MOUNT VERNON — Power outages caused by Sunday’s windstorm are being steadily restored throughout the state.

This morning, American Electric Power reported that 14,302 customers in Knox County remained without power. AEP is estimating that the Newark District, which includes Knox County, will have 90 percent of its customers restored to power by Sunday midnight. The scattered nature of outages is increasing the amount of time required to repair and restore problem spots.

First Energy, which supplies energy for a considerable swath of northwestern Knox County, said that as of Monday morning, they had fewer than 1,500 customers in the county without power. Those outages were mainly in the areas of Mount Vernon, Fredericktown and Howard.

The Energy Cooperative, which includes Licking Rural Electric, said that by Monday evening, it had restored power to all power substations, but that 1,700 random outages remained across their service area. By 6:50 this morning, the number had come down to 1,250, and was expected to continue to go down with the help of backup crews brought in from Illinois.