Jul 17, 2019

A massive blackout affected as many as 70,000 customers of Con Edison in New York City on Saturday, July 13. A transformer fire is blamed for the outage.A fire at a substation at West 64th Street and West End Avenue caused the outage at 6:47 pm. The boundaries of the blackout were a 30-block str…

Jul 16, 2019

As of 1:30 pm eastern time on Monday, July 15, 2019, 40,478 customers of electric power utilities are still without power in Louisiana in the wake of Tropical Storm Barry. Barry as a Category 1 hurricane made landfall in the area of central Louisiana on Saturday morning, July 13, 2019. Many loca…

Jul 16, 2019

It’s not just severe weather, earthquakes, and floods that cause power outages around the U.S. and around the world. Mother Nature’s critters can also wreak havoc on the grid.Just last month in Tokyo, Japan a slug (of all things) caused a black out that affected the operation of the country’s hig…

Jun 17, 2019

Extreme weather that can cause power outages is not just occurring during hurricane season and the winter. Now a days the phenomenon occurs all year round.The recent history of extreme weather is being blamed on climate change. Whatever the reason, power outages are occurring in just about all r…

May 29, 2019

As consumers become more aware of the fragile state of the world’s ecosystem, more of them are turning toward eco-friendly products that are manufactured to limit their affects on global warming.We at APElectric understand this concern. That is why we are now offering Kohler enCUBE 1.8 porta…

May 29, 2019

Many American workers dream of a retirement spent traveling in a recreation vehicle with their spouse. Others fancy summer vacations traveling the highways of the country with their spouse and children.Whichever your dream is, a recreation vehicle can be the foundation of memorable times in your …

May 13, 2019

The hurricane season of 2018 was devastating and included some of the most powerful storms on record from Hurricane Florence to Hurricane Michael.The experiences of last year have heightened fears that the 2019 hurricane season may be as bad.Well the new hurricane season is set to begin on June 1…

Feb 06, 2019

Ice storms affected communities in Illinois, Iowa, and parts of Michigan causing power outages in some areas Tuesday night, February 5 and Wednesday, February 6, 2019. For the first time since December 2009, authorities in Chicago issued an ice storm warning. Electric utilities in Ill…

Feb 04, 2019

It’s not only natural disasters and extraordinary cold temperatures that can wreak havoc on the American power grid. Directors of America’s top intelligence agencies warn that both Russia and China have the capability now to cause power outages in the country via cyber attacks. As early as …

Jan 23, 2019

For the second consecutive weekend winter storms have overwhelmed sections of the U.S. including New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Midwest. Scattered power outages were also reported. It was the first time Massachusetts was involved in a snowstorm this year. The storm brought s…

Nov 27, 2018

Although the snow has stopped falling in Michigan, as of 10 a.m. central time on Tuesday, November 27, about 2,900 customers of Indiana Michigan Power Company are without power. Crews from AEP Ohio and contractors are supporting employees of Indiana Michigan (I&M) Power as they work to rest…

Nov 21, 2018

Winter struck the eastern United States with a vengeance causing more than 400,000 power outages in segments of Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and the New England states during the weekend of November 16-18, 2018.The region was also overwhelmed with ice, sleet and rain On Friday, th…