GAHANNA, Ohio – By 6:00 p.m. July 1, AEP Ohio had restored power to more
than 250,000 of the 660,000
customers affected by the catastrophic storms that moved through the state
June 29. A line of new storms has
resulted in 20,000 additional customer outages this evening.
Approximately 435,000 customers remain without power at 9 p.m. tonight. At
the peak of the storm on June
29, approximately 45 percent of AEP Ohio customers were without power.
AEP Ohio is working around the clock to restore service to customers as
safely and quickly as possible.
Personnel dedicated to system repairs work 16 hours a day. Support
resources work through the night to
reconcile restoration completed during the day to prepare work packages,
maps and instructions for the crews
to use the following morning.
https://aepohio.com/outages/details.aspx?stormName=June%2029,%202012,%20Severe%20Summer%20Storms
