Power Outages in Blair County, PA
As of September 4, 2026 07:03 UTC, about 99 customers are without power in Blair County, PA across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.4 hours.
Blair County, PA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
- PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO
- WEST PENN POWER COMPANY
No active NWS alerts for Blair County right now.
Blair County has been under 81 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on September 4, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×16
- Flood Watch ×15
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×15
- Special Weather Statement ×14
- Flash Flood Warning ×6
- Flood Warning ×5
Latest Blair County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 804 customers out (1.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 4m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 527 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 630 customers out (0.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 31m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 702 customers out (1.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Blair County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Blair Countyisn't available yet.
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.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 12,457 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 719 | 5,335 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 618 | 13,514 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 707 | 12,981 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 717 | 3,095 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 678 | 9,122 | 4.6 |
| 2020 | 639 | 7,296 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 634 | 9,232 | 5.1 |
| 2022 | 590 | 4,705 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 596 | 7,951 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 546 | 6,671 | 2.8 |
| 2025 | 608 | 12,457 | 5.4 |
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →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 99 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Blair County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO, WEST PENN POWER COMPANY.
Altoona. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Blair County level shown above.
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.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| WEST PENN POWER COMPANY | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42013 and /api/v1/counties/42013/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Pennsylvania customers). Live data as of .