Here's a typical scenario: A Cleveland worker is dispatched to the scene of a darkened light pole. If its ID number is on the city's inventory, a crew is called to replace the lamp. Otherwise, a work order has to be sent to First Energy to send out its own lamp replacement crew.
Matt Zone: That situation has been since electricity first occurred.
Matt Zone chairs the Utilities Committee of Cleveland City Council.
Matt Zone: You know, Cleveland Public Power just celebrated its 100th anniversary, and FirstEnergy has been sharing our right of way with CPP for that long.
Zone says Cleveland is currently negotiating with FirstEnergy to take over the ownership of all city light poles, so that lamp replacement can proceed at a quicker pace. But neither the Utility nor the city is willing to speculate when that might happen. David C. Barnett, 90.3.