Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On February 14, 2024, at the recommendation of the Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight Committee, the FirstEnergy Corp. (“FirstEnergy” or the “Company”) board of directors (the “Board”) appointed Heidi Boyd to serve as a director of the Company, effective February 16, 2024. Ms. Boyd has been appointed to serve for a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until her successor shall have been elected. Ms. Boyd was nominated p ursuant to the terms of that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement entered into as of November 6, 2021, between the Company and BIP Securities II-B L.P., an affiliate of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners L.P. (“Blackstone”), following the notice of resignation by Sean Klimczak, Blackstone’s previous director nominee (as previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 13, 2024). Ms. Boyd is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group of Blackstone, Inc., a global investment firm, where she focuses primarily on investments in the utilities and transportation sectors. Ms. Boyd has been a private equity investor in infrastructure businesses for nearly 15 years. She started her career at Boston Consulting Group and subsequently worked at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets before joining Blackstone, Inc. in 2018. Ms. Boyd has served as a director at Carrix, Inc. (a private global ports operator) since 2021 where she is a member of the Environmental Social Governance Committee and the Chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Boyd has also held directorships and board observer roles at Atlantic Power Transmission, LLC (a private company dedicated to constructing and operating planned transmission systems to enable the interconnection of U.S. offshore wind facilities), Northern Indiana Public Service Company (a natural gas and electric utility), and other transportation and utility businesses. Ms. Boyd will not receive compensation for her service on the Board pursuant to arrangements with Ms. Boyd and Blackstone. As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Board had not determined Ms. Boyd’s Board committee assignments. In accordance with Instruction 2 to