Power Outage Impacts Penelec Customers in City of Erie, Millcreek

Thousands of Penelec customers are without power in Erie County.

Just over 7,200 customers didn’t have power as of 5:25 p.m. Wednesday.

They were caused by inclement weather, Penelec said.

Most of the outages were in eastern Erie County, south of Interstate 90.

Power is expected to be restored Wednesday evening.