Private company

Duquesne Light Company

Logo: Duquesne Light Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Energy services holding company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. (DLH) is an energy services holding company formed in 1989 to serve as the holding company for Duquesne Light Company and to engage in certain unregulated energy and related businesses. After a 2007 acquisition, DLH is a wholly owned subsidiary of parent company DQE Holdings LLC, with principal executive offices located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Through its chief subsidiary, Duquesne Light Company, the corporation provides energy to over 588,000 homes and businesses.2 It was founded by George Westinghouse.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1912Founded1

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. (DLH) is an energy services holding company formed in 1989 to serve as the holding company for Duquesne Light Company and to engage in certain unregulated energy and related businesses. After a 2007 acquisition, DLH is a wholly owned subsidiary of parent company DQE Holdings LLC, with principal executive offices located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.2

The story

Founded by George Westinghouse in 1912.1

Leadership

Who has led Duquesne Light Company, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • electric power industry

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Philadelphia Company
  • Duquesne Light Holdings since 1989

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1989Acquired Acquired by Duquesne Light Holdings1
  2. 1912Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$27.3M 2008–2024
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2024$19.7M–$19.7M
2020–$447.8K$447.8K
2019–$1.1M$1.1M
2018–$1.4M$1.4M
2014–$5.0K$5.0K
2013–$3.8M$3.8M
2012–$8.6K$8.6K
2010–$72.2K$72.2K
2008–$826.0K$826.0K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2024, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Oct 1, 2024$19.6M from Department of Energy: Grid Infrastructure Deployment And Resilience5 To DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Award DEGD0000897

Largest contracts

  1. Mar 1, 2013$2.2M from Public Buildings Service: Igf::ot::igf electricity services for the moorhead federal building in pittsburgh, pa6 To DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Award GS03P13QKC0039
  2. Apr 23, 2013$1.5M from Public Buildings Service: Igf::ot::igf provide electricity service at the u.s. post office and courthouse building in pittsburgh, pa7 To DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Award GS03P13QKC0040
  3. Oct 1, 2019$1.4M from Department of Veterans Affairs: Regulated electricity8 To DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Award 36C24420C0006
  4. Oct 1, 2018$875.1K from Department of Veterans Affairs: Regulated electricity igf::ot::igf9 To DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Award 36C24419C0006
  5. Oct 1, 2007$791.7K from Department of Veterans Affairs: Electricity10 To DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Award V646C88073