Power Outages in Northampton County, PA
As of September 4, 2026 07:03 UTC, about 251 customers are without power in Northampton County, PA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.8 hours.
Northampton County, PA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Northampton County right now.
Northampton County has been under 119 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on September 1, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×40
- Flash Flood Warning ×29
- Flood Watch ×14
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×11
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×7
Latest Northampton County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 646 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 614 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 616 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 27m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 613 customers out (0.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Northampton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Northampton Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Northampton County went about 4.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 45,620 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 45,620 customers out) · decade average 4.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 909 | 9,280 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 930 | 18,264 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 928 | 16,692 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 854 | 45,620 | 14.6 |
| 2019 | 945 | 23,550 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 832 | 16,535 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 772 | 8,176 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 758 | 12,557 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 735 | 19,023 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 718 | 31,448 | 9.2 |
| 2025 | 739 | 10,001 | 4.8 |
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 4.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Northampton County: FAQ
- How often does Northampton County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Northampton County, PA logged 739 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Northampton County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 45,620 customers without power, beginning March 2, 2018 and lasting about 3d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Northampton County, PA right now?
- Yes — about 251 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Northampton County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
Bethlehem. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Northampton County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Northampton County.
18013, 18014, 18015, 18017, 18020, 18035, 18038, 18040, 18042, 18045, 18055, 18063, 18064, 18067, 18072, 18083, 18085, 18086, 18088, 18091, 18343, 18351
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN EDISON CO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42095 and /api/v1/counties/42095/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Pennsylvania customers). Live data as of .