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FirstEnergy conducts controlled power outage in Lakewood to prevent larger outage

Cleveland 19 News · last updated

LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) — FirstEnergy conducted a power outage in Lakewood Thursday to protect the equipment at a substation and to prevent an unplanned and wider outage, according to a FirstEnergy spokesperson.

FirstEnergy said they were performing necessary repairs on a transformer and underground line at a substation, and as the heat and humidity rose throughout the day, the load on the other equipment at the substation was increasing, so they proactively did the controlled outage.

The outages are from Warren Road to Wager Road between Madison and Detroit Ave.

This is not the same substation that has had issues, which has been causing continued outages in the city recently, according to FirstEnergy.

Power is expected to be back on by 830 P.M. for the 1,200 customers impacted by a controlled outage.

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