Over 8,000 AEP customers without power in Whitehall, Columbus - The Columbus Dispatch
Over 8,000 AEP customers without power in Whitehall, Columbus
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Cole Behrens
Columbus Dispatch
More than 8,000 customers are without power in Whitehall and Columbus' East Side, according to American Electric Power's outage map.
The outage was caused by damage to equipment feeding power to a substation in Whitehall, and crews are working to restore power, AEP said in a tweet.
The company estimated power will be restored at about 6 p.m. Friday.
AEP warned customers earlier this week that Wednesday's thunderstorms had the chance of causing damage to electricity infrastructure.
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