Power Outages in Luzerne County, PA
No live outage feed is available for Luzerne County, PA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.
Luzerne County, PA is served by local tracked utilities.
Luzerne 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
Luzerne County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×7
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Luzerne County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Wilkes-Barreno active outage
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.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 20,920 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 778 | 5,264 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 853 | 9,765 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 796 | 3,179 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 869 | 13,493 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 843 | 8,140 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 892 | 31,950 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 868 | 6,885 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 921 | 6,155 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 871 | 30,510 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 850 | 20,920 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 912 | 10,440 | 2.2 |
Very High winter weather exposure · 2.1 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 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.
Wilkes-Barre. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Luzerne County level shown above.
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
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42079 and /api/v1/counties/42079/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Pennsylvania customers).