COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- AEP Ohio has determined what caused thousands of people to lose power on Tuesday night across Franklin County, primarily near northwest Columbus. They sent out an email to customers saying the outage was caused by a breaker overload. AEP Ohio said all power was restored as of Wednesday morning but at its peak there were more than 17,000 customers without power in the midst of freezing temperatures. Jan Baird, one of the co-owners of Al’s Delicious Popcorn at Bethel Center, said things could have been a lot worse for them Tuesday. “We were definitely one of the lucky ones,” Baird said. She said her business lost power around 6 p.m. “For the safety of the employees, I said, lock the doors and get the flashlight lights out. And since we're not sure the lights are going to come back on, get the dishes clean if you can. So they propped up a bunch of flashlights in our kitchen, which has no light whatsoever," Baird said. How Ohio’s next lieutenant governor will be picked Baird said when they don’t have power they can’t run their kettles and produce popcorn to sell. She said thankfully they only lost power for about 45 minutes. “We can recover from an hour, but if it's three or 4 hours, that's multiple batches of our popcorn. Yeah. So again, we were very lucky yesterday,” Baird said. People in nearby neighborhoods were out of power for hours until Wednesday morning's restoration. Just steps away from Al’s, Grandad’s Pizza and Pub also lost power for about 45 minutes. Their manager said it weirdly worked in their favor. “A lot of the other places were closed. Still not sure what the power grid was like, but it seemed like everyone ordered from us instead,” said Justin Cazzell, the manager at Grandad's Pizza and Pub. Cazzell said while the power was out they were not able to use the oven or their coolers. He says they also had to get rid of some of the pizza’s that were in the oven at the time but thankfully they did not waste too much. “It's pretty much madness while the power's out, but we figured it out,” Cazzell said. The businesses say they are thankful to the workers who helped get the power back on. “I love this Columbus community, the people that were out getting our electricity back, the customers that come in,” Baird said. AEP Ohio said the breaker went out to protect the grid and prevent more damage. They say their crews are still investigating and making repairs.