Crews restoring power as quickly as possible
Pauline Snyder stands next to storm damage on her property in Summit Township on Monday, April 3, 2023. Snyder said Saturday’s storm caused damage to 13 trees and blew shingles from her home's roof. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
By Monday, April 3, morning, FirstEnergy crews and power line contractors who came to the rescue from as far away as Louisiana had reduced the 19,000 or so West Penn Power and Penn Power customer outages in Butler County to 6,260.
FirstEnergy, the parent company of West Penn and Penn Power, announced that all customers without power from Saturday’s storms — which produced wind gusts of up to 65 mph in the area — would have power restored by 11 p.m. today.
Rural customers likely had to demonstrate the most patience after the storm.
“As in any storm, we’re going after the largest customer counts first,” said Todd Meyers of FirstEnergy.
