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‘Our heads would be on stakes outside’: Northeast Ohio cities, PUCO seek answers for frequent FirstEnergy bla

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Electric lines from a power station on Lake Road in Avon Lake, Ohio, are set against a colorful sunset, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. Bills are going up again Sept. 1, 2022, for some Lehigh Valley residents who do not shop around for an electricity generator.Marvin Fong file photo | For The Plain Dealer

BARBERTON, Ohio – Tensions ran high at Barberton City Hall on Monday as a FirstEnergy representative stood before council members, pressed to explain a summer of “unprecedented” blackouts that have left residents fuming and officials demanding a new state investigation into the energy giant.

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