Power Outages in Lehigh County, PA
Metropolitan Edison Co has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.7 hours.
Lehigh County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lehigh County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county
Metropolitan Edison Co only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~212,268 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
Only visible while reporting outages: Metropolitan Edison Co. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
System-wide total only, no county split: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Metropolitan Edison Co | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lehigh 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 (24)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18103 | 351 | 12 | 219 | ≤11 |
| 18102 | 349 | ≤11 | 194 | ≤11 |
| 18104 | 344 | 12 | 206 | ≤11 |
| 18018 | 283 | ≤11 | 167 | ≤11 |
| 18052 | 243 | ≤11 | 165 | ≤11 |
| 18062 | 195 | ≤11 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 18049 | 137 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 18080 | 135 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤11 |
| 18109 | 133 | ≤11 | 81 | ≤11 |
| 18036 | 121 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 18032 | 79 | ≤11 | 60 | 0 |
| 18037 | 67 | ≤11 | 45 | 0 |
| 18106 | 63 | 0 | 41 | ≤11 |
| 18031 | 57 | ≤11 | 38 | 0 |
| 18034 | 53 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 18069 | 51 | ≤11 | 34 | 0 |
| 18066 | 48 | ≤11 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 18078 | 45 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 18092 | 34 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 18101 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 18053 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 18051 | 15 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18087 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18059 | ≤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 Lehigh County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lehigh County right now.
Lehigh County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on September 27, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Lehigh County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 53m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 706 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,432 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,126 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 3,585 customers out (1.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 353 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Lehigh County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Allentownno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lehigh County went about 2.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 28,690 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 2.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 24,734 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 971 | 9,411 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 1,046 | 12,630 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 965 | 7,509 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 1,027 | 19,777 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 1,022 | 7,709 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 973 | 21,082 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 1,004 | 11,663 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 1,112 | 28,690 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 973 | 24,460 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 939 | 24,734 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 985 | 10,806 | 2.7 |
Cost of power in Lehigh County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lehigh 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
- PPL Electric Utilities Corp18.6¢836,316 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.
Very High winter weather exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lehigh County: FAQ
- How often does Lehigh County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lehigh County, PA logged 985 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lehigh County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 28,690 customers without power, beginning November 7, 2022 and lasting about 14h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Lehigh County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lehigh County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lehigh County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Metropolitan Edison Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Allentown. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Lehigh County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lehigh County.
18018, 18031, 18032, 18034, 18036, 18037, 18046, 18049, 18051, 18052, 18053, 18059, 18062, 18065, 18066, 18069, 18078, 18079, 18080, 18087, 18092, 18101, 18102, 18103, 18104, 18106, 18109, 18195
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 10.8 hrs | Live · total only | |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 3.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Metropolitan Edison Co | - | Outages only | - |
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/42077 and /api/v1/counties/42077/history.