While Duquesne Light anticipates restoring power to certain municipalities by about mid-day Monday, Pittsburgh residents without electricity might not have service restored until late Tuesday, a week after destructive storms hit the region.
In an update Sunday, Duquesne Light said areas expected to be restored by 12:30 p.m. Monday include all of Beaver County and many municipalities in southeastern Allegheny County, including Baldwin Borough, Clairton, Duquesne, Homestead, Jefferson Hills, McKeesport, Munhall, North Versailles, Pleasant Hills, West Homestead and West Mifflin.
As of 2 p.m. Sunday, Duquesne Light was reporting nearly 32,000 customers without electric service. Most of those, just over 22,000, were in Pittsburgh.
According to Mayor Ed Gainey’s office, Duquesne Light is expecting to restore power to all city customers by 11 p.m. Tuesday. An additional 600 electrical workers are on the ground helping with restoration of power, the mayor’s office said.
Elsewhere in Allegheny County, the North Hills areas of Allison Park, Gibsonia and Glenshaw together accounted for about 3,300, while about 1,100 customers were without power in Monroeville.
First Energy was reporting about 5,800 customers out, including about 1,600 in Allegheny County, 1,300 in Indiana County, 1,100 in Westmoreland County and 1,000 in Armstrong County.
Most of the Allegheny County outages, about 1,200 of the 1,600, were in Upper St. Clair. Indiana County outages were found in Saltsburg, 630, Conemaugh, 440, and Young Township, 180.
Outages in Westmoreland were heaviest in Loyalhanna, 290, New Kensington, 180, Washington Township, 180, and Upper Burrell, 130.
Armstrong County communities with the most still out were Parks, 285, Burrell, 260, and Kiski, 120.
First Energy is offering free water and ice to customers without power. A list of participating retailers is available online.
School districts announcing plans
Power outages and road closures forced many school districts to close.
Districts that were still affected began announcing their Monday plans on their websites and social media channels on Sunday.
• Shaler Area said all of its schools will be open except for Reserve and Marzolf Primary, which remain without full power and/or telecommunications. If services are not restored by 6 a.m., only Reserve and Marzolf will operate on a remote learning day.
Absences will be excused for families without power or internet.
• Hampton plans to reopen all schools Monday. (Previously, the middle school was set to be closed, but power was restored late Sunday.)
Internet and phone service, however, will not be available in Hampton schools Monday because of damage to the public fiberoptic cables throughout the county, the district said.
• Fox Chapel Area said it will notify families Sunday night if it can hold in-person or virtual instruction Monday.
Severe storms possible Monday
The region’s run of bad weather might be continuing.
There is a chance for severe thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening, from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said Sunday.
Damaging winds and large hail will be the main threats, and an isolated tornado is possible.
Flooding also is possible because of the heavy rainfall over the past few days.