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Power Outages in Erie County, PA

Is there a power outage in Erie County, PA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Erie County, PA across 2 reported incidents. Warren Electric Coop Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Girard - (PA) and Pennsylvania Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Erie County, PA is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.

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Scattered outages

2 customers without power

Across 2 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for Borough of Girard - (PA) and Pennsylvania Electric Co.

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Live status by utility · Erie County

100%of this county's ~124,747 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Borough of Girard - (PA), Pennsylvania Electric Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Warren Electric Coop Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county2121,0070.0%-2October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC
Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)Live · county04,6490.0%---
Warren Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Borough of Girard - (PA)No live feedcan't see------
Pennsylvania Electric CoNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA) reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Erie County

Town-by-town counts as reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co21841.1%October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC-
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ALBION BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07510.0%--
AMITY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01510.0%--
CONCORD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02240.0%--
CONNEAUT TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04960.0%--
CORRY CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,1070.0%--
CRANESVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03190.0%--
EDINBORO BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7320.0%--
ELGIN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0730.0%--
ELK CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04920.0%--
ERIE CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co043,8510.0%--
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05,0830.0%--
GIRARD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0450.0%--
GIRARD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,5580.0%--
GREENE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,2410.0%--
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08640.0%--
HARBORCREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07,1010.0%--
LAKE CITY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,1970.0%--
LAWRENCE PARK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,5770.0%--
LEBOEUF TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05250.0%--
MCKEAN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03060.0%--
MCKEAN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,9190.0%--
MILL VILLAGE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01800.0%--
MILLCREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co026,1340.0%--
NORTH EAST BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,0540.0%--
NORTH EAST TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,3000.0%--
PLATEA BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01580.0%--
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7290.0%--
SUMMIT TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,6050.0%--
UNION CITY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,4380.0%--
UNION TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04110.0%--
VENANGO TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09680.0%--
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,6960.0%--
WATERFORD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07890.0%--
WATERFORD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,8550.0%--
WATTSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02280.0%--
WAYNE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03130.0%--
WESLEYVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,3530.0%--

Active outages in Erie County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Erie 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
3,188
Oxygen service
662
Dialysis (facility)
305
Home health / hospice
574
By ZIP code (28)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
16509281≤11186≤11
16510263≤11192≤11
16506207≤11137≤11
16505205≤11152≤11
16504202≤11131≤11
16508170≤11130≤11
16502161≤11111≤11
16428148≤11116≤11
16503139≤1199≤11
16511123≤1193≤11
16407117094≤11
16438107≤1191≤11
164171060900
16507100≤1171≤11
1644195≤1164≤11
1641293≤11660
1650177≤1145≤11
1641576≤1145≤11
1640161≤11450
1642341027≤11
16426390270
1644238≤1127≤11
1642130≤1120≤11
1641125≤11170
16443180130
1641017≤11120
16430≤110≤110
16427≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Erie County, PA

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Erie County

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

  • Beach Hazards Statement ×12
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×2
  • Flood Advisory ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Erie County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 3m

  2. GREW

    Outage grew to 612 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 298 customers out

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 771 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 723 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

Outage trend · Erie County, PA
2customers out · peak 17
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 15:40 UTC
Erie County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 17 customers out; latest 2 as of Oct 19, 2026 15:40 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0510152012 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Erie County went about 3.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 31,009 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 3.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Erie County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 4.1h, 2016 2.6h, 2017 3.2h, 2018 4.6h, 2019 3.5h, 2020 3.5h, 2021 3.7h, 2022 3.2h, 2023 4.3h, 2024 7.8h, 2025 3.1h. Highlighted: 2024.024684.1h20152.6h20163.2h20174.6h20183.5h20193.5h20203.7h20213.2h20224.3h20237.8h20243.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 25,425 customers out) · decade average 4.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201571512,6734.1
201675713,8382.6
201767316,4403.2
201868720,2564.6
201971817,6643.5
202070223,4333.5
202176620,4443.7
202276331,0093.2
202387513,4654.3
202468725,4257.8
202575712,7393.1

Cost of power in Erie County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Erie 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.

18.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 45% 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
May 7, 202231,00910h 15m
January 9, 202425,4256d 18h
June 10, 202023,4332d 2h
November 3, 202021,9604h 45m
May 20, 202120,4441d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Erie County: FAQ

How often does Erie County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Erie County, PA logged 757 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Erie County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 31,009 customers without power, beginning May 7, 2022 and lasting about 10h 15m.
Is there a power outage in Erie County, PA right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Erie County, PA across 2 reported incidents. Warren Electric Coop Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Girard - (PA) and Pennsylvania Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Erie County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA), Pennsylvania Electric Co.
Nearby counties
Ashtabula CountyChautauqua CountyCrawford CountyWarren County
Cities & towns in Erie County

Erie. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.

ZIP codes in Erie County

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

16401, 16407, 16410, 16411, 16412, 16415, 16417, 16421, 16423, 16426, 16427, 16428, 16430, 16438, 16441, 16442, 16443, 16444, 16475, 16501, 16502, 16503, 16504, 16505, 16506, 16507, 16508, 16509, 16510, 16511, 16546, 16550, 16563

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Erie County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Pennsylvania →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co10.8 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗
Pennsylvania Electric Co-No live feed-
Warren Electric Coop Inc-Live · total only-
Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)-Live · county-
Borough of Girard - (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/42049 and /api/v1/counties/42049/history. Live data as of .