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 inOhioandPennsylvaniafollowing last week's storms.
As of this morning, approximately 12,000 customers remain without service, particularly in the hardest hit areas in easternCuyahoga County, westernLake County, centralGeauga Countyand centralPortage CountyinOhio.FirstEnergy employees, contractors and outside resources will continue working around the clock until power has been restored for all customers.
在这个阶段的恢复工作,实用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:
- 11 p.m.today –Cleveland,BrooklynandStrongsvilleareas
- 11 p.m. tomorrow–Middlefieldarea
- 4 p.m.Wednesday, August 30–Mayfield,Solon,Concord,Bainbridgeareas
- 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:
- 1 p.m.today –Columbianaarea in Mahoning Valley
- 11 p.m.today –Kent,Portage Countyarea
- 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 atwww.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 onwww.firstenergycorp.com.
Images and video of storm restoration activities are available for download onFlickr.
SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.
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