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 steam heat and chilled water.

After the unit was removed, the plan was to use the steam-generating plant at YSU because 10 years ago, YSU bought its steam from what was then Youngstown Thermal, and the pipes were still in place.

John Hyden, YSU's vice president of facilities and support services, said that did not work, however.

"The thought w

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