Tens of thousands of people in the Pittsburgh area lost power Thursday night, as storms blew through the area.

As of Friday morning, 22,312 Duquesne Light Company customers were without power in Allegheny County, as well as 3,858 FirstEnergy customers. In Westmoreland County, 41,474 customers were waiting for the lights to come back on. 

Pittsburgh’s Public Source wants to hear from Southwest Pennsylvanians about their power troubles. We’ll take your feedback to our reporting team, may reach back to you for more input, and reserve the right to publish your insights (though not your contact information).


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Penny is the audience producer at Pittsburgh's Public Source. Before coming to Pittsburgh, Penny worked as a television news producer for News 6 WKMG in Orlando, Florida and KSAT 12 in San Antonio, Texas....