KNOX COUNTY, Ohio — More than 16,000 AEP Ohio customers were without power in Knox and Licking Counties Wednesday afternoon.
AEP Ohio reported that they were working to restore power after two high-voltage transmission tripped from service after contacting trees.
As of 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, AEP Ohio is reporting that the outages in Knox and Licking counties have been resolved.
The Energy Cooperative also reported that AEP transmission dropped power to seven of their substations. Around 7:15 p.m., they tweeted that their crews worked to restore the power to over 10,000 of their members.
