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Power Outages in Luzerne County, PA

Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc, PPL Electric Utilities Corp and UGI Utilities, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.

Luzerne County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc, PPL Electric Utilities Corp and UGI Utilities, Inc publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Luzerne County

0.0%of this county's ~164,973 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc, PPL Electric Utilities Corp, UGI Utilities, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Claverack Rural Elec Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
PPL Electric Utilities CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
UGI Utilities, IncLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Luzerne 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
4,114
Oxygen service
981
Dialysis (facility)
433
Home health / hospice
879
By ZIP code (36)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
18702432≤11300≤11
18704362≤11256≤11
18640265≤11204≤11
18201227≤111720
18706204≤11141≤11
18705201≤11151≤11
18612180≤11134≤11
18634171≤111220
18707167≤11122≤11
18643167≤111310
18202126097≤11
18222111≤1172≤11
18651109≤1181≤11
1864489≤1161≤11
1865588≤1164≤11
1863582≤1161≤11
1870881≤11530
1822478≤11580
1864176060≤11
18621740610
1866168≤1152≤11
1866068≤11500
1864264≤11440
1824951≤11380
1870944≤1127≤11
1870141≤11310
1861841≤1132≤11
1821924≤1114≤11
18656230170
1861721≤11160
18622≤110≤110
18256≤110≤110
18246≤110≤110
18239≤110≤110
18234≤110≤11≤11
18223≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Luzerne County, PA

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

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

Luzerne County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
  • Frost Advisory ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Luzerne 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: 2,267 customers out (1.4% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 24m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 2,137 customers out

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 3,810 customers out (2.3% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 555 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

Outage trend · Luzerne County, PA
0customers out · peak 24
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Luzerne County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 24 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Luzerne County

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

  • Wilkes-Barreno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Luzerne County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 31,950 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 2.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Luzerne County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.9h, 2016 0.7h, 2017 0.7h, 2018 1.9h, 2019 1.4h, 2020 2.3h, 2021 2.7h, 2022 2.5h, 2023 2.1h, 2024 5.6h, 2025 2.2h. Highlighted: 2024.02460.9h20150.7h20160.7h20171.9h20181.4h20192.3h20202.7h20212.5h20222.1h20235.6h20242.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 20,920 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157785,2640.9
20168539,7650.7
20177963,1790.7
201886913,4931.9
20198438,1401.4
202089231,9502.3
20218686,8852.7
20229216,1552.5
202387130,5102.1
202485020,9205.6
202591210,4402.2

Cost of power in Luzerne County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Luzerne 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.

18.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 35% 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
June 10, 202031,95023h 15m
April 27, 202330,5106h 15m
February 6, 202420,92015m
January 11, 202313,6417h 15m
June 14, 201813,4931d 7h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High winter weather exposure · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
HurricaneRelatively Moderate
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Luzerne County: FAQ

How often does Luzerne County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Luzerne County, PA logged 912 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Luzerne County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 31,950 customers without power, beginning June 10, 2020 and lasting about 23h 15m.
Is there a power outage in Luzerne County, PA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Luzerne County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Luzerne County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Nearby counties
Carbon CountyColumbia CountyLackawanna CountyMonroe County
Cities & towns in Luzerne County

Wilkes-Barre. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Luzerne County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Luzerne County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Luzerne County (showing 40 of 41).

18201, 18202, 18219, 18221, 18222, 18223, 18224, 18225, 18234, 18239, 18241, 18246, 18249, 18256, 18602, 18612, 18617, 18618, 18621, 18622, 18627, 18634, 18635, 18640, 18641, 18642, 18643, 18644, 18651, 18655, 18656, 18660, 18661, 18701, 18702, 18704, 18705, 18706, 18707, 18708

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
PPL Electric Utilities Corp3.3 hrsLive · total only-
UGI Utilities, Inc0.9 hrsLive · total only-
Claverack Rural Elec Coop Inc-Live · total 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/42079 and /api/v1/counties/42079/history.