American Electric Power is reporting some outages in our area.
In Farfield County over 490 of their over 30,000 customers are without service.
Statewide the weather has knocked out power to over 2,000 AEP customers. The largest outages are being seen in Madison County, which is located west of Columbus.
The Red Cross along with the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department and American Electric Power met with the Muskingum County Emergency Management Agency to discuss where they stand a week after the storm.
Emergency Management Agency director Bo Keck says if you suffered uninsured damage to report the estimates to the EMA office, this will be collected to determine if funding will be provided to Ohio.
AEP gave an update on their restoration of power to the area.
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Here are the latest outage numbers from American Electric Power.
Muskingum County: 16,419
Perry: 7,781
Morgan: 3,088
Noble: 942
Guernsey: 7,934
Coshocton 2,813
Licking: 27,156
Fairfield: 15,143
There are still approximately 3,500 Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative members without power. The Mt. Sterling substation was re-energized at 7:15 p.m. last night. Progress has slowed as linemen work away from main roads, where trees are...
As of 8p.m. Monday night American Electric Power had restored power to approximately 42 percent of the 660,000 affected by the storms that moved through the state, Friday. Here's a breakdown of how it looks in our area.
Muskingum: 15,784
Morgan: 3,469
Perry: 8,135
Noble: 2,046
Guernsey: 7,997
Coshocton: 2,654
Licking: 31,312
Fairfield: 14,471
American Electric Power reports that the Lancaster area should have power by midnight Saturday....
According to AEP, restoration is expected to continue as follows for the majority of the customers affected. This is an early estimate that could change if additional damaging weather hits the area. These restoration times will be updated on an ongoing basis as assessment continues and repairs are made. Zanesville is considered part of the "Newark Area". Athens Area
Athens:...
Power has been restored in New Lexington after residents were left in the dark early this morning.
Officials at AEP Ohio said that an animal got caught in the transformer at a power station on North Main street.
The outage left several thousand customers without power, and some businesses were forced to close.
A manager at Kroger said the store suffered minor food losses as a result.
The outage also postponed the graduation ceremony at New Lexington High School.
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The energy industry is expected to boom over the next decade, and skilled workers will be in high demand to fill those jobs.
American Electric Power is participating in a national program to train low-income, young adults for energy positions. Director of Workforce Diversity Joe Cisneros said AEP is teaming up with Zane State College and Mid-East Career and Technology Centers to offer specialized classes.
"What it's doing is providing them with the baseline...
American Electric Power is reducing consumers' bills by $78 million.
This week the Public Utilities Commission resolved an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that required the agency to re-examine aspects of AEP's electric security plan.
The commission ordered AEP to eliminate $78 million in "provider of last resort" costs, because the company couldn't present enough evidence to support collecting the charges.
Consumer advocates argue that more than $787 million is owed....
American Electric Power and the United Way team up to help residents of Perry, Muskingum and Morgan Counties.
AEP provided the agency with over $21,000 to be used to help those experiencing financial difficulties with rent or mortgage payments. One of the qualifications is that you must be at least one month behind in making those payments.
"It will help these folks just to get back on track if there was just something that seemed to bump them off that track," said...
The high winds caused some power outages for area residents Monday morning.
American Electric Power reported at one time Guernsey County had 487 without service and 163 Muskingum County residents without power. Power has now been restored to all customers.
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