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Power Outages in Monroe County, PA

As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Monroe County, PA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.1 hours.

Monroe County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

1 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co.

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Live status by utility · Monroe County

100%of this county's ~77,424 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Metropolitan Edison Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
PPL Electric Utilities CorpLive · county175,6350.0%---
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county024,3580.0%-0-
Metropolitan Edison CoNo live feedcan't see------

PPL Electric Utilities Corp and FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co 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 Monroe County

Town-by-town counts as reported by PPL Electric Utilities, 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
Mount Pocono BoroPPL Electric Utilities13,1690.0%--
Show 9 towns with no outages
DELAWARE WATER GAP BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04440.0%--
EAST STROUDSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7200.0%--
HAMILTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04,0850.0%--
MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co08,2350.0%--
PRICE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0580.0%--
ROSS TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,3450.0%--
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,8530.0%--
STROUD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,9850.0%--
STROUDSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06330.0%--

Active outages in Monroe 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 Monroe 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
1,969
Oxygen service
410
Dialysis (facility)
267
Home health / hospice
469
By ZIP code (28)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
1836037926274≤11
1830125021180≤11
1830217422124≤11
18466144≤11113≤11
18353133≤1199≤11
18058103≤1172≤11
1833084≤1167≤11
1832671≤11490
1861053≤1135≤11
1834445≤1134≤11
1833443≤11330
1834742≤11280
1834642≤1129≤11
1832238030≤11
18332300230
1837228≤11220
1832525≤1116≤11
1835024≤11190
1832124≤1120≤11
1835416≤1113≤11
1833316≤11140
1837014≤11≤110
18355120≤110
18357≤110≤110
18356≤110≤110
18349≤11000
18331≤11≤11≤110
18327≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Monroe County, PA

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Monroe County

Monroe County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Wind Advisory ×6
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
  • Frost Advisory ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×3
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Monroe County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 22m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,053 customers out (2.1% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 56m

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 901 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 14m

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,118 customers out (2.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Monroe County, PA
1customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Monroe County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 1 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Monroe County went about 8.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 46,392 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 8.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Monroe County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.7h, 2016 3.9h, 2017 3.3h, 2018 59.1h, 2019 7.2h, 2020 5.6h, 2021 6.6h, 2022 5.9h, 2023 8.5h, 2024 15.3h, 2025 8.1h. Highlighted: 2018.02040602.7h20153.9h20163.3h201759.1h20187.2h20195.6h20206.6h20215.9h20228.5h202315.3h20248.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2018 (peak 46,392 customers out) · decade average 11.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201591312,2762.7
20168507,9883.9
20178788,5743.3
201888746,39259.1
201990811,2897.2
202087110,2125.6
202186914,3836.6
20228297,4395.9
202384612,2348.5
202474214,68915.3
20258349,7388.1

Cost of power in Monroe County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Monroe 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
March 2, 201846,3923d 19h
May 15, 201837,1095d 11h
March 6, 201819,4937d 18h
March 11, 202414,6894d 2h
July 6, 202114,3834d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High winter weather exposure · 11.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Moderate
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Monroe County: FAQ

How often does Monroe County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Monroe County, PA logged 834 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Monroe County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 46,392 customers without power, beginning March 2, 2018 and lasting about 3d 19h.
Is there a power outage in Monroe County, PA right now?
Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Monroe County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Metropolitan Edison Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Nearby counties
Carbon CountyLackawanna CountyLuzerne CountyNorthampton County
ZIP codes in Monroe County

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

18058, 18301, 18302, 18321, 18322, 18323, 18325, 18326, 18327, 18330, 18331, 18332, 18333, 18334, 18335, 18342, 18344, 18346, 18347, 18349, 18350, 18353, 18354, 18355, 18356, 18357, 18360, 18370, 18372, 18466, 18610

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 · county
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PPL Electric Utilities Corp3.3 hrsLive · county-
Metropolitan Edison Co-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/42089 and /api/v1/counties/42089/history. Live data as of .