When will the power be back in Plum, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Plum is a borough of about 26,420 residents in Allegheny County.
FirstEnergy has reported outages for Plum by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Plum is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
Around Plum: the closest other places we track are New Kensington, about 5 miles to the north; Monroeville, about 5 miles to the south; Lower Burrell, about 6 miles to the north; and Murrysville, about 6 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Wilkinsburg (8 mi SW), Munhall (11 mi SW), McKeesport (12 mi SW), Pittsburgh (13 mi W), West Mifflin (13 mi SW), Baldwin (15 mi SW), Whitehall (16 mi SW) and Greensburg (17 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Butler (26 mi); northeast toward St. Marys (92 mi); east toward Indiana (32 mi); southeast toward Cumberland, MD (79 mi); south toward Morgantown, WV (61 mi); southwest toward Jefferson Hills (17 mi); west toward Franklin Park (19 mi); and northwest toward New Castle (46 mi).
Who serves Plum?
We track live outage data from Duquesne Light, FirstEnergy and Central Electric Cooperative in Allegheny County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Tarentum and Borough of Pitcairn also serve parts of Allegheny County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Plum's last tracked outage began Sep 13, peaked at 747 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 13 — 747 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 3 — 2,535 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 3 — 1,026 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Aug 20 — 694 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Allegheny County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.3 hr. The full record for Allegheny County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Plum, PA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Plum's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
