More than 3,000 AEP customers without power near downtown Columbus

COLUMBUS – American Electric Power confirms there are more than 3,000 customers without power in Columbus.It happened just after 7 a.m. Saturday. AEP crews are working to fix the problem and determine the cause of the outage.AEP told 10TV the restoration time is 11 a.m., but that could change.Downtown/ShortNorth area outage: Crews are working on repairs. Power is expected to be restored @ 11 a.m. You can stay up to date on restoration times at https://t.co/Lnuk9epvCm.— AEP Ohio (@AEP