More than 10,000 FirstEnergy customers lost electricity during a heat wave this month, just one week after Ohio regulators rejected the company’s request to loosen the rules around how many power outages are considered acceptable.
The blackout left the FirstEnergy customers who lost power without air conditioning as temperatures neared 100 degrees Fahrenheit, in some cases for days.
The seven days between the ruling and the widespread outages makes for unforgiving political timing for the Akron-based, investor-owned electric company that’s responsible…