Power has been restored to Penelec customers in Erie after a planned outage Jan. 12. The outage lasted 3½ hours and was restored at noon.
The planned power outage was for Penelec to upgrade its facilities for enhanced circuit reliability in the areas of West 25th Street and Cherry Street near Saint Vincent Hospital and Erie High School.
Penelec representatives noted that neither the hospital nor high school were impacted by the outage.
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The outage for Jan. 12 began at 8:30 a.m. and was planned to last until 2:30 p.m. Penelec officials were able to complete the upgrades two and a half hours earlier than planned.
Which areas were impacted by the outage?
During the power outage, customers who were impacted were in the vicinity of:
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My power is still out
If your power is still out, click here to report the outage online or call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877).
Future outages
For any information regarding future outages and how to report them, check out the outage section of the Penelec website.
Nicholas Sorensen can be contacted at Nsorensen@usa.todayco.com.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Why certain Penelec customers in Erie lost power on Jan. 12