Duquesne Light cancels scheduled appearance at county council storm review meeting at last minute

Rep. Abigail Salisbury    August 20, 2025 | 3:54 PM

BRADDOCK, Aug. 20 – Just two hours and 15 minutes before it was scheduled to appear before Allegheny County Council’s storm response committee, power company Duquesne Light canceled its appearance, state Rep. Abigail Salisbury announced.

Salisbury, who serves on the Special Committee on Emergency Preparedness and After-Action Review, said the utility’s canceled appearance — its second failure to attend a storm response meeting — was deeply disappointing.

“We are working to develop a stronger, more effective storm response policy that will better protect and assist residents before and after the next storm,” Salisbury said. “That effort requires input from all the key players — from local and state storm officials to the public to our power providers. I’m deeply disappointed by Duquesne Light’s last-minute notice that it would not appear today.”

The Special Committee on Emergency Preparedness and After-Action Review was formed to investigate the response to the April 29 storm that left about 400,000 residents without power.

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