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Founded by George Westinghouse in 1912.1
Private 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.
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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
Founded by George Westinghouse in 1912.1
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From Wikidata.1
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.
| Year | Federal grants | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.