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Power Outages in Fayette County, PA

Is there a power outage in Fayette County, PA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Fayette County, PA across 3 reported incidents. There is no live feed for West Penn Power Company, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Fayette County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.1 hours.

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Scattered outages

5 customers without power

0.0% of Fayette County · across 3 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 18:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for West Penn Power Company.

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Live status by utility · Fayette County

100%of this county's ~70,246 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: West Penn Power Company. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county569,1390.0%-3October 19, 2026 18:00 UTC
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · county02,0170.0%---
West Penn Power CompanyNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc 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 Fayette 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
BELLE VERNON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co38510.4%October 19, 2026 18:00 UTC-
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co11,3270.1%October 19, 2026 18:00 UTC-
SALTLICK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co11,8120.1%October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC-
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BROWNSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,4740.0%--
BROWNSVILLE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03220.0%--
BULLSKIN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,5530.0%--
CONNELLSVILLE CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04,1020.0%--
CONNELLSVILLE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,1060.0%--
DAWSON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02060.0%--
DUNBAR BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04980.0%--
DUNBAR TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,4360.0%--
EVERSON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04050.0%--
FAIRCHANCE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0550.0%--
FAYETTE CITY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03630.0%--
GEORGES TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,5880.0%--
GERMAN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,4970.0%--
HENRY CLAY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09940.0%--
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09620.0%--
LOWER TYRONE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05960.0%--
LUZERNE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,8460.0%--
MARKLEYSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02740.0%--
MASONTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7720.0%--
MENALLEN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,9510.0%--
NEWELL BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02300.0%--
NICHOLSON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0440.0%--
NORTH UNION TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06,1940.0%--
OHIOPYLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01490.0%--
PERRY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,4190.0%--
PERRYOPOLIS BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09440.0%--
POINT MARION BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05940.0%--
REDSTONE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,9470.0%--
SMITHFIELD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07290.0%--
SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09190.0%--
SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05,3220.0%--
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,3830.0%--
SPRINGHILL TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,3250.0%--
STEWART TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04320.0%--
UNIONTOWN CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06,4540.0%--
UPPER TYRONE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08440.0%--
VANDERBILT BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01500.0%--
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,8280.0%--
WHARTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,2420.0%--

Active outages in Fayette 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 Fayette 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
3,127
Oxygen service
762
Dialysis (facility)
469
Home health / hospice
878
By ZIP code (48)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
1540171125571≤11
1542539012315≤11
15417152≤11118≤11
15478120≤1198≤11
15431108≤1183≤11
1546192077≤11
1543676≤1154≤11
1544572≤11590
1547366≤11490
1545856≤1147≤11
1546853≤11340
1545653≤11440
1544250≤1139≤11
1546949≤1145≤11
1543747≤11410
1548046032≤11
1547446≤1141≤11
1548644≤1135≤11
1542841≤11310
1546425≤11210
15475240200
1543822≤1118≤11
1545921≤11180
1541019≤11160
1563118≤11170
15490170120
1545117014≤11
1543316≤11140
15444150130
15413150≤110
1562212≤11≤110
15492≤110≤110
15488≤110≤110
15482≤110≤110
15476≤110≤110
15470≤110≤110
15467≤110≤110
15466≤110≤110
15465≤110≤110
15463≤11≤11≤110
15462≤110≤110
15460≤110≤110
15455≤110≤110
15450≤11≤11≤110
15447≤110≤110
15440≤110≤110
15422≤11≤11≤11≤11
15420≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Fayette County, PA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Fayette County

Fayette County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×7
  • Frost Advisory ×3
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Wind Advisory ×3
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Fayette County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 24m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 531 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 20m

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 500 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9h 5m

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026

Outage trend · Fayette County, PA
5customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 14:50 UTC
Fayette County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 5 customers out; latest 5 as of Oct 19, 2026 14:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.024612 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Fayette County went about 10.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 25,079 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 10.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Fayette County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.9h, 2016 3.9h, 2017 3.5h, 2018 4.7h, 2019 4.8h, 2020 4.3h, 2021 3.1h, 2022 5.9h, 2023 16.0h, 2024 5.6h, 2025 10.1h. Highlighted: 2023.051015203.9h20153.9h20163.5h20174.7h20184.8h20194.3h20203.1h20215.9h202216.0h20235.6h202410.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 25,079 customers out) · decade average 6.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157826,7933.9
20167296,6243.9
20177525,1473.5
20187614,8954.7
20197194,9124.8
20207154,4514.3
20216843,6783.1
20227198,9845.9
202367025,07916.0
20245756,7905.6
202562416,43810.1

Cost of power in Fayette County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Fayette 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
▲ 71% 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
March 3, 202325,0794d 6h
March 16, 202516,4383d 21h
August 25, 202311,2913d 16h
February 18, 20228,9842d 23h
December 28, 20156,7932d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Fayette County: FAQ

How often does Fayette County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Fayette County, PA logged 624 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Fayette County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 25,079 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 4d 6h.
Is there a power outage in Fayette County, PA right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Fayette County, PA across 3 reported incidents. There is no live feed for West Penn Power Company, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Fayette County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc, West Penn Power Company.
Nearby counties
Garrett CountyGreene CountyMonongalia CountyPreston County
ZIP codes in Fayette County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Fayette County (showing 40 of 58).

15401, 15410, 15413, 15416, 15420, 15421, 15422, 15425, 15428, 15430, 15431, 15433, 15435, 15436, 15437, 15438, 15440, 15442, 15443, 15444, 15445, 15446, 15447, 15449, 15450, 15451, 15454, 15455, 15456, 15458, 15459, 15460, 15461, 15462, 15463, 15464, 15465, 15466, 15467, 15468

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 Fayette 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 ↗
West Penn Power Company-No live feed-
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc-Live · county-

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/42051 and /api/v1/counties/42051/history. Live data as of .