Ohio Power Outages Impact Thousands on Thanksgiving 2025

Why this matters: Power outages on a holiday can disrupt celebrations and create safety concerns, especially with lake-effect snow warnings in effect.

FirstEnergy reported 1,964 customers without electricity as of 9:17 a.m. on Thanksgiving. Ashtabula County had 663 customers affected, while Cuyahoga County had 608. The cause of the initial outages was not immediately listed, but high winds were a significant factor in Cleveland Heights, causing a transformer fire at Coventry and East Overlook roads. This fire led to power outages impacting major intersections, including Cedar and Lee, and Euclid Heights Boulevard and Coventry. With a lake-effect snow warning in place, the Cleveland Heights Division of Public Safety urged travelers to use caution and treat intersections without power as four-way stops. The Cleveland Heights Community Center served as a warming center for residents. Remember to check the FirstEnergy outage map at outages-oh.firstenergycorp.com?ref=yanuki.com for updates.

Initial causes were not immediately listed, but high winds contributed to outages in Cleveland Heights.

Ashtabula and Cuyahoga Counties had the highest concentrations of affected customers.

Treat the intersection as a four-way stop.

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