Power Outages in Centre County, PA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Centre County, PA across 1 reported incident. FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp, United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) and Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Pennsylvania Electric Co and West Penn Power Company, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 19.6 hours.
Centre County, PA is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/centre-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Centre County, PA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/centre-county
Not counted: no live feed for Pennsylvania Electric Co and West Penn Power Company.
0.0%of this county's ~70,125 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Pennsylvania Electric Co, West Penn Power Company. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp, United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA), Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Penn Power Company | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Centre 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 (25)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16823 | 308 | ≤11 | 244 | ≤11 |
| 16801 | 214 | 0 | 149 | ≤11 |
| 16866 | 142 | ≤11 | 113 | ≤11 |
| 16803 | 128 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 16870 | 80 | ≤11 | 63 | ≤11 |
| 16828 | 80 | ≤11 | 60 | ≤11 |
| 16841 | 64 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 16827 | 56 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 16875 | 53 | ≤11 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 16844 | 45 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 16853 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 16874 | 20 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 16826 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 16877 | 17 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 16872 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16882 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16865 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16864 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16859 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16854 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16852 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16851 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16832 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16829 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 16820 | ≤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 Centre County or any town and utility in it.
- Freeze WarningSEVERE
Centre County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Latest Centre County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 18m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 763 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 34m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,395 customers out (2.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,382 customers out (2.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
Hardest-hit cities in Centre 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 Centre Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Centre County went about 19.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 36,850 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 19.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 36,850 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 779 | 4,279 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 768 | 3,547 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 781 | 19,601 | 6.9 |
| 2018 | 778 | 6,269 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 721 | 3,962 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 709 | 5,479 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 669 | 4,693 | 2.8 |
| 2022 | 668 | 3,254 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 603 | 8,654 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 601 | 3,749 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 650 | 36,850 | 19.6 |
Cost of power in Centre County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Centre 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.
- FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co18.8¢1,471,463 cust
- PPL Electric Utilities Corp18.6¢836,316 cust
- Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc15.1¢18,057 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 High winter weather exposure · 4.1 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 Centre County: FAQ
- How often does Centre County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Centre County, PA logged 650 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 19.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Centre County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 36,850 customers without power, beginning April 29, 2025 and lasting about 6d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Centre County, PA right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Centre County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Electric Co, United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA), West Penn Power Company.
State College. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Centre County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Centre County.
16677, 16801, 16802, 16803, 16820, 16823, 16826, 16827, 16828, 16829, 16832, 16835, 16841, 16844, 16845, 16851, 16852, 16853, 16854, 16856, 16859, 16864, 16865, 16866, 16868, 16870, 16872, 16874, 16875, 16877, 16882
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 10.8 hrs | Live · total only | |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 3.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Pennsylvania Electric Co | - | No live feed | - |
| West Penn Power Company | - | No live feed | - |
| United Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) | - | Live · total only | - |
| Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
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/42027 and /api/v1/counties/42027/history. Live data as of .