Duquesne Light and West Penn Power crews were continuing to make progress Sunday night on restoring electric service to customers who have lost power because of high winds since Friday night.

As of about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, about 37,000 households in the Pittsburgh area had power outages. That was down from 57,000 without power at 5 pm.

Duquesne Light was reporting about 24,400 customers out, down from 40,000. Most of those, around 22,000, were in Allegheny County.

In a notice to customers, Duquesne Light said it expected to have power restored to all customers by 10 p.m. Monday, with many restored sooner.

A Duquesne Light spokesperson said the company asked for help from utility crews in neighboring states and Canada to support restoration efforts. Aid was also received from states across the East Coast and Southeast region of the U.S., including Maine, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

The additional crews are expected to remain onsite through at least Tuesday.

”As we move forward, our crews are focusing on restoring the largest circuits first, then smaller neighborhoods and individual homes,” the utility said. “Please be aware that strong wind gusts from Sunday afternoon through Monday evening may cause additional outages or may affect the pace of restoration.”

Duquesne Light partnered with select Giant Eagle locations to provide free water and ice through Monday for customers impacted by power outages.

West Penn Power had about 12,500 customers without service as of 9:30 p.m., down from 17,000 at 5 p.m. In the Pittsburgh area, that included about 3,600 in Westmoreland County, 2,300 in Butler County, 1,800 in Washington County, 1,500 in Armstrong County, 1,500 in Allegheny County, 1,400 in Indiana County and 500 in Beaver County.

West Penn Power was expecting to restore service to its customers in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Indiana and Westmoreland counties by 11 p.m. Tuesday, while those out in Greene and Washington counties were expected to be back on by 11:30 p.m. Monday.

Issues relating to the wind damage and power outages were beginning to linger into the start of the week. The North Allegheny School District announced it will use a flexible instruction day on Monday because several of its bus routes were still unsafe for travel or inaccessible.

The Chartiers Valley School District had also announced going to remote instruction on Monday because of power outages and bus routes blocked by down trees.

The Plum School District said its Holiday Park Intermediate and middle schools were without full power. A notice from the district said officials will decide at 5 a.m. if those schools will shift to remote learning for the day, recognizing that some families are also without power.

A list of closings and delays is available from TribLive news partner WTAE.

Roads slowly reopening

As of 10 a.m. almost all of District 12’s roads had reopened.

PennDOT spokeswoman Melissa Maczko said she was waiting for information regarding the status of four roads, including Route 231, which was closed between Route 221 Buck Run Road/Camp Buffalo Road, in Blaine and Donegal townships in Washington County; Route 2011 between Meadow Run Road and Ohiopyle Road in Stewart Township in Fayette County; and Route 119 between Barnhart Road and Hannastown Road, as well as Route 819, which is closed between Evergreen Road and Route 22 in Salem Township in Westmoreland County.

District 11 PennDOT spokeswoman Nicole Haney said all road restrictions from downed trees and wires remained in place, including:

• Noblestown Road, between Walker Avenue and Columbia Avenue, in Collier in Allegheny County

• Bull Creek Road, between Howes Run Road and Lardintown Road, in Fawn in Allegheny County

• Bakerstown Road at Freeport Road in Fawn, Allegheny County

• Green Garden Road, between Todd Road and Hunter Gaze Lane, in Hopewell and Raccoon townships in Beaver County

• Route 151 (Bocktown Road), between Independence Road and Stone Quarry Road, in Independence and Hopewell townships in Beaver County

• Brodhead Road, between Crestmont Drive and Circle Drive, in Hopewell Township in Beaver County

• Park Road, between Bradys Run Road and Bradys Ridge Road, in Brighton Township in Beaver County

• Park Road at Achortown Road in Chippewa Township in Beaver County

• 37th Street Extension between McKinley Road and Route 551 in Chippewa Township in Beaver County

• Shenango Road, between Braun Road and Route 51, in Chippewa Township in Beaver County

• Dogwood Drive, between Harmony Road and Wises Grove Road, in Daugherty Township in Beaver County

• Harmony Road, between Dogwood Drive and Tulip Drive, in Daugherty Township in Beaver County

• Cherry Hill Road, between Lark Drive and Brown Road, in North Sewickley Township in Beaver County

• Route 18, between Weber Road and Century Farm Road, in Hanover Township in Beaver County

• Route 151, between Ridge Road and Route 18, in Raccoon Township in Beaver County

Megan Trotter and Brian C. Rittmeyer are TribLive staff writers. Megan can be reached at mtrotter@triblive.com, Brian at brittmeyer@triblive.com.

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