Power outage affects large portion of Westerville

WESTERVILLE – A large portion of Westerville was without power Tuesday afternoon.

The power outage happened shortly before 2 p.m.

As of 3 p.m., the city said around 1,600 customers remained without power. By 3:24 p.m., all customers were restored.

We are currently experiencing a power outage affecting a large portion of our population. Crews have assembled and are working on restoration. Call 6149016700 to report. #westerville

— Westerville Electric (@WvilleElectric) June 14, 2022

The city is under a peak warning alert between 3pm and 6pm, with temperatures expected to go above 90 degrees.

One of Westerville’s substations lost source power, which led to the outage, according to the city.