/tags/power-outages power outages en-US Copyright Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:46:16 GMT /2025-04-15/aep-ohio-meets-one-metric-that-measures-reliability-fails-another AEP Ohio filed an annual report that shows the average number of outages a customer experiences a year, and how long their customers' outages lasted. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:46:16 GMT /2025-04-15/aep-ohio-meets-one-metric-that-measures-reliability-fails-another Renee Fox /2024-09-30/hurricane-helene-remnants-cause-flooding-and-power-outages-in-ohio-no-injuries-reported Scioto and Ross counties experienced flooding from Hurricane Helene. More than 100,000 people were left without power, but most outages have been restored. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:45:18 GMT /2024-09-30/hurricane-helene-remnants-cause-flooding-and-power-outages-in-ohio-no-injuries-reported George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-07-11/regulators-reach-agreement-with-aep-to-try-to-decrease-frequency-length-of-power-outages The Public Utility Commission of Ohio approved new reliability standards for AEP Ohio. The standards will require the company to reduce power outages, instead of allowing them to increase as the company initially requested. Thu, 11 Jul 2024 21:07:58 GMT /politics-government/2024-07-11/regulators-reach-agreement-with-aep-to-try-to-decrease-frequency-length-of-power-outages Renee Fox /news/2023-03-31/aep-ohio-gears-up-for-next-storm-by-calling-reinforcements More than 600 extra line men are being called to the state in case of outages. Last weekend's storm left 125,000 customers temporarily without power. Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:17:58 GMT /news/2023-03-31/aep-ohio-gears-up-for-next-storm-by-calling-reinforcements Allie Vugrincic /news/2022-07-13/ohio-utilities-commission-meets-with-aep-regarding-power-outages The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio heard from electricity provider AEP and transmission line operator PJM in a public meeting Wednesday about forced power outages in June in Columbus. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:21:23 GMT /news/2022-07-13/ohio-utilities-commission-meets-with-aep-regarding-power-outages Renee Fox /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-06-21/the-impact-of-heat-on-the-power-grid Today we’ll look at how power grids are managed and the impact climate change and heat are having on them. Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-06-21/the-impact-of-heat-on-the-power-grid /news/2022-06-17/aep-ohio-to-provide-financial-assistance-for-residents-impacted-by-power-outages The company said it is partnering with local non-profits and will provide $1 million to help relieve the financial burdens of residents. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:43:16 GMT /news/2022-06-17/aep-ohio-to-provide-financial-assistance-for-residents-impacted-by-power-outages Debbie Holmes /2022-06-16/public-utilities-commission-of-ohio-to-conduct-power-outage-review-of-aep The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio says it will conduct a review of the widespread outages that left hundreds of thousands of AEP Ohio customers without power this week. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:29:44 GMT /2022-06-16/public-utilities-commission-of-ohio-to-conduct-power-outage-review-of-aep Matthew Rand /news/2020-10-21/what-happens-if-there-are-power-outages-on-election-day On Election Day two years ago, wind gusts knocked out power for at least part of the day in four Northeast Ohio counties. What happens if there are more… Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:07:53 GMT /news/2020-10-21/what-happens-if-there-are-power-outages-on-election-day Jo Ingles