Power restored in Patton Township after hourslong outage affected Atherton traffic lights
A large power outage affected hundreds of people in the Patton Township area Tuesday evening.
According to West Penn Power, 1,799 Patton Township customers were affected by the outage at about 5 p.m. Most of those were near the Gray’s Woods area, with other outages near Park Forest Village and Homestead Park.
Power was fully restored by 9 p.m. Tuesday. The cause of the outage was not immediately clear.
Power and traffic lights were out from around Valley Vista Drive to Woodycrest Street on North Atherton Street, according to the Centre County 911 Facebook page. The Centre Region Emergency Alerts Twitter page encouraged people to avoid driving on it.
What to do if your power is out
If the power in a home or business does go out, here are tips to stay safe until crews arrive.
Check circuit and fuses to make sure power is out before reporting
Check with neighbors to see if others in your area are affected
Keep refrigerators and freezers closed
Disconnect appliances and electronics
This story was originally published November 29, 2022 at 5:35 PM.
