THE IRRITATED AMERICAN Ah, the power and utility of Power & Utility. (IMAGE: dividendsandincomedaily.com) Well, a decently performing stock is not a cause for clock-stopping celebration--but on a day like today where FXCM is teetering on the precipice of disaster, a little island of happiness among the sea of insanity that 2015 has constituted thus far is certainly a good thing. First Energy corporation is a diversified power company with corporate HQ out in Akron Ohio. The company is primarily concerned with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, along with a solid book of energy management product. Across its ten owned utility companies, FE constitutes the largest investor owned utility company in the country. This is based on the fact that it currently services 6,000,000 customers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. The company itself was the result of the initial merger between Ohio Edison Co., along with its Pennsylvania Power Co subsidiary, and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company . . as well as Toldeo Edison. Following this compact, the company merged with GPU, Inc., which alone gave FE Metropolitan Edison, Pennsylvania Electric, as well as Jersey Central Power & Light. Lastly, the company acquired Allegheny Energy. With premier retrofitting projects geared towards cleaner methods of delivering power--compressed air generating plants are at the forefront--the company is leading efforts to cut CO2 emissions by a large amount. Despite some shaky moments in mid-2014 owing to doubts about regulatory compliance, the company is on track, has put past violations behind them and FE stock is performing well, and seems to represent a good buy opportunity. At the moment of this writing, the trend continues, with FE up .9%. We spoke to John Schlitz at Chaikin Analytics about FE's recent trending on the market: Preston Clive 1/16/2015***