AEP Ohio has restored power to approximately 98 percent of the approximately 660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic
storm that moved through the state June 29 and the additional customers
who lost power in subsequent storms July 4 and 5.

As of 8 p.m. tonight (July 8), power has been restored to approximately 646,000 of the customers affected by these storms. Approximately 14,000 AEP Ohio customers remain without power tonight.

The majority of the customers still without power are located in the

Columbus, Newark and Athens service areas.

Approximately 5,200 remain without power across the Athens service
areas; primarily in Athens, Lancaster and Wellston, approximately 600
across the Columbus service area primarily in Franklin County; and 8,000 across the Newark territory, primarily in Cambridge, Newark and
Zanesville.