Same here in Regent Square/Wilkinsburg. Duq Light shows 700 people affected in Wilkinsburg and over 200 in Edgewood

Yep. Our lights kept dimming, internet went out. Didn't hear any noises though.

Yeah here in Edgewood it flickered on an off for a good minute. We saw a large blue power flash in the sky.

Yep, went out for a minute here in Penn Hills.

About 5-10 minutes ago, I saw some blue/green bright lights while looking across the Allegheny river towards Highland Park. I vaguely remember hearing that transformers give off those types of colors when they explode. Not sure if that was the cause, but it seems around the same time.

Yep getting tons of flickers in Forest hills

Sounds like a transformer blew

Mine is still out

Yes, with a really bright flash of light. It was LOUD by me.

Seconding this. Transformers make some interesting blue-green colors when they explode. It’s a mix of the arcing electricity and the oil they’re filled with

In Wilkinsburg it did the same flicker thing but went all the way down and has been since then. Also witnessed blue/green flashes further east illuminating the clouds

It’s a transformer. They blow. It happens.

We’re close by, did yours just flicker is it still out?

Yes! For a split second they did. And yes, they are still out.

Yes, but a half dozen within half an hour? That’s a bit beyond “it happens”

With Duquesne Light’s shitty service? Nothing surprises me anymore.

Fingers crossed it comes back soon! Not feeling too hopeful

Does this happen a lot in that area? I am moving there in 6 months I was hoping for reliable infrastructure.

we haven't had the power go out for more than 20 min in the last couple years but when weather gets dicey it's almost expected that the power will fluctuate a bit.

Every time you hear a bang, a transformer gets it's angel wings

This doesn't appear to be tree related (probably), but - there's a lot of trees here. Like, a lot. When a storm blows through there's definitely a higher chance of an outage than you might have in the average city.

But besides that I've never really had too much of a problem. With the insane summer temps the last few years there are times when it gets dicey, but not many outages. Nothing like Columbus (Ohio) where they had to do intentional blackouts last year.

Yep. Been in regent square for 4 years and have had my power go out for anywhere from 10 minutes to 24 hours every few months. Looks like my power came back at about 2am this time, so 3-4 hours out.

Transformers have a finite life. They all eventually die. This happens everywhere.

This is typical and happens everywhere. One goes and put more strain on the remaining ones.

It happens. They replace them. Power goes back on.

Sounds like 👽

Plus a loud humming noise. Grew up in Florida and used to love the light/sound show whenever a hurricane rolled through. Sucked to be without power for week tho :/

According to my spouse, yes. This is why I have a UPS for my fish tanks!!!! Happy fish 🐠🐠🐠

What's the point of these posts? Isn't a brief power outage like this pretty normal? And wouldn't it be quicker to confirm it was an outage by going to DLC's website?

Yea it happens all the fucking time in pittsburgh

i guess the point for me is ruling out events like transformer explosions and it can take a few minutes for pulse point or dlc to publish these things. so if i ask " did any of yinz hear an explosion and blah blah " i'm also wondering if someone drove into a pole or or a if a plane crashed or any number of other crazy ass things happened. i'm not going to necessarily assume it was another transformer going haywire.

Damn

And don't listen to the yinzers saying "it's normal and happens everywhere." I've lived in multiple states and cities over the past ~15 years and it only happened with any regularity when I was in pittsburgh. The infrastructure in pittsburgh is embarrassing.

I guess I'm wondering why waiting a few minutes to find out why the power is out, which isn't really actionable info, is important.

How do people not put 2 and 2 together?

Last week I had a couple of power outages lasting around 30 seconds