Power Outages in Montour County, PA
No live outage feed is available for Montour County, PA yet. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Montour County, PA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/montour-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Montour County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/montour-county
No utility serving Montour County has a live outage feed we can read. The historical record below is complete.
0.0%of this county's ~12,235 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Montour 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17821 | 285 | ≤11 | 221 | ≤11 |
| 17772 | 32 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 17884 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Montour County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Montour County right now.
Montour County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Montour County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Montour County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,908 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 2.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 8,908 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 152 | 2,209 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 188 | 1,177 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 201 | 722 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 259 | 1,714 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 278 | 8,908 | 6.9 |
| 2020 | 247 | 1,302 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 264 | 2,338 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 275 | 7,282 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 244 | 2,366 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 247 | 4,886 | 5.3 |
| 2025 | 308 | 4,991 | 2.4 |
Cost of power in Montour County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Montour 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.
- 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.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 3.3 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 Montour County: FAQ
- How often does Montour County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Montour County, PA logged 308 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Montour County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,908 customers without power, beginning April 15, 2019 and lasting about 2d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Montour County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Montour County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Montour County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Montour County.
17772, 17821, 17822, 17884
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 3.3 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/42093 and /api/v1/counties/42093/history.