Thousands Gain Power in Cleveland Heights, More Than 1,300 Left to Go

At the height of the power outage, nearly FirstEnergy customers had lost power.

The company has restored power for thousands, but there are still 1,300 in Cleveland Heights in the dark.

Mayor Ed Kelley, Police Chief Jeffrey Robertson and other city officials checked in with FirstEnergy many times during the past few days asking for updates and sharing information about where wires are down and where there is need.

The company estimates that all Cleveland Heights customers will have .

Hurricane Sandy hit Northeast Ohio hard, taking out power for hundreds of thousands of residents. Browse our photos at Lake Erie and Shaker Lakes and in Clevleand Heights neighborhoods during and after the storm.