Rate-regulated, monopolistic , and essential service; Lower-risk transmission and distribution operations; and Operates within a credit-supportive regulatory environment. Affiliation with FirstEnergy's competitive energy businesses that are ultimately dependent on the market price of electricity; Low power prices that will weaken the competitive energy businesses' cash flow and does not guarantee recovery of mandated environmental capital expenditures; and Historical consolidated financial measures that are at the lower end of the "aggressive" financial risk profile category. Standard&Poor's Ratings Services' ratings on West Penn Power Co. (WPP) reflect the consolidated credit profile of parent FirstEnergy Corp. The ratings also reflect WPP's "excellent" business risk profile and FirstEnergy's "aggressive" financial risk profile (as our criteria define the terms). WPP is a transmission
