Power Outages in Columbia County, PA
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Catawissa. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.
Columbia County, PA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/columbia-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Columbia County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/columbia-county
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Borough of Catawissa: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~35,285 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Borough of Catawissa. 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 Catawissa | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Columbia 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18603 | 346 | 15 | 281 | ≤11 |
| 17815 | 301 | ≤11 | 230 | ≤11 |
| 17814 | 109 | ≤11 | 87 | ≤11 |
| 17820 | 76 | ≤11 | 60 | 0 |
| 17846 | 57 | ≤11 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 17824 | 54 | ≤11 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 17859 | 48 | 0 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 17878 | 36 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 17920 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17888 | ≤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 Columbia County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Columbia County right now.
Columbia County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Columbia County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 19m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 877 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 9m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,219 customers out (1.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Columbia County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Columbia County went about 5.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,274 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 5.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 12,315 customers out) · decade average 7.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 485 | 21,274 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 499 | 2,816 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 517 | 2,753 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 599 | 5,162 | 10.0 |
| 2019 | 653 | 10,278 | 11.7 |
| 2020 | 701 | 6,090 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 649 | 7,295 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 708 | 11,378 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 636 | 5,450 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 677 | 12,315 | 20.3 |
| 2025 | 710 | 3,030 | 5.2 |
Cost of power in Columbia County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Columbia 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 · 7.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Columbia County: FAQ
- How often does Columbia County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Columbia County, PA logged 710 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Columbia County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,274 customers without power, beginning October 28, 2015 and lasting about 19h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Columbia County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Columbia County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Columbia County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Columbia County.
17814, 17815, 17820, 17824, 17846, 17858, 17859, 17878, 17888, 17920, 17945, 18603, 18631
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 Catawissa | - | 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/42037 and /api/v1/counties/42037/history.