Power Companies Working OT To Restore Southern Ohio Outages

Crews for both American Electric Power and South Central Power said they were making progress Saturday morning, but thousands were still without electricity.

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South Central Power was reporting 382 separate outages with 14,264 members without power just before 7am Saturday.

Some of the hardest hit areas remain Hocking County. Hocking County’s commissioners declared a state of emergency Friday. Other outages were numerous south of Chillicothe.

Most of AEP’s outages as of 10am Saturday were in eastern Ohio, with scattered outages still appearing on their map in southern Ohio. AEP still had 22,000 customers without service Saturday morning.

Winter Storm Landon knocked out power to more than 53,000 customers. More than 1,700 field personnel are working to get your power flowing again.

When will my area be restored?
Athens, today, 11 p.m
Belmont, Feb. 7, 11 p.m.
Cambridge, today, 10 p.m.
Chillicothe, Feb. 6, 6 p.m.
Crooksville, Feb. 7, 11 p.m.
Lancaster, Feb. 6, 11 p.m.
McConnelsville, Feb. 6, 11 p.m.
Seaman, today, 10 p.m.
Steubenville, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
Wellston, today, 11 p.m.

South Central asked that members report outages through official channels such as their app, text to 85700, or call 800-282-5064.

Outages for AEP can be reported at 1-800-672-2231