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Power Outages in Northampton County, PA

Is there a power outage in Northampton County, PA right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co in Northampton County, PA. There is no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co.

Northampton County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.8 hours.

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No active outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co in Northampton County.

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Live status by utility · Northampton County

45%of this county's ~153,166 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoLive · county068,8790.0%-0-
PPL Electric Utilities CorpLive · countyno county report------
Metropolitan Edison CoNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Northampton 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 28 towns with no outages
BANGOR BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,8340.0%--
BATH BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,4280.0%--
BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co010.0%--
BUSHKILL TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,4920.0%--
CHAPMAN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0980.0%--
EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,0680.0%--
EAST BANGOR BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04870.0%--
EASTON CITYFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co013,0480.0%--
FORKS TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06,4350.0%--
GLENDON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01610.0%--
LEHIGH TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07670.0%--
LOWER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09350.0%--
LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09690.0%--
MOORE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,6820.0%--
NAZARETH BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,3870.0%--
PALMER TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co010,1050.0%--
PEN ARGYL BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7600.0%--
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,5720.0%--
PORTLAND BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04250.0%--
ROSETO BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07470.0%--
STOCKERTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0280.0%--
UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,1880.0%--
UPPER NAZARETH TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,3930.0%--
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,1210.0%--
WEST EASTON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05770.0%--
WILLIAMS TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,6260.0%--
WILSON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,8330.0%--
WIND GAP BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7120.0%--

Active outages in Northampton 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 Northampton 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
3,287
Oxygen service
590
Dialysis (facility)
312
Home health / hospice
575
By ZIP code (19)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
1801738515214≤11
18042302≤11210≤11
18045274≤11166≤11
18064203≤111240
18013203≤11134≤11
18015200≤11132≤11
18067178≤11120≤11
18020169≤11104≤11
18040147≤11100≤11
18014141≤1198≤11
18055111≤1168≤11
18088102≤1176≤11
1809155≤1141≤11
1834354≤11370
1807253≤1133≤11
1803833≤1121≤11
18085≤110≤110
18083≤110≤110
18035≤11000

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

🔔 Alerts for Northampton County, PA

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Northampton County

Northampton County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

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

Latest Northampton County, PA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 526 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 45m

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 954 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 5m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 619 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 49m

Outage trend · Northampton County, PA
0customers out · peak 526
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 03:30 UTC
Northampton County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 526 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 20, 2026 03:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0200400600Oct 196 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

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.

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 4.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Northampton County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.9h, 2016 2.6h, 2017 3.0h, 2018 14.6h, 2019 2.1h, 2020 2.4h, 2021 2.5h, 2022 3.0h, 2023 4.7h, 2024 9.2h, 2025 4.8h. Highlighted: 2018.0510151.9h20152.6h20163.0h201714.6h20182.1h20192.4h20202.5h20213.0h20224.7h20239.2h20244.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2018 (peak 45,620 customers out) · decade average 4.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20159099,2801.9
201693018,2642.6
201792816,6923.0
201885445,62014.6
201994523,5502.1
202083216,5352.4
20217728,1762.5
202275812,5573.0
202373519,0234.7
202471831,4489.2
202573910,0014.8

Cost of power in Northampton County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Northampton 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.

18.7¢/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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 2, 201845,6203d 15h
September 29, 202431,44820h 45m
June 26, 202430,4054d 19h
December 20, 201923,5501d
August 7, 202319,0233d 3h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High winter weather exposure · 4.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

FloodingRelatively High
HurricaneRelatively Moderate
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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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?
None reported. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co in Northampton County, PA. There is no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co.
Which utilities serve Northampton County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Metropolitan Edison Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Nearby counties
Bucks CountyCarbon CountyLehigh CountyMonroe County
Cities & towns in Northampton County

Bethlehem. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.

ZIP codes in Northampton County

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. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Northampton 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 ↗
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/42095 and /api/v1/counties/42095/history.