AKRON,
Ohio, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy
Corp.'s (NYSE: FE) utilities continue work to complete service
restoration for customers who lost power after heavy rain and wind
in Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia over the weekend.
More than 450,000 customers lost service across our system, and
about 41,000 customers remain without service. Nearly 3,000
FirstEnergy employees and contractors are working around the clock
on the restoration effort across all three states.
Now that damage has been assessed, estimated restoration times
have been set for each electric company. The estimated restoration
times represent when the majority of customers in an area are
expected to have power restored. Many will have service restored
prior to that time, based on the level of damage encountered in a
particular area.
Some of the remaining repairs will restore only a few customers
at a time, which makes completing restoration a
time-consuming process. Due to the widespread damage caused by the
weather, we have thousands of remaining outages that require hours
of crew work to restore one customer at a time.
Utility summaries as of 4
pm:
- The Illuminating Company: Approximately 78,500 customers
in northeast Ohio lost power due
to the storm, and 6,200 customers remain without service. Service
is expected to be restored to the majority of customers by 4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28.
- Ohio Edison: Approximately 152,900 customers in northern
and central Ohio lost power due to
the storm, and 20,000 remain without service. Service is expected
to be restored to the majority of customers by 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 29.
- Penn Power: Approximately 54,900 customers in western
Pennsylvania lost power due to the
storm, and 6,100 remain without service. Service is expected to be
restored to the majority of customers by 11 p.m. Tuesday, March 28. The hardest hit areas of
Greene and Shenango Townships are
expected to have service restored by 11 p.m.
on Wednesday, March 29.
- Penelec: Approximately 52,400 customers in northern and
central Pennsylvania lost power
due to the storm, and 3,000 remain without service. Service is
expected to be restored to the majority of customers by 11 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28.
- West Penn Power: Approximately 52,600 customers in
western Pennsylvania lost power
due to the storm, and 600 remain without service. The majority of
West Penn Power customers are expected to have service restored by
11 p.m. on Monday, March 27.
Customers in the hardest hit area of Butler County are expected to have service
restored by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March
28.
- Mon Power: Approximately 46,500 customers in
West Virginia lost power due to
the storm, and 4,800 remain without service. The majority of
customers are expected to have power restored by 3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28.
For updated information on power outages, FirstEnergy's storm
restoration process and tips for staying safe, visit the 24/7 Power
Center at www.firstenergycorp.com/outages. Customers who are
without power can call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877) or text OUT
to 544487 to report their outage or click the "Report Outage" link
on www.firstenergycorp.com.
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