\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEven though Monday was the coolest day of the week, many people across western Pennsylvania were already preparing for the dangerous heat expected to arrive as a heat dome settles over the region.At a basketball court in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, players were making sure they stayed hydrated before temperatures climb even higher.”I specifically went and got a Gatorade at the convenience store before coming to play,” Alex Lafferty said.Lafferty and Kole House said they typically meet at the court several times a week, but the forecast has them cancelling the rest of the week. The pair said they’ll be spending most of their time wherever they can stay cool.”Wherever the AC is, that’s where I’m here. The central air is going to be running a little bit extra. Yeah, maybe not even leaving my couch,” Lafferty said.With more people expected to rely on air conditioning throughout the week, Duquesne Light Company said it is bringing in extra crews to prepare for increased demand on the electric grid.”It increases electrical usage among our customers because they’re running air conditioners and fans \u2014 more devices that are running longer in order to handle the heat,” said Matt Neistein with Duquesne Light. “And then just the physical heat as well on our equipment, on the wires, transformers, what we call our facilities. It can put extra strain on them.”The utility is encouraging customers to be prepared in case outages occur by charging electronic devices ahead of time and knowing where local cooling centers are located.Neistein also said customers can help reduce strain on the electrical system by limiting energy use during the hottest parts of the day.”Save the electrical load in your home by focusing on fans and air conditioning units, and don’t run other major appliances if at all possible during the hottest parts of the day,” he said.The heat is also prompting schedule changes across the region.Several municipalities in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are asking residents to place their trash cans at the curb the night before collection because sanitation crews will begin their routes earlier than usual to avoid the afternoon heat.Officials continue to urge people to stay hydrated, limit time outdoors during peak afternoon hours and check on older adults, young children and others who may be especially vulnerable to extreme heat.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Even though Monday was the coolest day of the week, many people across western Pennsylvania were already preparing for the dangerous heat expected to arrive as a heat dome settles over the region.<\/p>\n
At a basketball court in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, players were making sure they stayed hydrated before temperatures climb even higher.<\/p>\n
“I specifically went and got a Gatorade at the convenience store before coming to play,” Alex Lafferty said.<\/p>\n
Lafferty and Kole House said they typically meet at the court several times a week, but the forecast has them cancelling the rest of the week. The pair said they’ll be spending most of their time wherever they can stay cool.<\/p>\n
“Wherever the AC is, that’s where I’m here. The central air is going to be running a little bit extra. Yeah, maybe not even leaving my couch,” Lafferty said.<\/p>\n
With more people expected to rely on air conditioning throughout the week, Duquesne Light Company said it is bringing in extra crews to prepare for increased demand on the electric grid.<\/p>\n
“It increases electrical usage among our customers because they’re running air conditioners and fans \u2014 more devices that are running longer in order to handle the heat,” said Matt Neistein with Duquesne Light. “And then just the physical heat as well on our equipment, on the wires, transformers, what we call our facilities. It can put extra strain on them.”<\/p>\n
The utility is encouraging customers to be prepared in case outages occur by charging electronic devices ahead of time and knowing where local cooling centers are located.<\/p>\n
Neistein also said customers can help reduce strain on the electrical system by limiting energy use during the hottest parts of the day.<\/p>\n
“Save the electrical load in your home by focusing on fans and air conditioning units, and don’t run other major appliances if at all possible during the hottest parts of the day,” he said.<\/p>\n
The heat is also prompting schedule changes across the region.<\/p>\n
Several municipalities in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are asking residents to place their trash cans at the curb the night before collection because sanitation crews will begin their routes earlier than usual to avoid the afternoon heat.<\/p>\n
Officials continue to urge people to stay hydrated, limit time outdoors during peak afternoon hours and check on older adults, young children and others who may be especially vulnerable to extreme heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though Monday was the coolest day of the week, many people across western Pennsylvania were already preparing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75782,100211,894,71652,86757,2924,3985,100210,3070,100214,74472,14087,32817,100208,3667,100213,12026,100212,28,30,29,73,21083,16506,100209,6442,526,31316,5865,1419,5910],"class_list":["post-231749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-air-conditioning","tag-alex-lafferty","tag-allegheny-county","tag-cool-day","tag-cooling-centers","tag-customer","tag-duquesne-light","tag-duquesne-light-prep","tag-electric-grid","tag-extra-strain","tag-extreme-heat","tag-fan","tag-heat","tag-heat-dome","tag-heat-wave","tag-hot-part","tag-many-people","tag-matt-neistein","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-resident","tag-region","tag-sanitation-crews","tag-shadyside","tag-time","tag-trash-collection","tag-week","tag-western-pennsylvania","tag-westmoreland-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}