I was surfing through the channels on my television and came across the Cleveland City Council Public Utilities committee on TV23.
The esteemed members of the group talked to CPP representatives about a new deal with CEI. The deal gives CPP control over all of the streetlights in the city. No longer will someone call CPP to complain that a streetlight is out only to find out that CEI owns the light. The person would then have to call CEI to get the problem fixed. The CPP representative said the deal was worth $4 million.
Ward 11 councilman Michael D. Polensek asked the representative if CPP also purchased the poles the lights as well. The CPP representative said the power company will own the pole if there is no other lines attached to it. Polensek asked if there was a security light on the pole that was serviced by CEI if the person who owned the light could switch to CPP for power. The representative said CPP could not take ownership of the pole. So now, CPP will restore broken streetlights but they won’t own the poles.
Now Brad will know to call CPP and not have to worry about the follow-up call to CEI when he sees a streetlight out in Cleveland.