Northeast Ohio Still Struggling with Outages; FirstEnergy Promises Investment - FIRSTENERGY PROMISES TO INVEST
[Power outages in northeastern Ohio have gone on too long for many FirstEnergy customers. Learn what the utility plans to prevent more.]_FirstEnergy's northeastern Ohio customers endured 13 power outages this summer. Learn what the utility plans to do to fix its grid._
This summer has been hard for FIRSTENERGY [https://www.ohenergyratings.com/companies/firstenergy] customers in northeast Ohio. So far, the region has seen rising electricity rates [https://www.ohenergyratings.com/ohio-electricity-rates-by-city] and a high number of power outages. In answer, FirstEnergy held a public meeting about the outages and made promises to fix the Ohio grid. But are they doing enough? Let's discuss what FirstEnergy plans to do.
FIRSTENERGY OUTAGES IN NORTHEAST OHIO
Between May 17 and July 17, FirstEnergy customers [https://www.ohenergyratings.com/blog/cleveland-area-seeing-alarming-bouts-of-firstenergy-power-outages/] in the Cleveland area saw 12 outages. Since that time, then number grew after a massive outage [https://fox8.com/news/thousands-without-power-in-cleveland/] last week. The power cut affected to thousands, reaching from western Lakewood east to the center of downtown Cleveland.
As you can guess, local residents and lawmakers are fed up! They want answers and the blackouts to end.
NORTHEAST OHIO OUTAGES MEETING
As a result, FirstEnergy held a town hall me...
