Power Outages in Pike County, PA
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co and Pike County Light & Power Co. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.4 hours.
Pike County, PA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pike County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/pike-county
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Metropolitan Edison Co and Pike County Light & Power Co: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~40,284 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Metropolitan Edison Co, Pike County Light & Power Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Metropolitan Edison Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pike County Light & Power Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Pike 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18428 | 167 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 18337 | 134 | ≤11 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 18324 | 103 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 18328 | 77 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 18426 | 61 | ≤11 | 48 | 0 |
| 18336 | 38 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 18464 | 27 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 18458 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 18435 | 16 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 18425 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18371 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Pike County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pike County right now.
Pike County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Pike County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 321 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 583 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 40m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 438 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,008 customers out (4.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pike County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pike County went about 15.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 19,414 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 15.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 19,414 customers out) · decade average 31.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 733 | 6,333 | 7.3 |
| 2016 | 681 | 19,414 | 14.0 |
| 2017 | 637 | 8,701 | 10.1 |
| 2018 | 749 | 19,414 | 179.7 |
| 2019 | 703 | 8,094 | 15.2 |
| 2020 | 662 | 16,054 | 16.9 |
| 2021 | 656 | 8,379 | 10.8 |
| 2022 | 707 | 8,488 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 630 | 4,152 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | 600 | 17,453 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 690 | 7,547 | 15.4 |
Cost of power in Pike County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pike 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.
- FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co18.8¢1,471,463 cust
- PPL Electric Utilities Corp18.6¢836,316 cust
- Pike County Light & Power Co22.2¢3,709 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 Moderate high winds exposure · 31.4 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 Pike County: FAQ
- How often does Pike County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pike County, PA logged 690 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pike County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 19,414 customers without power, beginning March 6, 2018 and lasting about 7d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Pike County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pike County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Pike County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Metropolitan Edison Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pike County.
18324, 18328, 18336, 18337, 18340, 18371, 18425, 18426, 18428, 18435, 18451, 18457, 18458, 18464
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | 10.8 hrs | Live · total only | |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 3.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Metropolitan Edison Co | - | No live feed | - |
| Pike County Light & Power 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/42103 and /api/v1/counties/42103/history.