Power Outage Affects 2,000 FirstEnergy Customers in Ohio on Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving morning, nearly 2,000 customers of FirstEnergy in Ohio faced power outages. As of 9:17 a.m., 1,964 individuals were without electricity, according to FirstEnergy’s online outage map. The service area consists of more than 2.1 million customers across the state.
Regions Affected by Power Outage
Ashtabula County experienced the most significant number of outages, impacting 663 customers. This represents approximately 1.27% of the county’s total customer base. Other counties with notable outages included:
- Cuyahoga County: 608 outages (about 0.11%)
- Geauga County: 235 outages (0.59%)
- Lake County: 70 outages
- Lorain County: 38 outages
- Lucas County: 24 outages
- Ashland County: 2 outages
Most counties served by FirstEnergy reported that 0% of their customers were affected by the outages. The specific cause of the power loss has not been disclosed.
FirstEnergy’s Outage Management
FirstEnergy updates its outage map every 15 minutes. However, the utility also advises that it may take up to 35 minutes for new outages to display on the map. For more information or to report a power outage, customers can visit outages-oh.firstenergycorp.com.
This significant power outage on Thanksgiving affects many families across Ohio, highlighting the importance of prompt communication from utility providers during emergencies.
