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Power Outages in Adams County, PA

Is there a power outage in Adams County, PA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 19:45 UTC, about 13 customers are without power in Adams County, PA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Adams County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 17.7 hours.

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October 19, 2026 19:45 UTC
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Scattered outages

13 customers without power

0.0% of Adams County · across 1 reported incident.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 22:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co.

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Live status by utility · Adams County

100%of this county's ~50,684 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Metropolitan Edison Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county1337,5880.0%-1October 19, 2026 22:00 UTC
Adams Electric Cooperative IncLive · county014,0290.0%---
Metropolitan Edison CoNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Adams Electric Cooperative Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Adams County

Town-by-town counts as reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
ABBOTTSTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co133813.4%October 19, 2026 22:00 UTC-
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ARENDTSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04020.0%--
BENDERSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02890.0%--
BERWICK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09600.0%--
BIGLERVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06180.0%--
BONNEAUVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05380.0%--
BUTLER TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09800.0%--
CARROLL VALLEY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08300.0%--
CONEWAGO TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,3450.0%--
CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,8270.0%--
EAST BERLIN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07910.0%--
FAIRFIELD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03630.0%--
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7240.0%--
FREEDOM TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01990.0%--
GERMANY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09190.0%--
GETTYSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,5490.0%--
HAMILTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06730.0%--
HAMILTONBAN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0270.0%--
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02320.0%--
HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07330.0%--
LATIMORE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06750.0%--
LIBERTY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01850.0%--
LITTLESTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,2940.0%--
MCSHERRYSTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,5230.0%--
MENALLEN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,3520.0%--
MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08750.0%--
MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09690.0%--
NEW OXFORD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,1020.0%--
OXFORD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,3100.0%--
READING TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,2200.0%--
STRABAN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,9440.0%--
TYRONE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05880.0%--
UNION TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07780.0%--
YORK SPRINGS BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03930.0%--

Active outages in Adams County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Adams Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
1,655
Oxygen service
422
Dialysis (facility)
130
Home health / hospice
277
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
1732553717448≤11
17350218≤11184≤11
17340205≤11160≤11
17307106≤1187≤11
1731698≤1171≤11
1732097≤11830
1730172≤11600
1737257≤1144≤11
1734455≤11490
1730451≤1141≤11
1735343≤11300

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Adams County, PA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Adams County

Adams County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
  • Flash Flood Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Adams County, PA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 40m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 984 customers out (2.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Adams County, PA
13customers out · peak 32
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 19:40 UTC
Adams County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 32 customers out; latest 13 as of Oct 19, 2026 19:40 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030406 PMOct 196 AM12 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Adams County went about 17.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,455 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Pennsylvania utilities averaged 6.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 17.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Adams County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.4h, 2016 4.8h, 2017 3.9h, 2018 3.5h, 2019 4.3h, 2020 2.9h, 2021 7.6h, 2022 6.7h, 2023 3.5h, 2024 5.5h, 2025 17.7h. Highlighted: 2025.051015202.4h20154.8h20163.9h20173.5h20184.3h20192.9h20207.6h20216.7h20223.5h20235.5h202417.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 10,728 customers out) · decade average 5.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20155921,7822.4
201661316,4554.8
20175953,5713.9
20186092,9903.5
20196416,5764.3
20205672,6552.9
202164214,5817.6
20226996,8646.7
20236623,2563.5
20246284,9965.5
202567810,72817.7

Cost of power in Adams County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Adams County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

17.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 50% since 2015
vs Pennsylvania avg 21.7¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
July 14, 201616,45515h
June 21, 202114,5812d 8h
June 22, 202510,7284d 20h
April 20, 20226,8642h 30m
July 2, 20196,5761d 1h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 5.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Adams County: FAQ

How often does Adams County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Adams County, PA logged 678 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 17.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Adams County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,455 customers without power, beginning July 14, 2016 and lasting about 15h.
Is there a power outage in Adams County, PA right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 19:45 UTC, about 13 customers are without power in Adams County, PA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Adams County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include Adams Electric Cooperative Inc, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Metropolitan Edison Co.
Nearby counties
Carroll CountyCumberland CountyFranklin CountyFrederick County
ZIP codes in Adams County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Adams County.

17301, 17303, 17304, 17306, 17307, 17316, 17320, 17325, 17340, 17343, 17344, 17350, 17353, 17372

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Adams County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Pennsylvania →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co10.8 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗
Metropolitan Edison Co-No live feed-
Adams Electric Cooperative Inc-Live · county-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Pennsylvania customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42001 and /api/v1/counties/42001/history. Live data as of .