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State regulators will meet to review AEP’s decision to cut off power to 230,000 customers during a June heat wave to prevent a larger-scale blackout.

CHICAGO (AP) — A dangerous heat wave hit much of the Midwest and South on Tuesday, with temperatures hitting triple digits in Chicago and combining with the humidity to make

American Electric Power says electricity may not be restored until late Thursday evening in much of central Ohio.

American Electric Power has purposefully shut off power to neighborhoods as it works to repair damage caused by this weeks powerful storms.

Much of the Lakeway Area is under a heat advisory Wednesday as the heat index is expected to push north of 100 degrees in much of the area, leading to

More than 74,000 are without power Tuesday in scattered outages across the Columbus area, according to the AEP outage maps.

A proposed bill would institute a sales tax rebate for the purchase of new electric vehicles. However, it may also allow companies to charge customers for the costs of building charging stations.

Some could see an increase of over $60 per month.

“I think, as a fundamental, the consequence of being poor shouldn’t be enough to get your power shutoff."

Seven gas and electric companies in Ohio shut off service due to nonpayment more than 270,000 times over one year during the pandemic as their...