Date April 27, 2017
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Contact Ashlee Yingling
Telephone 412-430-3404
Duquesne Light Company Conducts Storm Restoration Drill to Prepare for Severe Weather Events
PITTSBURGH – As part of National Weather Service’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in Pennsylvania, today, Duquesne Light Company conducted an emergency readiness exercise to review the company's storm restoration process. The City of Pittsburgh and the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security joined Duquesne Light to review, prepare and train for restoration during a severe weather event in Western Pennsylvania.
“Storm drills are essential in the utility industry with the ever present threat of severe weather,” said Diane Holder, Operations Center Director, Duquesne Light. "As the summer storm season approaches, we want our customers to know our employees will be ready to safely and quickly respond to power interruptions.”
A mock event was created using the outage information from a prior severe storm. Nearly 100 employees representing Operations, Operations Services, Engineering, Corporate Communications, Customer Service, Major Accounts and Safety participated in the exercise, which is a critical component to Duquesne Light’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the skills needed to safely restore power during a severe weather event. The safety of the public as well as those working to restore service is always the top priority. Check out DuquesneLight.com to learn more about our restoration priorities.
The drill was held at Duquesne Light’s Woods Run facility on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.
About Duquesne Light Company
Duquesne Light Company is committed to more than keeping the lights on; it powers the moments in its customers’ lives. As a next generation energy company, Duquesne Light Company’s nearly 1,500 employees are dedicated to delivering reliable and safe energy to more than a half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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