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, and 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. About 95% of the power pr...
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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, and 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. About 95% of the power produced by the company comes from coal-fired electric generating plants. Several of these are brown-coal fired, leading to concern by environmental groups over Allegheny Energy's environmental impact.
Allegheny Energy operates its electric distribution operations under the Allegheny Power name, which is actually a collective brand that covers the company's regulated subsidiaries. These regulated subsidiaries are, West Penn Power (Pennsylvania), Monongahela Power (northern West Virginia), Potomac Edison (western Maryland, parts of eastern West...
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