Though power was restored to more than 300,000 customers in Western Pennsylvania since Tuesday’s severe weather, about 150,000 remained without electricity in the region as of 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.
And Duquesne Light and West Penn Power said it will be at least several more days before power is restored for most customers.
According to Matt Neistein, director of communications and brand for Duquesne Light, which supplies power to most of Allegheny and Beaver counties, about 325,000 Duquesne Light customers were without power at the outage’s peak.
Since then, he said the company had restored electricity to more than 200,000 customers, leaving around 110,000 still waiting in the dark.
A majority of those still powerless — around 72,000 — reside in Pittsburgh ZIP codes, both part of the city and surrounding communities.
Nearly 9,000 customers in Pittsburgh’s North Hills such as Hampton, Shaler, McCandless, Pine, Richland, as well as Indiana and West Deer townships also remain without power.
Duquesne Light reports that around 3,000 customers west of the city in communities like Coraopolis and Moon Township as well as around 2,500 customers east of Pittsburgh in and around Monroeville are without electricity as well.
Neistein said Duquesne Light’s original projection of five to seven days for restoration stands unless continued weather disrupts repowering efforts.
West Penn Power reports around 10,000 customer outages each in Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties, also as of 9:30 p.m. That’s in addition to more than 4,000 in Indiana County and around 2,000 in Butler County.
That’s down from a nearly 200,000 peak customer outage, the company said.
A significant portion of outages in Westmoreland County are in Murrysville with about 2,000 as well as Washington and Allegheny townships, each with more than 1,000.
As for Armstrong County, Gilpin, Cowanshannock and Kiski townships each have more than 1,000 customers without power.
In the section of Allegheny County served by West Penn, about 1,500 outages each are in North Fayette, Upper St. Clair and West Deer townships.
A good chunk of Butler’s blacked out area is in Buffalo Township with nearly 800 customers without power.
According to West Penn’s estimates, customers in Allegheny and Butler counties should have power by Sunday, May 4 and those in Armstrong County by Monday, May 5. Indiana County power should be restored by Saturday, May 3, according to First Energy Corp.