AKRON, Ohio, Might 2, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Countless employees from FirstEnergy FE, in addition to outdoors assistance from 18 states, continue working all the time bring back power to consumers throughout parts of West Virginia and southwest and main Pennsylvania following harmful storms today. Every day, service is being brought back to great deals of consumers. In addition, considerable development getting rid of trees and other particles is leading the way for the complex work needed to bring back service in the hardest struck locations.
More than 430,000 FirstEnergy consumers lost power due to storms that brought heavy rain and extensive locations of straight-line winds on Tuesday, followed by another line of thunderstorms that triggered extra interruptions on Thursday. Pennsylvania and West Virginia are the hardest struck locations. Power has actually been brought back to more than 381,000 consumers, or 87% of those who were affected by the storms.
FirstEnergy’s teams have actually been signed up with by outdoors support from Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia, forming a contingent of around 4,900 overall employees. As work involves one location, teams are being relocated to help with remediation in other locations.
Updates by electrical business since 11 a.m.:
- Mon Power: Power has actually been brought back to around 96% of the 52,900 consumers who lost power due to the storms, and 2,000 consumers stay without service. Power is anticipated to be brought back to most of consumers by 11 p.m. this night.
- Penn Power: Power has actually been brought back to around 96% of the 13,500 consumers who lost power due to the storms. The around 500 consumers who stay without power are anticipated to have actually service brought back by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow
- Penelec: Power has actually been brought back to around 92% of the 124,200 consumers who lost power due to the storms, and 9,600 consumers stay without service. Power is anticipated to be brought back to most of consumers as follows:
- Blair County— Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.
- Cambria County — Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.
- Clearfield County — Lots of consumers in the county are anticipated to have actually power brought back by Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.; consumers in the hardest struck locations of the county are anticipated to have actually power brought back by Sunday, May 4, by 11 p.m.
- Indiana County — Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.
- Mifflin County — Friday, May 2, by 11 p.m.
- West Penn Power: Power has actually been brought back to around 79% of the 200,300 consumers who lost power due to the storms, and 41,250 consumers stay without service. Power is anticipated to be brought back to most of consumers as follows:
- Allegheny County — Sunday, May 4, by 11 p.m.
- Armstrong County — Monday, May 5, by 3 p.m.
- Butler County — Sunday, May 4, by 11 p.m.
- Centre County — Sunday, May 4, by 11 p.m.
- Greene County — Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.
- Washington County — Lots of consumers in the county are anticipated to have actually power brought back by Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.; consumers in the hardest struck locations of the county are anticipated to have actually power brought back by Sunday, May 4, by 11 p.m.
- Westmoreland County — Lots of consumers in the county are anticipated to have actually power brought back by Saturday, May 3, by 11 p.m.; consumers in the hardest struck locations of the county are anticipated to have actually power brought back by Monday, May 5, by 3 p.m.
Worldwide Approximated Time of Remediation (ETR) represents when most of consumers in a provided location are anticipated to have actually power brought back. Nevertheless, most consumers who are presently without power will have service brought back prior to that time.
As extra info about essential repair work is comprehended, more comprehensive ETRs are being developed. Clients can see their existing private ETR for their specific interruption by logging into their account at firstenergycorp.com, texting STAT to 544487, or seeing the interruption map at firstenergycorp.com/outages.
Clients who lack power can call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877) or text OUT to 544487 to report their interruption or click the “Blackouts” link on firstenergycorp.com.
SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.