“If the device senses a more serious issue, like a fallen tree on electrical equipment, it will isolate the outage to that area and limit the total number of affected customers. Siburkis said this technology is safer and more efficient because it often allows utility personnel to automatically restore service to customers rather than sending a crew to investigate. Installation of new automated reclosing devices in nearby substations and along power lines to help limit the frequency, duration and scope of service interruptions.

She said circuit ties essentially split the circuit into sections, isolating outages to a smaller number of areas and reducing the overall number of customers impacted during an outage by switching them to a different circuit for faster service restoration Siburkis said a single circuit can serve thousands of customers, which means an outage due to a fallen tree on a power line could affect all customers served by that circuit. Creation of additional circuit ties along power lines that will allow more flexibility in restoring an outage faster.Siburkis said such ties offer a backup power feed that will help keep the lights on for customers if wires or equipment on their regular line are damaged or need to be taken out of service Retirement of the T450 circuit feed from Niles-McKinley, and serving Girard from a nearby circuit and a newly constructed backup line.Some of the reliability improvements that are included in the grid modernization plan to benefit customers in Girard: The work underway in the area will provide new technology and backup power lines for hundreds of local customers,” Siburkis said. “While events out of our control, like severe weather or vehicle accidents, still have the potential to cause outages, our work in Girard will help limit them to just a brief or momentary disruption. The work was approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in 2019. She said prior to recent outage events, Ohio Edison identified a reliability issue along this circuit, to be addressed through the company’s grid modernization plan, which is underway. Siburkis said a significant portion of Girard is served by a circuit known as T450. At Monday’s city council meeting, members of council and city officials expressed concern about the number of times the power has gone out. Power outages can also be reported online here.Lauren Siburkis, spokeswoman for FirstEnergy, said the company has received regarding service reliability in Girard.

The map is updated every 15 minutes and is viewable by county.

Ohio Edison, a FirstEnergy subsidiary that serves more than 2 million customers, has a real-time power outage map online - for those who can connect to the internet. So those are all some of the reasons why we're seeing some of those numbers go up.' 'Also, we're still experiencing some heavy wet snowfall along the Lake Erie shoreline. 'Obviously, the stress, especially branches and power lines, from the heavy wet snow and ice, as it sits on there longer, it's causing additional branches to come down, additional wires that come down,' said Ohio Edison spokeswoman Lauren Siburkis.

Ashtabula County has nearly 5,000 residences without power.

Thousands of customers in the Geauga County townships of Chester, Munson, Hambden, Newberry, Russell and Chardon are also without power.

Geauga County was hardest hit with nearly 22,000 residents without power, with the majority of residences located Bainbridge Township.

Cuyahoga County has nearly 16,000 residences without power, with the majority of outages in Parma, Orange, Garfield Heights, Solon and Olmsted Township.

The snow downed trees and some power lines.

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