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Power Outages in Blair County, PA

As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Blair County, PA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Pennsylvania Electric Co and REA Energy Coop Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.4 hours.

Blair County, PA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

1 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for Pennsylvania Electric Co and REA Energy Coop Inc.

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Live status by utility · Blair County

91%of this county's ~67,973 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Pennsylvania Electric Co, REA Energy Coop Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county156,3170.0%-1October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC
Valley Rural Electric Coop IncLive · county05,8220.0%---
Pennsylvania Electric CoNo live feedcan't see------
REA Energy Coop IncNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Valley Rural Electric Coop 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 Blair 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
FRANKSTOWN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co12,6900.0%October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC-
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ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,5340.0%--
ALTOONA CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co022,3960.0%--
ANTIS TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,1350.0%--
BELLWOOD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09100.0%--
BLAIR TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,1320.0%--
CATHARINE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01940.0%--
DUNCANSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09890.0%--
FREEDOM TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09230.0%--
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0900.0%--
HOLLIDAYSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,3560.0%--
HUSTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02320.0%--
JUNIATA TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0720.0%--
LOGAN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05,0730.0%--
MARTINSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0790.0%--
NEWRY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03260.0%--
NORTH WOODBURY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09440.0%--
ROARING SPRING BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,2740.0%--
SNYDER TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,6600.0%--
TAYLOR TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08070.0%--
TYRONE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,8240.0%--
TYRONE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06800.0%--
WILLIAMSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07080.0%--
WOODBURY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02890.0%--

Active outages in Blair 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 Blair 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
1,737
Oxygen service
370
Dialysis (facility)
169
Home health / hospice
331
By ZIP code (12)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
16601471≤11381≤11
16602365≤11297≤11
16648179≤11131≤11
16686166≤11133≤11
16635145≤11112≤11
1666259≤11450
1667351≤1137≤11
1669348041≤11
1662545≤1136≤11
1663729025≤11
16617280230
16682≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Blair County, PA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Blair County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Blair County

Blair County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

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

Latest Blair County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 50m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 624 customers out

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,842 customers out (2.6% of the county)

Outage trend · Blair County, PA
1customers out · peak 24
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
Blair County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 24 customers out; latest 1 as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.010203012 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Blair County went about 5.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 13,514 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 5.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Blair County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 2.1h, 2017 3.1h, 2018 2.0h, 2019 4.6h, 2020 2.8h, 2021 5.1h, 2022 2.9h, 2023 3.0h, 2024 2.8h, 2025 5.4h. Highlighted: 2025.02461.2h20152.1h20163.1h20172.0h20184.6h20192.8h20205.1h20212.9h20223.0h20232.8h20245.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 12,457 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157195,3351.2
201661813,5142.1
201770712,9813.1
20187173,0952.0
20196789,1224.6
20206397,2962.8
20216349,2325.1
20225904,7052.9
20235967,9513.0
20245466,6712.8
202560812,4575.4

Cost of power in Blair County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Blair 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.

18.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 51% 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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
April 17, 201613,51414h 30m
February 25, 201712,98113h 45m
April 29, 202512,4575d 5h
August 12, 201712,2385h 30m
July 11, 20219,2321d 7h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High winter weather exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Blair County: FAQ

How often does Blair County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Blair County, PA logged 608 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Blair County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 13,514 customers without power, beginning April 17, 2016 and lasting about 14h 30m.
Is there a power outage in Blair County, PA right now?
Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Blair County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Electric Co, Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc.
Nearby counties
Bedford CountyCambria CountyCentre CountyClearfield County
Cities & towns in Blair County

Altoona. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.

ZIP codes in Blair County

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

16601, 16602, 16617, 16625, 16631, 16635, 16637, 16648, 16662, 16665, 16673, 16682, 16684, 16686, 16693

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co10.8 hrsLive · county
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Pennsylvania Electric Co-No live feed-
Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc-Live · county-
REA Energy Coop Inc-No live feed-

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/42013 and /api/v1/counties/42013/history. Live data as of .