AKRON,
Ohio, Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy
Corp. (NYSE: FE) utilities have restored power to more than 97% of
the 466,000 customers impacted by power outages in Ohio and Pennsylvania following last week's storms.
As of this morning, approximately 12,000 customers remain
without service, particularly in the hardest hit areas in eastern
Cuyahoga County, western
Lake County, central Geauga County and central Portage County in Ohio. FirstEnergy employees, contractors and
outside resources will continue working around the clock until
power has been restored for all customers.
At this stage in the restoration effort, utility crews are
addressing many localized issues and restoring service to
individual customers. This will require workers to travel to
hundreds of individual locations to restore power to single homes
or businesses. This is the most time-consuming, labor intensive and
complex part of service restoration.
Estimated restoration times have been updated for each electric
company as follows:
- The Illuminating Company: Approximately 10,500 remain
without power. Service is expected to be restored to the majority
of customers as follows:
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- 11 p.m. today – Cleveland, Brooklyn and Strongsville areas
- 11 p.m. tomorrow – Middlefield area
- 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 30 –
Mayfield, Solon, Concord, Bainbridge areas
- All other area outages are assigned individual estimated
restoration times as the outage orders are assigned to crews.
- Ohio Edison: Approximately 1,800 remain without power.
Service is expected to be restored to the majority of customers as
follows:
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- 1 p.m. today – Columbiana area in Mahoning Valley
- 11 p.m. today – Kent, Portage
County area
- All other area outages are assigned individual estimated
restoration times as the outage orders are assigned to crews.
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.
Images and video of storm restoration activities are
available for download on Flickr.
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