Power Outages in Carbon County, PA
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Lehighton - (PA) and Borough of Weatherly - (PA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.6 hours.
Carbon County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/carbon-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Carbon County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/carbon-county
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Borough of Lehighton - (PA) and Borough of Weatherly - (PA): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~32,349 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Borough of Lehighton - (PA), Borough of Weatherly - (PA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough of Lehighton - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough of Weatherly - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Carbon 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.
By ZIP code (13)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18235 | 248 | ≤11 | 192 | ≤11 |
| 18071 | 123 | ≤11 | 80 | 0 |
| 18210 | 121 | ≤11 | 89 | ≤11 |
| 18229 | 113 | ≤11 | 84 | 0 |
| 18232 | 74 | ≤11 | 59 | ≤11 |
| 18255 | 62 | ≤11 | 52 | 0 |
| 18240 | 58 | ≤11 | 38 | ≤11 |
| 18250 | 38 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 18216 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 18624 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18254 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18244 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18030 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Carbon County or any town and utility in it.
- Freeze WarningSEVERE
Carbon County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Watch on October 18, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×6
- Frost Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Carbon 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: 826 customers out (1.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Carbon County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Carbon County went about 5.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,904 customers.
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 5.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 5,228 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 428 | 2,290 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 465 | 3,516 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 476 | 2,655 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 513 | 8,904 | 10.2 |
| 2019 | 588 | 6,794 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 570 | 6,815 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 591 | 3,449 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 686 | 5,437 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 627 | 5,440 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 666 | 5,228 | 11.7 |
| 2025 | 739 | 3,177 | 5.6 |
Cost of power in Carbon County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Carbon 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.
- PPL Electric Utilities Corp18.6¢836,316 cust
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.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Carbon County: FAQ
- How often does Carbon County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Carbon County, PA logged 739 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Carbon County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,904 customers without power, beginning March 2, 2018 and lasting about 3d 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Carbon County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Carbon County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Carbon County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Carbon County.
18012, 18030, 18071, 18210, 18212, 18216, 18229, 18230, 18232, 18235, 18240, 18244, 18250, 18254, 18255, 18624
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 3.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Borough of Lehighton - (PA) | - | No live feed | - |
| Borough of Weatherly - (PA) | - | 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/42025 and /api/v1/counties/42025/history.