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Power restored to AEP Ohio customers after 2 outages left thousands without power in Columbus

The power was back on Saturday morning.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Power has been restored following two outages that left approximately 6,000 customers without power Friday evening, according to AEP Ohio.

The first outage happened just before 6:15 p.m. in the northeast part of the city near Morse Road and Hamilton Road. The power company told 10TV that more than 4,200 customers lost power due to an issue at a substation. 

The second outage happened in north Columbus' Linworth area. Shortly before 7 p.m., around 1,700 customers lost power. AEP Ohio said that the power outage was due to a substation issue as well.

The power company told 10TV on Saturday that power was restored for all its customers by 6:00 a.m.

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