>2
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Employee, Environmental, Social and Governance Data Tables</I>, 2022, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://fecorporateresponsibility.com/content/dam/fecorporateresponsibility/files/reports-resources/tables/EESGDataTables2022.pdf</U></FONT>,
p. 1</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref3" NAME="a_edn3" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn3"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>3
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, SEC Filing on Form 10-K, December 31, 2021, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001031296/000103129622000013/fe-20211231.htm</U></FONT>,
p. 4</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref4" NAME="a_edn4" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn4"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>4
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Climate Action 100+, &#8220;Companies,&#8221; <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.climateaction100.org/whos-involved/companies/</U></FONT>,
accessed May 1, 2023 </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref5" NAME="a_edn5" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn5"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>5
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">U.S. Energy Information Administration, &#8220;Frequently Asked Questions,&#8221; <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=75&amp;t=11</U></FONT>,
accessed May 1, 2023</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref6" NAME="a_edn6" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn6"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>6</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ceres, et al., <I>Benchmarking Air Emissions</I>, p. 7</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref7" NAME="a_edn7" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn7"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>7
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Climate Report</I>, November 2022, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/investor/files/climate-report.pdf</U></FONT>,
p. 18</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref8" NAME="a_edn8" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn8"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>8</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Climate Report</I>, p. 18</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref9" NAME="a_edn9" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn9"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>9
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>EEI ESG/Sustainability Template</I>, 2022, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://fecorporateresponsibility.com/content/dam/fecorporateresponsibility/files/reports-resources/eei/EEI2022.pdf</U></FONT>,
p. 7</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref10" NAME="a_edn10" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn10"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>10
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Greenhouse Gas Protocol, <I>Technical Guidance for Calculating Scope 3 Emissions</I>, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards_supporting/Chapter3.pdf</U></FONT>,
p. 39 (The Climate Action 100+ Company Benchmark Assessments do not include scope 3 emission from generation of purchased electricity
that is sold to end users.) </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref11" NAME="a_edn11" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn11"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>11</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Duke Energy, &#8220;Duke Energy expands clean energy action plan,&#8221; Duke Energy News Center, February
9, 2022, https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/duke-energy-expands-clean-energy-action-plan </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref12" NAME="a_edn12" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn12"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>12
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Transition Pathway Initiative, &#8220;FirstEnergy,&#8221; Global benchmarks, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/companies/firstenergy</U></FONT>,
accessed May 1, 2023</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref13" NAME="a_edn13" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn13"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>13
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Transition Pathway Initiative, &#8220;FirstEnergy,&#8221; Regional benchmarks, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/companies/firstenergy?view=regional</U></FONT>,
accessed May 1, 2023 </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref14" NAME="a_edn14" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn14"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>14
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Climate Action 100+, <I>Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark</I>, Carbon Tracker
data, October 2022, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.climateaction100.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Downloadable-Excel_CA100-Benchmark_Dec-2022_CAAA-scores-v1.1.xlsx</U></FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref15" NAME="a_edn15" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn15"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>15
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">IEA, <I>Achieving Net Zero Electricity Sectors in G7 Members</I>, October 2021, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/9a1c057a-385a-4659-80c5-3ff40f217370/AchievingNetZeroElectricitySectorsinG7Members.pdf</U></FONT>,
pp. 38, 92</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref16" NAME="a_edn16" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn16"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>16</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Climate Report</I>, p. 20</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref17" NAME="a_edn17" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn17"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>17</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Climate Report</I>, p. 20</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref18" NAME="a_edn18" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn18"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>18</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Climate Report</I>, p. 20</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref19" NAME="a_edn19" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn19"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>19</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">FirstEnergy, <I>Climate Report</I>, p. 20</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref20" NAME="a_edn20" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn20"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>20
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Marty Schladen, &#8220;Coal plants helped cause bribery scandal. Now FirstEnergy might be
buying one back,&#8221; <I>Ohio Capital Journal</I>, March 21, 2023, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/21/coal-plants-helped-cause-bribery-scandal-now-firstenergy-might-be-buying-one-back/</U></FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref21" NAME="a_edn21" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn21"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>21</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Marty Schladen, &#8220;Coal plants helped cause bribery scandal&#8221; </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><A HREF="#a_ednref22" NAME="a_edn22" TITLE="" STYLE="mso-endnote-id: edn22"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><SUP>22
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">InfluenceMap, &#8220;FirstEnergy Corp,&#8221; LobbyMap, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://lobbymap.org/company/FirstEnergy-Corp-d57029fba295e3c278b7176914980a10/projectlink/FirstEnergy-Corp-in-Climate-Change-d91df23ad6b266d2589d713ddcde3947</U></FONT>,
accessed May 1, 2023 </FONT></P>

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</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jaclyn Diaz, &#8220;An Energy Company Behind A Major Bribery Scandal In Ohio Will Pay A $230
Million Fine,&#8221; <I>NPR</I>, July 23, 2021, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019567905/an-energy-company-behind-a-major-bribery-scandal-in-ohio-will-pay-a-230-million-</U></FONT></FONT></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">InfluenceMap, &#8220;FirstEnergy Corp&#8221; </FONT></P>

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</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Climate Action 100+, <I>Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark</I>, Carbon Tracker
data, October 2022, <FONT STYLE="color: #1155CC"><U>https://www.climateaction100.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Downloadable-Excel_CA100-Benchmark_Dec-2022_CAAA-scores-v1.1.xlsx</U></FONT></FONT></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">InfluenceMap, &#8220;FirstEnergy Corp&#8221;</FONT></P>

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