Edison Addresses Customers After Outages

A contractor for Duke Energy removes a damaged transformer as work continues to restore power to some of the nearly 20,000 without electricity in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

AKRON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Ohio Edison is thanking its customers for their patience and understanding as power was gradually restored during the severe wind storms on March 25 and April 1.

Edison and parent company First Energy replaced 313,000 feet of power lines and 955 power poles following the storms.

some residents of Stark County were without power for as long as four days.

They recommend signing up for outage alerts.

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