Youngstown mayor Tito Brown and State Representative Lauren McNally have both written letters demanding that the operator of Sobe Thermal Energy provide adequate service to customers in downtown Youngstown.

Brown, in a letter to Reg Martin, the person appointed as receiver by the PUCO to assume operations of the facility after a boiler was repossessed under former operate David Ferro, said Youngstown's city hall was left without any pressure in its heating system during peak hours, despite having been assured that the company was operating with a new boiler in place.

"Let me be clear, SOBE's customers won't be foreced to burden the costs associated with failed oversight and unfulfilled statutory obligations," Brown wrote.

Brown said he convened an emergency meeting with his staff to exp

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