massoutage

Power Outages in Mercer County, PA

Is there a power outage in Mercer County, PA right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC, no outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA) and Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) in Mercer County, PA. There is no live feed for Borough of Grove City - (PA) and Pennsylvania Power Co.

Mercer County, PA is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.7 hours.

Cite this data
URL
https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/mercer-county
As of
October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC
Publisher
MassOutage

MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mercer County, PA", live data as of October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/mercer-county

Alert me
Mercer County, PA
Loading map…
This county Loading live outagesout
No outages reported

No active outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA) and Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) in Mercer County.

No live feed for Borough of Grove City - (PA) and Pennsylvania Power Co: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Report an outage in Mercer County, PA

Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.

No outage contact on file for Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA), Pennsylvania Power Co, Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA) and Borough of Grove City - (PA); check your electric bill or the utility's website.

Not sure which utility serves you? →

Live status by utility · Mercer County

99%of this county's ~51,967 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county051,6010.0%-0-
Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)Live · county0310.0%---
Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)Live · county0210.0%---
Borough of Grove City - (PA)No live feedcan't see------
Pennsylvania Power CoNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA) and Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Mercer County

Town-by-town counts as reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
No outages reported in any town by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co.
Show 48 towns with no outages
CLARK BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03040.0%--
COOLSPRING TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0960.0%--
DEER CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02720.0%--
DELAWARE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09330.0%--
EAST LACKAWANNOCK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06790.0%--
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03380.0%--
FARRELL CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,2800.0%--
FINDLEY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06810.0%--
FREDONIA BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03110.0%--
FRENCH CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03910.0%--
GREENE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05210.0%--
GREENVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,4620.0%--
GROVE CITY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02530.0%--
HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,2410.0%--
HERMITAGE CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09,1030.0%--
JACKSON CENTER BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01760.0%--
JACKSON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06000.0%--
JAMESTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04860.0%--
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08720.0%--
LACKAWANNOCK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08850.0%--
LAKE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02810.0%--
LIBERTY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06810.0%--
MERCER BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,5290.0%--
MILL CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03700.0%--
NEW LEBANON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0950.0%--
NEW VERNON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02710.0%--
OTTER CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02460.0%--
PERRY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07250.0%--
PINE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,1360.0%--
PYMATUNING TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,6310.0%--
SALEM TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03220.0%--
SANDY CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03780.0%--
SANDY LAKE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04240.0%--
SANDY LAKE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06300.0%--
SHARON CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06,3570.0%--
SHARPSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,1380.0%--
SHEAKLEYVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0740.0%--
SHENANGO TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7110.0%--
SOUTH PYMATUNING TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,2310.0%--
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0700.0%--
STONEBORO BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05790.0%--
SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04450.0%--
WEST MIDDLESEX BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06380.0%--
WEST SALEM TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,4670.0%--
WHEATLAND BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co090.0%--
WILMINGTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04850.0%--
WOLF CREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03530.0%--
WORTH TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04410.0%--

Active outages in Mercer County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Mercer 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
1,709
Oxygen service
330
Dialysis (facility)
188
Home health / hospice
371
By ZIP code (19)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
16125278≤11232≤11
16148255≤11198≤11
16146219≤11164≤11
16127185≤11140≤11
16137147≤11110≤11
16150112≤11940
1612178≤1159≤11
1615344≤11340
1615942≤1132≤11
16145360260
16142350240
1615429≤11270
16133270200
16124250210
16130240170
16161220160
16311≤110≤110
16151≤110≤110
16114≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Mercer County, PA

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

Get alerts for Mercer CountySend updates to your dashboardRSS feed
◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Mercer County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Mercer County

Mercer County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Mercer County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 7h 35m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,888 customers out (3.7% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 15m

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  8. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 533 customers out

Outage trend · Mercer County, PA
0customers out · peak 30
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 08:20 UTC
Mercer County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 30 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 20, 2026 08:20 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.01020306 AM12 PM6 PMOct 20
Use the arrow keys to read values.
Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Mercer County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 26,180 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 3.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Mercer County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.4h, 2016 3.4h, 2017 6.7h, 2018 4.5h, 2019 6.1h, 2020 3.4h, 2021 3.8h, 2022 7.4h, 2023 23.3h, 2024 6.6h, 2025 3.7h. Highlighted: 2023.01020303.4h20153.4h20166.7h20174.5h20186.1h20193.4h20203.8h20217.4h202223.3h20236.6h20243.7h2025
Use the arrow keys to read values.

Worst year here was 2023 (peak 26,180 customers out) · decade average 6.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157767,6653.4
201678719,4203.4
201772512,9416.7
201871924,8694.5
201964210,1186.1
20206983,3493.4
20216916,5223.8
202268715,0537.4
202369826,18023.3
20245938,2956.6
20256696,3823.7

Cost of power in Mercer County

ENERGY & AI DEMAND →

Estimated residential electricity price for Mercer 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.

18.8¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 44% 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 25, 202326,1805d 17h
June 23, 201824,86923h 45m
October 2, 201619,4202h 45m
April 1, 202318,1865d 23h
May 22, 202215,0533d 6h
See the biggest power outages in US history →
Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate

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 Mercer County: FAQ

How often does Mercer County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Mercer County, PA logged 669 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Mercer County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 26,180 customers without power, beginning March 25, 2023 and lasting about 5d 17h.
Is there a power outage in Mercer County, PA right now?
None reported. As of October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC, no outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA) and Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA) in Mercer County, PA. There is no live feed for Borough of Grove City - (PA) and Pennsylvania Power Co.
Which utilities serve Mercer County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Power Co.
Nearby counties
Butler CountyCrawford CountyLawrence CountyMahoning County
ZIP codes in Mercer County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mercer County.

16113, 16114, 16121, 16124, 16125, 16127, 16130, 16133, 16137, 16142, 16145, 16146, 16148, 16150, 16151, 16153, 16154, 16159, 16161, 16311

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Mercer County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Pennsylvania →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co10.8 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗
Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)-Live · county-
Pennsylvania Power Co-No live feed-
Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)-Live · county-
Borough of Grove City - (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/42085 and /api/v1/counties/42085/history.