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Residents urge council to fix chronic Cleveland Public Power outages; utilities chair urged to act
Summary
Multiple residents and neighborhood advocates told Cleveland City Council that repeated CPP outages — some lasting more than a day — have caused health risks, ruined appliances and imposed costs, and they demanded infrastructure fixes, accountability and compensation.
Multiple residents told Cleveland City Council on April 13 that chronic electricity outages from Cleveland Public Power (CPP) are causing health risks, ruined appliances and steep personal costs, and they urged the council’s utilities oversight committee to secure repairs and compensation.
The most detailed public testimony came from Greg Wheeler of Ward 9, who said CPP outages this spring included a 15‑hour event over Good Friday that spilled into Saturday, several multi‑day interruptions and shorter fluctuations that damaged appliances and forced families to check into hotels. "Money is wasted, food is lost, and appliances are…
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