Update From Duquesne Light

Duquesne Light Company Crews Continue Storm Response Efforts Across Pittsburgh Region

More than 65,000 customers restored since peak of Friday night wind storm

PITTSBURGH — Duquesne Light Company (DLC) crews are responding to a significant weather event that impacted the Pittsburgh region overnight Friday and into Saturday, coinciding with the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.

More than 70,000 customers have been restored while approximately 85,000 remain without power.

Safety remains DLC’s top priority—for employees, contractors and the public. While crews are working to restore power as safely and quickly as possible, several factors are affecting the pace of restoration efforts following the storm.

Storm Impact

Peak outages: Approximately 163,000 customers

Areas impacted: Damage is widespread, with no single neighborhood experiencing concentrated outages. Activity remains highest across Pittsburgh and communities in the east and southeast of the city.

Separate outages: Approximately 4,100 separate outage reports were received.

Mutual Assistance

DLC has coordinated with the City of Pittsburgh’s Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security to secure mutual assistance from Canadian crews. In addition, more than 500 additional crews are traveling from the east coast and southeast, including Maine, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama to support restoration efforts across the service territory.

Estimated restoration times: System‑wide estimated times of restoration (ETRs) are not expected to be available until Sunday afternoon, as damage assessments continue. DLC will share updates as soon as this information becomes available.

Weather‑related impacts: Wind gusts exceeding 60 mph were reported across the service territory, including the fourth-strongest wind gust on record from Pittsburgh International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. During periods of sustained high winds, crews may be restricted from operating bucket trucks and lifting heavy equipment such as poles, transformers and wires. When these conditions occur, certain restoration activities must pause until it is safe to proceed, which can extend restoration timelines.

DLC urges customers to stay away from downed power lines, broken poles and other electrical hazards, and to give crews plenty of space as restoration work continues.

DLC’s Restoration Process

When the extent of weather damage is widespread throughout the area, DLC prioritizes restoration in this order:

Public safety hazards

Public health and safety facilities (critical customers)

Major circuits

Small neighborhoods/individual homes.