secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE)
CIK:        0001031296
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-28T21:00:04+00:00
Accession:  0001031296-26-000122
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

FirstEnergy Q2 2026 EPS $0.50, revenue $3.7B, reaffirms 2026 guidance
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- GAAP EPS $0.50 ($288M) vs $0.46 YoY; Core EPS $0.50 vs $0.52 YoY; revenue $3.7B up from $3.4B.
- Reaffirmed 2026 Core EPS guidance $2.62-$2.82 and long-term CAGR near top end of 6%-8% through 2030.
- Data center contracted demand grew 30% since Q1 to 6.4 GW; West Virginia demand up 137% to 4.3 GW.
- Capital plan: $36B over 5 years (Energize365), $6B in 2026; $2.9B deployed in H1 2026.
- Segment: Distribution Core EPS down $0.06, Integrated flat, Stand-Alone Transmission up $0.04 on 11% rate base growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031296/000103129626000122/0001031296-26-000122-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031296/000103129626000122/fe-20260728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001031296-26-000122

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