By Kelly Pickerel | Solar Power World | November 24, 2025 –
FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Mon Power has brought sheep in to maintain vegetation at the solar site adjacent to the coal-powered Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia. At the Fort Martin solar site, which went into service in early 2024, Mon Power contracted with Sivic LLC, a solar grazing company headed by Nate Dean and Luci Mosesso, farmers based in Pocahontas County.
Approximately 350 sheep grazed at the site through the fall. Sivic moved the sheep around the property every four-to-six days, using temporary fencing to ensure that vegetation was trimmed consistently throughout the property. With the vegetation growth now slowing, the sheep will spend the winter at their farm in Pocahontas County and return to the solar site in the spring.
The 18.9-MW Fort Martin solar site was the first of three sites developed as part of Mon Power and Potomac Edison’s solar program, which involves development of solar projects on brownfield or impacted industrial properties. With two additional sites in Marion County and Berkeley County, the companies have 30 MW of solar capacity.
