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Power Outages in Dauphin County, PA

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Middletown - (PA), Borough of Royalton - (PA) and Metropolitan Edison Co. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.

Dauphin County, PA is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Borough of Middletown - (PA), Borough of Royalton - (PA) and Metropolitan Edison Co: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Dauphin County

0.0%of this county's ~177,695 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Borough of Middletown - (PA), Borough of Royalton - (PA), Metropolitan Edison Co. 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.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · total onlynot by county------
PPL Electric Utilities CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Borough of Middletown - (PA)No live feedcan't see------
Borough of Royalton - (PA)No live feedcan't see------
Metropolitan Edison CoNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Dauphin 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
2,800
Oxygen service
437
Dialysis (facility)
462
Home health / hospice
561
By ZIP code (23)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
1711231124209≤11
1711130920201≤11
1711026212143≤11
1705720512144≤11
17109201≤11135≤11
171041641298≤11
1703616217112≤11
17113136≤1194≤11
17033109≤1172≤11
17103104≤1161≤11
1710279≤1140≤11
1706163≤11440
1703255≤11430
1701851≤1132≤11
1704844≤1133≤11
1710139≤11240
1709834022≤11
1702829≤11180
1703424≤1120≤11
1702323≤11180
17030130≤110
17080≤11≤11≤110
17005≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Dauphin County, PA

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Dauphin County

Dauphin County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Dauphin County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 30m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 643 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,587 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 30m

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 329 customers out

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,632 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  8. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 329 customers out

Outage trend · Dauphin County, PA
0customers out · peak 26
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Dauphin County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 26 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Dauphin County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Harrisburgno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Dauphin County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,434 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 2.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Dauphin County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 1.1h, 2017 1.5h, 2018 1.8h, 2019 1.4h, 2020 1.0h, 2021 2.0h, 2022 1.3h, 2023 1.1h, 2024 3.7h, 2025 2.3h. Highlighted: 2024.012341.2h20151.1h20161.5h20171.8h20181.4h20191.0h20202.0h20211.3h20221.1h20233.7h20242.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 21,434 customers out) · decade average 1.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20159967,8741.2
20161,0417,6801.1
201796311,8701.5
201896410,2951.8
20199175,9561.4
20208626,4271.0
202187213,4992.0
202291210,7661.3
20239105,1541.1
202489021,4343.7
20259958,4692.3

Cost of power in Dauphin County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Dauphin 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.

18.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 33% 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
February 13, 202421,4343d 14h
August 10, 202113,4992d 19h
October 29, 201711,8702d 8h
August 28, 202210,76630m
April 4, 201810,2951d 7h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High winter weather exposure · 1.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
HurricaneRelatively Moderate
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Dauphin County: FAQ

How often does Dauphin County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Dauphin County, PA logged 995 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Dauphin County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,434 customers without power, beginning February 13, 2024 and lasting about 3d 14h.
Is there a power outage in Dauphin County, PA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Dauphin County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Dauphin County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Metropolitan Edison Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Nearby counties
Cumberland CountyJuniata CountyLancaster CountyLebanon County
Cities & towns in Dauphin County

Harrisburg. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Dauphin County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Dauphin County

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

17005, 17018, 17023, 17030, 17032, 17033, 17034, 17036, 17048, 17057, 17061, 17080, 17097, 17098, 17101, 17102, 17103, 17104, 17109, 17110, 17111, 17112, 17113, 17120, 17978, 17980

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 · total only
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PPL Electric Utilities Corp3.3 hrsLive · total only-
Metropolitan Edison Co-No live feed-
Borough of Middletown - (PA)-No live feed-
Borough of Royalton - (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/42043 and /api/v1/counties/42043/history.