FAIRMONT, W.Va. — FirstEnergy, parent company of Mon Power, is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for vandalizing a power line being built in Harrison and Doddridge counties.
The $92 million power line is currently under construction. The project is meant to support the electric demands of the area’s Marcellus Shale gas industry and help enhance service reliability for nearly 13,000 Mon Power customers in the Clarksburg and Salem areas.
Todd Myers, spokesman for Mon Power, said someone recently cut the anchor bolts on a concrete foundation for one of the big steel pole structures in Reynoldsville, about five miles west of Clarksburg.
Nearby West Virginia roads include New Creek Road, Gladys Hollow Road, Route 7 and Delta Road.
Anyone with information is urged to call the FirstEnergy’s 24-Hour Security Tip Hotline at 1-866-487-2743.