AEP says it's ready for PUCO review about last month's forced power outages in central Ohio
Ohio utility regulators are looking into forced power outages in which a quarter of a million customers of AEP lost power after severe storms last ...
Ohio utility regulators are looking into forced power outages in which a quarter of a million customers of AEP lost power after severe storms last month.AEP President and COO Mark Reitter said its transmission organization is "working hard" to understand what happened after storms on June 13 took down over 350 poles and 2100 wires, followed by several days with temperatures above 90 degrees.'We have 40-year employees that never experienced these load management emergencies in Ohio particularly in an urban center like Columbus before, so we're learning through it," Reitter said at a press conference at a south Columbus community action agency.