AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. today announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark T. Clark will conduct an investor presentation and participate in a panel discussion at the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. The presentations will begin at approximately 4:05 p.m. EDT.

A live Internet Webcast of the discussion will be available via FirstEnergy''s Investor Information Web site - http://www.firstenergycorp.com/ir - by clicking on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference link.

For those who can''t listen to the live Webcast, an audio version will be archived on FirstEnergy''s Web site.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services.

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