FirstEnergy’s Executive Payouts Overhauled as Big PA Power Auction Kicks Off
Executive Severance Plan Overhaul In late September 2025, FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) announced that its board has revamped the executive severance plan in.investing.com. Under the new Executive Severance Benefits Plan (effective Jan. 1, 2026), the company explicitly adds the CEO and other top officers and replaces most old service-based payouts with fixed multiples of salary in.investing.com stocktitan.net. For example, the CEO, other SEC-defined officers and Executive Council members will now receive 1.5× their base salary as severance if they are involuntarily terminated (e.g. in a facility closure or corporate restructuring) in.investing.com stocktitan.net. Previously the CEO was not in the plan at all – severance was paid by years of