CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – FirstEnergy announced in a news release Sunday afternoon that power should be restored earlier than originally planned on August 14.
RELATED STORY: Due to severe weather, events in Northeast Ohio are cancelled and trees and power lines are falling
The press release said that thanks to the storm’s more than 7,500 emergency responders, customers’ power could be restored much more quickly and that for a small number of customers in areas with major damage, it could even take up to a second week.
More than 30,000 people were left in the dark on Sunday morning. Energy companies described this as a “historic” power outage following Tuesday’s storms.
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Below is a list of times when FirstEnergy customers can expect electricity:
Ashtabula County
Colebrook Township Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Orwell Sunday, August 11, 11pm
Orwell Township Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Windsor Township, Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Cuyahoga County
Bay Village Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
Beachwood Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Bratenahl Monday, August 12th at 11pm
Brook Park Monday, August 12, 11pm
Brooklyn Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Brooklyn Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Cleveland Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Cuyahoga Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Euclid Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Fairview Park Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
Gates Mills Monday, August 12, 11pm
Highland Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Hunting Valley Monday, August 12, 11pm
Lakewood Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Linndale Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Lyndhurst Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Mayfield Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Mayfield Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Newburgh Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
North Olmsted Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
Olmsted Falls Monday, August 12, at 4 p.m.
Olmsted Township Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
Pepper Pike Monday, August 12, 11pm
Richmond Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Rocky River Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
South Euclid Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
University Heights Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Westlake Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
Woodmere Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Geauga County
Aquilla Monday, August 12th at 11am
Burton Sunday, August 11, 11pm
Burton Township Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Chardon Monday, August 12th at 11am
Chardon Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Chester Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Claridon Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Hambden Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Huntsburg Township Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Middlefield Township Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Munson Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Newbury Township, Sunday, August 11, 11 p.m.
Lake County
Concord Monday, August 12th at 11am
Concord Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Eastlake Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Fairport Harbor Monday, August 12, 11am
Grand River Monday, August 12th at 11am
Kirtland Monday, August 12th at 11am
Kirtland Hills Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Lakeline Monday, August 12, 11pm
Leroy Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Mentor Monday, August 12th at 11am
Mentor on the Lake Monday, August 12, 11am
North Perry Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Painesville Monday, August 12 at 11 a.m.
Painesville Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Perry Monday, August 12th at 11am
Perry Township Monday, August 12, 11 a.m.
Timberlake Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Waite Hill Monday, August 12, 11am
Wickliffe Monday, August 12, 11pm
Willoughby Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Willoughby Hills Monday, August 12, 11 p.m.
Willowick Monday, August 12, 11pm
Lorain County
Avon Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
Avon Lake Monday, August 12, 4 p.m.
The press release states If your community is not listed below, please log in to your account at www.firstenergycorp.com or text STAT to 544487 if you are registered for SMS alerts to receive your specific outage ETR.
As of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, 36,804 FirstEnergy customers in Northeast Ohio are without power. By comparison, as of about 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, 273,354 customers were without power.
FirstEnergy spokeswoman Hannah Catlett said Thursday morning that the storms had caused “historic” power outages.
Catlett said Tuesday’s storms were the “most impactful” storms in the region since July 1993, when a series of thunderstorms caused power outages for 300,000 customers. At their peak, Tuesday’s storms caused 471,000 power outages.
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused 261,000 outages in the region, while Hurricane Ike caused 200,000 outages in 2008.
Illinois-based ComEd announced Wednesday afternoon that it would send teams to northeast Ohio to assist FirstEnergy in power restoration efforts.
In addition, more than 2,500 teams from other states are coming to Northeast Ohio to help with the power outages.
| Contractors from the following countries: | Mutual support from the following utility companies: |
|---|---|
| Ohio | AEP Ohio |
| Pennsylvania | AEP Kentucky |
| Michigan | AEP Indiana |
| Indiana | AEP Appalachain Power – West Virginia |
| Illinois | ComEd-Illinois |
| new York | Duquesne Light – Pennsylvania |
| Virginia | AES Indiana |
| Tennessee | |
| Georgia | |
| Alabama | |
| Florida |
FirstEnergy issued the following statement Thursday morning:
The current number of outages affecting FirstEnergy customers can be found at Click here.
Cleveland Public Power also issued a statement Thursday morning:
The same press release stated that construction crews and contractors are focusing on Collinwood, Old Brooklyn and Midtown.
Click here to view the outage map for Cleveland Public Power.
Here are the counties with the most outages for FirstEnergy customers (as of Sunday, 10:30 a.m.)
- CUYAHOGA -26.046
- GEAUGA – 4.534
- SEA – 4,774
- LORAIN-453
- TRUMBULL-80
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