Some downtown Youngstown buildings without hot water as plan to provide steam hits snag

Some downtown Youngstown buildings without hot water as plan to provide steam hits snag

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - The issue of providing steam to downtown Youngstown buildings is now a problem after a plan for Youngstown State University to temporarily do so has failed. On Tuesday morning, Wabash Power Equipment took back its steam production unit from Sobe Thermal Energy Systems due to a lack of payment. SOBE Thermal Energy Systems was leasing the machinery so it could serve roughly 27 buildings downtown, including City Hall, with…