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Downed transmission line causes thousands to be without power in the Miami Valley

Downed transmission line (Courtesy of AES Ohio)

MIAMI VALLEY — Thousands of people were without power in the Miami Valley Tuesday afternoon.

Outages begin being reported at 9:00 p.m.., at its peak, over 3,700 AES Ohio customers reported not having power, according to the AES Outage Map.

>> Cloudy, mild tonight with winds increasing; Wind Advisory in effect Wednesday

The majority of outages were reported in Montgomery County.

Mary Ann Kabel, director of corporate communications at AES Ohio said the outage was due to a transmission line issue at their Northridge substation.

As of 2:00 a.m., Wednesday, power has been restored to AES customers.

Approx 3,700 customers are without power due to a down transmission line in the Northridge substation. Crews are onsite...

Posted by AES Ohio on Tuesday, February 14, 2023


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