Power outage affects over 8000 customers in Licking County; over 5100 in Knox County - The Newark Advocate
Power outage affects over 13,000 customers in Licking, Knox counties
Power outage affects over 8,000 customers in Licking County; over 5,100 in Knox County
Maria DeVito
More than 8,000 Licking County residents are without power as temperatures reach the high 80s Wednesday afternoon.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, 2,652 American Electric Power customers in the St. Louisville and Utica areas are without power. Another 5,479 Energy Cooperative customers in the same area are also experiencing a power outage, according to websites for both utilities.
More than 5,100 Knox County customers are also impacted by the Energy Cooperative outage, according to the utility's website.
AEP Ohio shared on it's Twitter account at 2:12 p.m. that it was "investigating a transmission-related power outage affecting substations that feed homes and businesses" in the Mt. Vernon area and that it would provide an update once more information is available.
The Energy Cooperative posted on it's Twitter account that AEP transmission dropped power to seven of its substations and it was further investigation the matter.
AEP estimates power will be restored by 4:30 p.m. and Energy Cooperative expects customers to have electric again by 4 p.m., according to their websites.
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