FirstEnergy’s Pennsylvania Default Service Program DSP-IV Auction: Information Session for Prospective Bidders on Wednesday, February 7, 2018

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CRA
International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic,
financial, and management consulting services, today announced that
an auction process will be conducted for FirstEnergy Corp.’s (NYSE: FE)
Pennsylvania utilities — Metropolitan Edison Company (“Met-Ed”),
Pennsylvania Electric Company (“Penelec”), Pennsylvania Power Company
(“Penn Power”) and West Penn Power Company (“West Penn Power”) — to
procure full requirements Default Supply generation service for their
Default Service Customers. The auction process will lead up to the
auction scheduled for April 9, 2018.

The bidding process will use a descending-price clock auction format.
The auction will be managed by Independent Evaluator and Auction Manager
CRA International, Inc. The auction is being conducted pursuant to
FirstEnergy’s Pennsylvania Default Service Program (DSP-IV) as approved
by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. This is the next auction
in the DSP-IV auction series, which began in October 2016.

The Information Session for prospective bidders for the April auction is
scheduled for Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Instructions on how to join
the Webcast session are available on the Information Website at http://www.fepaauction.com/Documents/BidderInformationSessions.aspx.

Part 1 Applications from prospective bidders will be accepted starting
February 12 and are due no later than March 2. For successful Part 1
applicants, the submission window for the Part 2 Application process
will be March 12 through March 23.

The products that each of the four Companies is procuring in the April
DSP-IV Residential/Commercial (Fixed Price) auction include: 12-month
residential class (delivery period June 2018 through May 2019), 3-month
commercial class (delivery period June 2018 through August 2018) and
12-month commercial class (delivery period June 2018 through May 2019).

Additional information about the auction process can be found on the
Information Website at www.fepaauction.com.

About CRA International, Inc. and its Auctions & Competitive Bidding
Practice

CRA is a global consulting firm specializing in litigation,
regulatory, financial, and management consulting. CRA advises
clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and
regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical
business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients
have engaged CRA for its unique combination of functional expertise and
industry knowledge, and for its objective solutions to complex problems.
Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout the world. Detailed
information about Charles River Associates, a registered trade name of
CRA International, Inc., is available at www.crai.com.
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