Power Outages in Lackawanna County, PA
No live outage feed is available for Lackawanna County, PA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.
Lackawanna County, PA is served by local tracked utilities.
Lackawanna County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
Lackawanna County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×7
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Lackawanna County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Scrantonno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lackawanna County went about 3.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,955 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 30,955 customers out) · decade average 2.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 780 | 8,310 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 872 | 3,392 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 771 | 5,315 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 800 | 7,784 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 872 | 7,001 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 883 | 7,181 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 966 | 9,230 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 1,023 | 8,504 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 898 | 3,285 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 887 | 30,955 | 11.0 |
| 2025 | 1,007 | 8,908 | 3.1 |
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 2.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lackawanna County: FAQ
- How often does Lackawanna County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lackawanna County, PA logged 1,007 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lackawanna County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,955 customers without power, beginning July 15, 2024 and lasting about 3d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Lackawanna County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lackawanna County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Scranton. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Lackawanna County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lackawanna County.
18403, 18407, 18411, 18414, 18420, 18424, 18433, 18434, 18440, 18444, 18447, 18452, 18471, 18503, 18504, 18505, 18507, 18508, 18509, 18510, 18512, 18517, 18518, 18519
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42069 and /api/v1/counties/42069/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Pennsylvania customers).