Federal contractor · WILLIAMSPORT, MD

THE POTOMAC EDISON CO

THE POTOMAC EDISON CO received $8.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $69.9M. Its largest customer was Internal Revenue Service ($2.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.6M
New awards
18
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
SJU5GH14YEC8
Parent company
FIRSTENERGY CORP
Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $10.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. THE POTOMAC EDISON COWILLIAMSPORT, MD · Family page
    $8.6M
  2. OHIO EDISON COMPANYAKRON, OH
    $1.4M
  3. JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COAKRON, OH
    $459.8K
  4. METROPOLITAN EDISON COAKRON, OH
    $48K
  5. PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COAKRON, OH
    -$3,645
  6. THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COAKRON, OH
    -$10.7K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.9MFY2017
  2. 7MFY2018
  3. 6.4MFY2019
  4. 7.7MFY2020
  5. 4.6MFY2021
  6. 6.6MFY2022
  7. 5.9MFY2023
  8. 5.1MFY2024
  9. 12MFY2025
  10. 8.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Internal Revenue Service$2.5M30%
    2 awards
  2. Federal Emergency Management Agency$2.2M26%
    6 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$1.6M19%
    2 awards
  4. Social Security Administration$1.2M14%
    1 awards
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$745.5K8.7%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$376.8K4.4%
    5 awards
  7. Federal Bureau of Investigation-$134.7K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$8.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, WV$2.5M30%
  2. Frederick County, MD$2M23%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$1.6M19%
  4. Washington County, MD$1.6M18%
  5. Berkeley County, WV$745.5K8.7%
  6. District of Columbia, DC$134.1K1.6%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $8.6M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $8.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Emergency Management Agency$2.2M
    Department of Homeland Security · 2 awards
  2. Social Security Administration$1.2M
    Social Security Administration · 1 awards
  3. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$376.8K
    Department of Justice · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) LOCATED AT 250 MURALL DRIVE, KEARNEYSVILLE, WV, 25430, REQUIRES ELECTRIC SERVICE. THE ELECTRIC SERVICE SHALL BE PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE GSA AREAWIDE CONTRACT 47PA0418D0035.$7.7M
    Internal Revenue Service· Jefferson County, WV· Facilities & utilities· Apr 26, 2021 – Mar 11, 2026· 2043FY21F00014
  2. UTILITY ENERGY SERVICES CONTRACT (UESC) ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT WITH POTOMAC EDISON FOR BUILDINGS 101A, 102, 103, 104, 107, 110,111, 115, GARAGE, FIVE (5) SPECIALTY BUILDINGS AND STREETLIGHTS. LOCATED ON THE NIH ANIMAL CENTER CAMPUS, 16701 ELMER$5.7M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Apr 23, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 75N99021F00015
  3. ELECTRIC SERVICES FOR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) MARTINSBURG ENTERPRISE COMPUTING CENTER (ECC) AND CHILDCARE CENTER IN KEARNEYSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA (WV)$5M
    Internal Revenue Service· Jefferson County, WV· Facilities & utilities· Oct 1, 2024 – Apr 17, 2026· 2043FY25F00002
  4. ELECTRIC/UTILITY$3.5M
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· District of Columbia, DC· Facilities & utilities· Mar 11, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 15F06725F0000400
  5. 110084629044 POTOMAC EDISON (ELECTRIC) NIHAC CAN 8023629 METER# 1 CONTRACT# 75N99022F00001$2.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2021 – Aug 13, 2026· 75N99022F00004
  6. ELECTRIC UTILITY$1.8M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· Frederick County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Jan 15, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 70FA2026F00000004
  7. UTILITY - ELECTRICITY$1.7M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Berkeley County, WV· Facilities & utilities· Jan 7, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· 36C10X25F0009
  8. TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION, PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, AND DEDICATED RESERVE CAPACITY FOR THE NATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER IN URBANA, MD$1.2M
    Social Security Administration· Washington County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Jul 23, 2026 – Jul 23, 2026· 28321326FDX030144

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

1 company · $812.8K reported

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$812.8K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards · Facilities support services

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY$6.3M−34% in FY2026
    EL PASO, TX · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Electric power generation, transmission and distributionFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  2. MEMPHIS LIGHT GAS & WATER$10.3M+2.4% in FY2026
    MEMPHIS, TN · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  3. ILLINOIS POWER MARKETING COMPANY, LLC$12.5M+1.8% in FY2026
    IRVING, TX · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Electric power generation, transmission and distributionVeterans Affairs · Electric power generation, transmission and distribution

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.