{"id":382402,"date":"2020-11-16T18:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T23:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=382402"},"modified":"2020-11-16T18:24:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T23:24:29","slug":"firstenergy-crews-continue-to-make-repairs-following-windstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/firstenergy-crews-continue-to-make-repairs-following-windstorms\/","title":{"rendered":"FirstEnergy Crews Continue to Make Repairs Following Windstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n AKRON, Ohio<\/span>, Nov. 16, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0FirstEnergy Corp.’s (NYSE: FE) utilities have restored service to more than 371,000 customers who lost power after windstorms swept through the company’s entire service area Sunday. Crews are working around the clock to assess damage and restore service to approximately 72,000 customers who remain without power in Ohio<\/span>, Pennsylvania<\/span>, West Virginia<\/span>, Maryland<\/span> and New Jersey<\/span>. <\/p>\n

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Beginning early Sunday in western Ohio<\/span> and moving eastward throughout the day, powerful winds between 45-55 mph and gusting up to more than 65 mph brought down tree limbs and caused widespread damage to FirstEnergy’s utility poles and equipment. <\/p>\n

“The heavy winds caused thousands of instances of downed wires, broken poles and crossarms, and damaged transformers caused by trees and other debris contacting our electrical equipment,” said Samuel L. Belcher<\/span>, senior vice president and president of FirstEnergy Utilities. “Though repair work can be slowed by unsafe working conditions and numerous road closures, we will continue to work around the clock to safely make repairs and deploy resources as needed until power to all customers has been restored.”<\/p>\n

All available company resources are working to restore power across all 10 of the utility’s operating companies: The Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison in Ohio<\/span>; Penn Power, Penelec, West Penn Power and Met-Ed in Pennsylvania<\/span>; Mon Power in West Virginia<\/span>; Potomac Edison in West Virginia<\/span> and Maryland<\/span>; and JCP&L in New Jersey<\/span>. Support personnel from FirstEnergy’s corporate offices also are included in the company’s contingent.<\/p>\n

The companies have coordinated with contractors and electrical industry mutual assistance organizations to secure more than 800 additional resources to assist in the hardest hit areas in Pennsylvania<\/span> and Ohio<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Current outage updates as of 5:00 p.m.<\/span> today include: <\/p>\n