West Penn Power spokesman Todd Myers says approximately seventeen-hundred customers were affected by a power outage Monday morning. Myers say the cause of the outage is still under investigation but it appears the cause may have been some downed wires near Washington Park in an area where trees had been cut. The outage, which occurred around ten-thirty, affected mainly East Washington and South Strabane Township, along with a few spots in Washington and Amwell Township. The outage affected traffic lights and business in the Trinity Point Shopping Center. Myers says most of the power was restored shortly before noon.