SPAN vs FirstEnergy
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SPAN makes smart electrical panels that integrate with solar, batteries, and EVs; raised $474M total; Eaton invested $75M in 2026; first panels certified to the new UL 3141 standard required by the 2026 NEC.
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SPAN is a San Francisco-based company that designs and manufactures smart electrical panels for residential and commercial applications. Founded in 2018 by ex-Tesla engineers, SPAN''s flagship product — the SPAN Panel — is an intelligent circuit breaker panel that replaces traditional electrical panels with a connected, software-controlled system. The SPAN Panel enables homeowners to monitor energy consumption by circuit in real time, set automated load priorities during grid outages, optimize solar and battery charging, and manage EV charging — all through a mobile app. Each circuit can be individually controlled via software, providing unprecedented visibility and control over home energy flows.
Akron OH Midwest/Mid-Atlantic regulated utility (NYSE: FE) ~$13.5B FY2024 revenue; HB 6 scandal recovery complete, $26B 2024-2028 capex, 6M customers in 6 states, data center NJ growth competing with AEP and Exelon.
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FirstEnergy Corp. is an Akron, Ohio-based regulated electric utility holding company — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FE) as an S&P 500 Utilities component — providing electric transmission and distribution service to approximately 6 million customers across six states (Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, New York) through regulated utility subsidiaries including Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Toledo Edison, Pennsylvania Power, The Illuminating Company, Monongahela Power, Potomac Edison, Jersey Central Power & Light, Met-Ed, Penn Power, and West Penn Power through approximately 12,000 employees. FirstEnergy is in the final stages of reputational and operational recovery from a historic corporate governance scandal: in 2020, FirstEnergy admitted to paying $60 million in bribes to Ohio utility regulators and state legislators (including former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder) to secure passage of HB 6 — a $1.3 billion nuclear plant bailout law that was later repealed — resulting in criminal convictions, executive departures, shareholder class action settlements, and a $230 million DOJ deferred prosecution agreement. In fiscal year 2024, FirstEnergy reported revenues of approximately $13.5 billion, with the company executing CEO Brian Tierney's (joined 2023) strategy of rebuilding regulatory trust, improving operational performance, and executing the $26 billion capital plan (2024-2028) for grid modernization, electric vehicle infrastructure, and smart meter installation across the six-state service territory. FirstEnergy's 2021 divestiture of its competitive power generation business (FirstEnergy Solutions — renamed Evolent Energy Resources, including the Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear plants in Ohio) simplified FirstEnergy to a pure regulated utility — eliminating the commodity generation exposure that had distorted earnings and contributed to the improper HB 6 lobbying motivation.
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