AEP power outage

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — AEP Ohio is planning to work around the clock until power for their customers is restored, according to a company spokesperson.

AEP expects those 80,000 to have power restored Tuesday evening. The issue for the additional outages was that storm damage to part of the power system ...

According to Appalachian Power spokesperson Phil Moye, there are 1,200 individual places with power outages that AEP needs to send crews to. Moye says 1,100 ...

- Kanawha: 8,232 - Greenbrier: 269 - Fayette: 652

The number of people without power in Ohio and Marshall counties, according to AEP's outage map is down to around 10000 as of Wednesday morning, ...

The map also shows that power could be restored for some in Ohio County as early as today, while others might have to wait until Friday and even others still don’t have a firm time frame for restoration. Larger outage areas likely will be restored first. AEP assessors will be out inspecting areas to decide which areas are safe enough to restore power.

Nighttime wind gusts of up to 89 mph caused outages for nearly 11000 residents in Wayne, Holmes and Ashland counties. Outages could last days.

The Wayne County Public Library's Wooster Branch opened meeting room 2 as a cooling station until 8:30 p.m., said Katie Koglman, CEO of the United Way of Wayne and Holmes counties. The high winds caused outages for nearly 10,000 residents in Wayne, Holmes and Ashland counties as of Tuesday afternoon, according to American Electric Power and FirstEnergy. The Holmes County Sheriff's Office placed the county under a Level 3 emergency, closing roadways to nonemergency personnel citing downed trees and powerlines, which continued until it was canceled Tuesday evening. What happens to the food in your refrigerator and freezer? The National Weather Service is investigating if a tornado caused the heavy damage in parts of the two counties, a spokesperson for the National Weather Service in Cleveland said. The strong winds and heavy downpour dumped at least two and a half inches of rain and left residents to clean up and caused officials to open cooling stations as the heat index is expected to top 100 degrees Wednesday.

AEP Ohio provided an update on the power outages throughout Columbus Wednesday morning. As of 12:45 p. m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, more than 137000 ...

Widespread outages continue through Wednesday after storms blew through central Ohio.

American Electric Power has purposefully shut off power to neighborhoods as it works to repair damage caused by this week's powerful storms.

The food in their refrigerator and freezer has by now gone bad, leaving them with nothing to eat. "It is a controlled interruption of customers, which operators turn to after exhausting all other options for maintaining stability," it said. "They're frustrated, so that makes me frustrated," she added. "Me not being able to get them any food. "These outages have caused not only inconveniences, but also serious problems for residents and businesses in the affected areas," chair Judith French said at Wednesday's commission meeting. She said she spent Tuesday night with her daughter, who lives near Brice and Refugee roads on the Far East Side, where there was power. "We're not picking and choosing locations." "It’s the last thing we want to do.’’ If instability develops suddenly, operators may need to bypass all other emergency procedures and immediately conduct a controlled interruption." "Northland was devastating last night," Ayres said. "It's absolutely the last resort," AEP spokesman Scott Blake of the decision to turn off power in neighborhoods. AEP says the decision to shut off power in some neighborhoods was done to keep outages from spreading and making it even harder and longer to restore power.