Planned electric outage scheduled for today in southwest Springfield postponed

An Ohio Edison crew works on the power lines at the intersection of Urbana Road and Moorefield Road Wednesday, April 19, 2023. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

An Ohio Edison crew works on the power lines at the intersection of Urbana Road and Moorefield Road Wednesday, April 19, 2023. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Ohio Edison initially scheduled a planned electric outage in the area of southwest Springfield from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. today has been postponed as a result of severe weather.

About 2,100 customers were notified that they may be affected as crews to complete some work to improve electric service reliability, according to Hannah Catlett, a spokesperson for Ohio Edison.

Catlett said the electric outage will be rescheduled at a later date.

Customers impacted by this planned outage should be notified of the outage via an automated phone message, according to the City of Springfield Facebook page.

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