Power Outages in Lackawanna County, PA
Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Blakely - (PA) and Borough of Olyphant - (PA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.
Lackawanna County, PA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lackawanna County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county
Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Borough of Blakely - (PA) and Borough of Olyphant - (PA): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~120,512 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Borough of Blakely - (PA), Borough of Olyphant - (PA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough of Blakely - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough of Olyphant - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lackawanna 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 (22)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18505 | 426 | 14 | 260 | ≤11 |
| 18411 | 257 | ≤11 | 195 | 0 |
| 18504 | 253 | ≤11 | 198 | ≤11 |
| 18407 | 202 | ≤11 | 152 | 0 |
| 18444 | 167 | ≤11 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 18509 | 158 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 18512 | 156 | ≤11 | 116 | ≤11 |
| 18508 | 150 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 18447 | 148 | ≤11 | 107 | 0 |
| 18510 | 109 | ≤11 | 67 | ≤11 |
| 18518 | 99 | ≤11 | 64 | 0 |
| 18403 | 97 | ≤11 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 18507 | 85 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| 18433 | 85 | ≤11 | 61 | 0 |
| 18517 | 79 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 18414 | 71 | ≤11 | 50 | 0 |
| 18424 | 69 | ≤11 | 49 | 0 |
| 18434 | 55 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 18452 | 53 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 18519 | 48 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 18503 | 26 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 18471 | ≤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 Lackawanna County or any town and utility in it.
- Freeze WarningSEVERE
Lackawanna County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Lackawanna County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 551 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 16m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 262 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,125 customers out (1.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lackawanna County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Scrantonno outage reported
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.
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.
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 |
Cost of power in Lackawanna County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lackawanna 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.
- PPL Electric Utilities Corp18.6¢836,316 cust
- Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc18.7¢16,765 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.
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.
- Which utilities serve Lackawanna County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
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
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 3.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| Borough of Blakely - (PA) | - | No live feed | - |
| Borough of Olyphant - (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/42069 and /api/v1/counties/42069/history.