I am pleased that First Energy Corporation took my letter to Anthony Alexander, its CEO, on November 7, 2012 seriously. In
that letter, I questioned First Energy’s preparations and criticized their lack
of communication during and after Hurricane Sandy left thousands of Cleveland Heights
residents without power for days.
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| John Skory |
On November 26, John Skory, president CEI/FirstEnergy,
responded to my letter and subsequently set up a meeting at City Hall to
discuss Mayor Kelley's and my concerns as well as longstanding issues with the Cleveland
Heights electrical grid.
On Monday, December 3, Mayor Ed Kelley and I had a
productive meeting with Mr. Skory and First Energy’s External Affairs Manager,
Terry Killeen.
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| Terry Killeen |
- Mr. Skory made a strong commitment to improve First Energy’s storm preparation and management, as well as reduce the non-storm related power outages that occur in the City.
- He asked that we give him an opportunity to show that positive changes will be made. He will return in a month to share a plan for the City’s power grid with a detailed map that will identify problem areas and offer resolutions to these problems.
- First Energy will have dedicated crews in Cleveland Heights that will be here during a storm and will not leave until the storm is over and all power has been restored.
- First Energy will have conference calls with Cleveland Heights City Hall prior to a major storm to keep us informed and able to respond to residents’ concerns.
I am hopeful that from the unfortunate mismanagement of the
storm will now come a positive outcome for all residents and businesses of
Cleveland Heights with improvements to our electrical grid and services across
the entire City.
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