Power Outages in Franklin County, PA
Is there a power outage in Franklin County, PA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, no outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc and Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc in Franklin County, PA. There is no live feed for Borough of Chambersburg - (PA), Mont Alto Borough, Pennsylvania Electric Co and West Penn Power Company.
Franklin County, PA is served by 7 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.0 hours.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Franklin County, PA", live data as of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county
No active outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc and Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc in Franklin County.
No live feed for Borough of Chambersburg - (PA), Mont Alto Borough, Pennsylvania Electric Co and West Penn Power Company: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Franklin County, PA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Borough of Chambersburg - (PA), Pennsylvania Electric Co, West Penn Power Company, Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc and Mont Alto Borough; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
88%of this county's ~75,452 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Borough of Chambersburg - (PA), Mont Alto Borough, Pennsylvania Electric Co, West Penn Power Company. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | Live · county | 0 | 62,859 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Adams Electric Cooperative Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2,529 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 639 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Borough of Chambersburg - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mont Alto Borough | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Penn Power Company | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc and Valley Rural Electric 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 Franklin 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 .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No outages reported in any town by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co. | ||||||
Show 22 towns with no outages
| ANTRIM TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 6,854 | 0.0% | - | - |
| CHAMBERSBURG BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 1,160 | 0.0% | - | - |
| FANNETT TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 1,190 | 0.0% | - | - |
| GREENCASTLE BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 2,809 | 0.0% | - | - |
| GREENE TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 9,321 | 0.0% | - | - |
| GUILFORD TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 7,296 | 0.0% | - | - |
| HAMILTON TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 4,981 | 0.0% | - | - |
| LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 497 | 0.0% | - | - |
| LURGAN TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 544 | 0.0% | - | - |
| MERCERSBURG BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 892 | 0.0% | - | - |
| METAL TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 589 | 0.0% | - | - |
| MONT ALTO BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 18 | 0.0% | - | - |
| MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 2,496 | 0.0% | - | - |
| ORRSTOWN BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 149 | 0.0% | - | - |
| PETERS TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 2,311 | 0.0% | - | - |
| QUINCY TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 2,904 | 0.0% | - | - |
| SHIPPENSBURG BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 718 | 0.0% | - | - |
| SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 2,186 | 0.0% | - | - |
| ST THOMAS TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 2,625 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WARREN TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 257 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 7,413 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WAYNESBORO BOROUGH | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 0 | 5,649 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Franklin County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Franklin 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 (21)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17268 | 362 | ≤11 | 289 | ≤11 |
| 17202 | 345 | ≤11 | 264 | ≤11 |
| 17201 | 332 | ≤11 | 239 | ≤11 |
| 17225 | 219 | ≤11 | 177 | ≤11 |
| 17222 | 166 | ≤11 | 128 | ≤11 |
| 17236 | 103 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 17252 | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 17244 | 34 | ≤11 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 17224 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 17262 | 21 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 17237 | 18 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 17214 | 17 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 17221 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17271 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17265 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17263 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17246 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17235 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17232 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17220 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17219 | ≤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 Franklin County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Franklin County right now.
Franklin County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 4.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,561 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 4.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 11,561 customers out) · decade average 2.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 775 | 3,508 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 749 | 2,538 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 780 | 5,130 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 768 | 4,137 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 756 | 5,525 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 717 | 5,316 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 733 | 7,987 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 698 | 3,804 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 675 | 7,589 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 635 | 2,751 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 635 | 11,561 | 4.0 |
Cost of power in Franklin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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
- Adams Electric Cooperative Inc15.4¢32,580 cust
- Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc15.1¢18,057 cust
- Borough of Chambersburg - (PA)12.3¢9,952 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 2.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, PA logged 635 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,561 customers without power, beginning April 20, 2025 and lasting about 3d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, PA right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, no outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc and Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc in Franklin County, PA. There is no live feed for Borough of Chambersburg - (PA), Mont Alto Borough, Pennsylvania Electric Co and West Penn Power Company.
- Which utilities serve Franklin County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include Adams Electric Cooperative Inc, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Electric Co, West Penn Power Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
17201, 17202, 17210, 17214, 17217, 17219, 17220, 17221, 17222, 17224, 17225, 17232, 17235, 17236, 17237, 17244, 17246, 17247, 17250, 17251, 17252, 17254, 17261, 17262, 17263, 17265, 17268, 17271
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 Franklin County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Pennsylvania →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 10.8 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| Borough of Chambersburg - (PA) | 0.6 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Pennsylvania Electric Co | - | No live feed | - |
| West Penn Power Company | - | No live feed | - |
| Valley Rural Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Adams Electric Cooperative Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Mont Alto Borough | - | 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/42055 and /api/v1/counties/42055/history.