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Shareholder advocacy aimed at FirstEnergy

Nothing recorded yet. That means no campaign in our database names this company, not that none exists.

How organizations asked shareholders to vote

Positions these organizations published themselves, each linked to where they published it. Nothing here is our view of how to vote.

2026

OrganizationItemAsks shareholders to voteSource
Sierra ClubElection of directors (entire board)AgainstPublished position
Majority ActionElection of director Steven J. Demetriou (Chair, Finance Committee)AgainstPublished position
Majority ActionElection of director Paul Kaleta (Chair, Governance Committee)AgainstPublished position

What shareholders voted on

From FirstEnergy’s own filings with the SEC. Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it.

2026

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Item 3Company proposal96%Passed
Item 4Company proposal32.8%Failed
Item 2 – Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 . Item 2Auditor97%Passed
Election of Jana T. CroomDirector98.7%Passed
Election of John W. Somerhalder IIDirector98.6%Passed
Election of Heidi L. BoydDirector98.6%Passed
Election of Lisa Winston HicksDirector98.5%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector97.6%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector97.3%Passed
Election of Brian X. TierneyDirector96.6%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector94.7%Passed
Election of Paul KaletaDirector86.8%Passed

2025

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Item 2Company proposal97.1%Passed
Item 3Company proposal95%Passed
Item 4Company proposal8.1%Failed
Election of John W. Somerhalder IIDirector98.6%Passed
Election of Melvin D. WilliamsDirector98.1%Passed
Election of Jana T. CroomDirector98.1%Passed
Election of Lisa Winston HicksDirector98%Passed
Election of Heidi L. BoydDirector98%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector97.1%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector97%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector96.7%Passed
Election of Brian X. TierneyDirector96.6%Passed
Election of Paul KaletaDirector83.4%Passed

2024

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Item 2Company proposal97.2%Passed
Item 3Company proposal95.1%Passed
Item 4Company proposal22.3%Failed
Item 5Company proposal3.2%Failed
Item 6Company proposal1.2%Failed
Election of Brian X. TierneyDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Heidi L. BoydDirector98.8%Passed
Election of Melvin D. WilliamsDirector98.7%Passed
Election of Jana T. CroomDirector98.7%Passed
Election of Lisa Winston HicksDirector98.5%Passed
Election of John W. Somerhalder IIDirector98.4%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector98.3%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector97.6%Passed
Election of Paul KaletaDirector97.2%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector97.1%Passed

2023

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Item 5Company proposal98.6%Passed
Item 2Company proposal96.8%Passed
Item 3Company proposal93.7%Passed
Item 6Company proposal6.1%Failed
Item 7Company proposal1.5%Failed
Election of Jana T. CroomDirector98%Passed
Election of Melvin D. WilliamsDirector97.7%Passed
Election of Sean T. KlimczakDirector97.7%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector97.4%Passed
Election of Lisa Winston HicksDirector96.6%Passed
Election of John W. Somerhalder IIDirector95.2%Passed
Election of Andrew TenoDirector95.1%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector94.1%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector93%Passed
Election of Paul KaletaDirector90.3%Passed

2022

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Item 2Company proposal97.2%Passed
Item 3Company proposal95.3%Passed
Item 5Company proposal37.9%Failed
Item 4Company proposal2.9%Failed
Election of Steven E. StrahDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Paul KaletaDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Lisa Winston HicksDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Jana T. CroomDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Sean T. KlimczakDirector98.9%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector98.5%Passed
Election of Andrew TenoDirector98.2%Passed
Election of John W. Somerhalder IIDirector93.7%Passed
Election of Melvin WilliamsDirector93.5%Passed
Election of Jesse A. LynnDirector93.5%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector89.7%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector80.4%Passed

2021

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Item 2Company proposal98.3%Passed
Item 3Company proposal96.6%Passed
Election of Melvin D. WilliamsDirector99.1%Passed
Election of Steven E. StrahDirector99.1%Passed
Election of John W. Somerhalder IIDirector99%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector99%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector98.2%Passed
Election of Thomas N. MitchellDirector98.2%Passed
Election of Luis A. ReyesDirector98.1%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector98%Passed
Election of Andrew TenoDirector97.7%Passed
Election of Jesse A. LynnDirector97.7%Passed
Election of Christopher D. PappasDirector97.5%Passed
Election of Michael J. AndersonDirector95.8%Passed
Election of Julia L. JohnsonDirector94.1%Passed
Election of Donald T. MisheffDirector85.9%Passed

2020

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The non-binding shareholder proposalShareholder proposal28.2%Failed
Item 2Company proposal99%Passed
Item 5Company proposal98.2%Passed
Item 3Company proposal97.9%Passed
Item 4Company proposal96.6%Passed
Election of Charles E. JonesDirector99.5%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector99.5%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Christopher D. PappasDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Thomas N. MitchellDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Luis A. ReyesDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Sandra PianaltoDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Julia L. JohnsonDirector99%Passed
Election of Donald T. MisheffDirector98.5%Passed
Election of Michael J. AndersonDirector97.5%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector81.6%Passed

2019

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The non-binding shareholder proposalShareholder proposal60%Passed
Item 2Company proposal99%Passed
Item 5Company proposal98.7%Passed
Item 4Company proposal98.6%Passed
Item 6Company proposal98.2%Passed
Item 3Company proposal97.9%Passed
Election of Leslie M. TurnerDirector99.3%Passed
Election of Charles E. JonesDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Sandra PianaltoDirector99.1%Passed
Election of James F. O’Neil IIIDirector99.1%Passed
Election of Thomas N. MitchellDirector99%Passed
Election of Donald T. MisheffDirector99%Passed
Election of Julia L. JohnsonDirector99%Passed
Election of Luis A. ReyesDirector98.9%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector98.9%Passed
Election of Christopher D. PappasDirector98.6%Passed
Election of Michael J. AndersonDirector98.5%Passed

2018

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The non-binding shareholder proposalShareholder proposal38.5%Failed
Item 2Company proposal98.5%Passed
Item 3Company proposal95.8%Passed
Election of James F. O'Neil IIIDirector98.9%Passed
Election of Thomas N. MitchellDirector98.8%Passed
Election of Charles E. JonesDirector98.8%Passed
Election of Luis A. ReyesDirector98.7%Passed
Election of Julia L. JohnsonDirector98.7%Passed
Election of Donald T. MisheffDirector98.6%Passed
Election of Sandra PianaltoDirector98.5%Passed
Election of Steven J. DemetriouDirector98.5%Passed
Election of Dr. Jerry Sue ThorntonDirector98.2%Passed
Election of Michael J. AndersonDirector98%Passed
Election of Paul T. AddisonDirector97.4%Passed
Election of Christopher D. PappasDirector93.6%Passed

Proxy statements and vote results

Straight from FirstEnergy’s own SEC filings. The proxy statement lists what shareholders were asked to vote on; the 8-K certifies how the vote went.

YearFilingFiled
2026Vote results2026-05-20
2026Proxy statement2026-04-01
2025Vote results2025-05-21
2025Proxy statement2025-04-03
2024Vote results2024-05-23
2024Proxy statement2024-03-29
2023Vote results2023-05-24
2023Proxy statement2023-03-28
2022Vote results2022-05-17
2022Proxy statement2022-03-23
2021Vote results2021-05-19
2021Proxy statement2021-03-29
2020Vote results2020-05-20
2020Proxy statement2020-04-01
2019Vote results2019-05-21
2019Proxy statement2019-04-01
2018Vote results2018-05-16
2018Proxy statement2018-03-30

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