FirstEnergy may have a legitimate point about climate change increasing storm intensity and complicating power restoration efforts—but nobody’s buying it.
According to Today in Ohio podcast hosts, the utility’s involvement in the biggest bribery scheme in history of the state has permanently damaged its credibility.
The utility wants permission from regulators to relax its power outage standards, allowing for more frequent outages each year and giving crews more time to restore power. In Cleveland, the average restoration time would increase from 135 minutes to 150 minutes…