More than 48 hours in the dark, lost revenue, lost product, and lost opportunity — and Cleveland Public Power says it generally will not compensate in situations like this.
Owner of Sacred Vortex Tea House and Kombuchery David Kovatch said his business lost power on July 3 around 8:30 p.m.
“We have a movie night every other week and do a double feature. It was like 20 minutes into the movie, and power cut out and didn’t come back on until Sunday night,” Kovatch said. “We had a big cookout planned and like a lot of different activities and, yeah, it was all just put on hold. Luckily, we were able to take a lot of the food home and get it in the refrigerator at our houses.”…