Government
Council Committee Meeting: Electrical Distribution Grid Improvements
The Sept. 14 session was set for 4 p.m. at Mentor Municipal Center, with the issue not before council for a vote.
By Staff · September 19, 2026
Mentor scheduled a City Council committee discussion on electrical distribution grid improvements for Sept. 14, putting the local electric system on officials’ agenda but not before council for a vote. The city announced the session in a Sept. 8 calendar notice.
The meeting was scheduled for 4 to 5 p.m. at the Mentor Municipal Center, 8500 Civic Center Blvd.
Following City Council
The city calendar separately listed a regular Mentor City Council meeting for Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.
Council meetings are open to the public, broadcast live on the Mentor Channel and available afterward through Video on Demand, according to the city. The channel provides gavel-to-gavel coverage of regularly scheduled council meetings and maintains an archive of past meetings.
When the power goes out
Mentor directs residents experiencing an outage to report it directly to FirstEnergy. The utility may not know about an outage unless a customer reports it.
Residents can report an outage through their online FirstEnergy account, text OUT to 544487 or call 1-888-LIGHTSS, or 1-888-544-4877.