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Power Outages in Lancaster County, PA

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Ephrata - (PA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.

Lancaster County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Borough of Ephrata - (PA): outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Lancaster County

0.0%of this county's ~158,817 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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

System-wide total only, no county split: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · total onlynot by county------
PPL Electric Utilities CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Borough of Ephrata - (PA)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Lancaster 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
4,871
Oxygen service
1,253
Dialysis (facility)
667
Home health / hospice
908
By ZIP code (48)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
176035765140013
1760142937278≤11
1760238140257≤11
1754337030247≤11
1752232822247≤11
1702225320171≤11
1754519919145≤11
1751218221139≤11
1755216415116≤11
17517130≤11101≤11
17557111≤1180≤11
17584105≤1173≤11
1756686≤1162≤11
1755473≤1153≤11
1755171≤1144≤11
1754070≤1153≤11
1757863≤11590
1754763≤1147≤11
1756060≤1142≤11
1756954≤1137≤11
1750154≤1143≤11
1753851≤1131≤11
1752750≤11410
1755542≤1135≤11
1751941≤11280
1752038≤1127≤11
1757937≤11270
1751637≤1123≤11
1753233≤1124≤11
1756328≤1117≤11
1752926019≤11
17502230150
1757220≤11150
1758219≤1112≤11
1756518≤1116≤11
1756218≤1112≤11
1750915≤11≤110
19501≤110≤11≤11
17581≤11≤11≤110
17576≤110≤110
17550≤11≤11≤11≤11
17536≤11≤11≤110
17535≤11≤11≤110
17534≤11000
17518≤11≤11≤110
17508≤110≤110
17506≤110≤110
17505≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Lancaster County, PA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Lancaster County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Lancaster County

Lancaster County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Lancaster County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,610 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,457 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 670 customers out

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,386 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

Outage trend · Lancaster County, PA
0customers out · peak 168
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Lancaster County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 168 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Lancaster County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Lancasterno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Lancaster County went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,188 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 4.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Lancaster County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.1h, 2016 2.0h, 2017 2.2h, 2018 2.4h, 2019 2.1h, 2020 1.8h, 2021 2.3h, 2022 2.8h, 2023 3.5h, 2024 4.1h, 2025 4.4h. Highlighted: 2025.02462.1h20152.0h20162.2h20172.4h20182.1h20191.8h20202.3h20212.8h20223.5h20234.1h20244.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 13,222 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151,00912,7162.1
20161,0938,1302.0
20171,01211,3022.2
20181,0286,4472.4
20191,0336,5972.1
20201,0569,8641.8
20211,0266,8112.3
202299010,2022.8
202391221,1883.5
20249047,7394.1
202592513,2224.4

Cost of power in Lancaster County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Lancaster 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
▲ 33% 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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 7, 202321,1882d 11h
December 19, 202513,2222d 23h
October 28, 201512,7161d 10h
November 6, 202512,0231d 23h
April 22, 202311,5932d 8h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High winter weather exposure · 2.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively 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 Lancaster County: FAQ

How often does Lancaster County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Lancaster County, PA logged 925 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Lancaster County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,188 customers without power, beginning September 7, 2023 and lasting about 2d 11h.
Is there a power outage in Lancaster County, PA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Lancaster County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Lancaster County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Nearby counties
Berks CountyCecil CountyChester CountyDauphin County
Cities & towns in Lancaster County

Lancaster. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Lancaster County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Lancaster County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lancaster County (showing 40 of 53).

17022, 17501, 17502, 17504, 17505, 17506, 17507, 17508, 17509, 17512, 17516, 17517, 17518, 17519, 17520, 17522, 17527, 17529, 17532, 17534, 17535, 17536, 17538, 17540, 17543, 17545, 17547, 17550, 17551, 17552, 17554, 17555, 17557, 17560, 17562, 17563, 17565, 17566, 17568, 17569

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co10.8 hrsLive · total only
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PPL Electric Utilities Corp3.3 hrsLive · total only-
Borough of Ephrata - (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/42071 and /api/v1/counties/42071/history.