{"id":71240,"date":"2025-12-26T23:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71240\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:18:15","slug":"penelec-prepared-to-address-weather-related-electric-outages-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71240\/","title":{"rendered":"Penelec Prepared to Address Weather-Related Electric Outages | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FirstEnergy and Penelec said they are ready to tackle power outages from the icy weather, according to a statement issued to Erie News Now.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are stationed across the region, with extra support on standby to restore service quickly, a representative said. The companies are working closely with emergency officials to coordinate efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are urged to prepare by charging devices; stocking flashlights, batteries, and ready-to-eat food; and using candles cautiously. They remind people to never use gas stoves or kerosene heaters for heat, and store water if you rely on a well. For generator use, ensure professional installation and disconnect your home\u2019s main power first.<\/p>\n<p>Penelec also reminds you to stay far from downed power lines and report them to 9-1-1 immediately. If your power goes out, report it by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS or visiting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/penelec.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">penelec.com<\/a>. Customer reports help crews locate and fix issues faster, according to the companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FirstEnergy and Penelec said they are ready to tackle power outages from the icy weather, according to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[34962,136,138,137,33592,9175,9174,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-71240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-emergency-preparedness","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-headlines","11":"tag-erie-news","12":"tag-firstenergy","13":"tag-penelec","14":"tag-power-outage","15":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71240","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=71240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}