Power Outages in Schuylkill County, PA
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Borough of Schuylkill Haven - (PA) and Borough of St Clair - (PA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.6 hours.
Schuylkill County, PA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Schuylkill County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Borough of Schuylkill Haven - (PA) and Borough of St Clair - (PA): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~74,693 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Borough of Schuylkill Haven - (PA), Borough of St Clair - (PA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough of Schuylkill Haven - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough of St Clair - (PA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Schuylkill 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 (43)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17901 | 293 | ≤11 | 221 | ≤11 |
| 18252 | 189 | ≤11 | 140 | ≤11 |
| 17972 | 141 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 17921 | 120 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤11 |
| 17963 | 112 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 17948 | 83 | ≤11 | 68 | 0 |
| 17961 | 76 | ≤11 | 58 | 0 |
| 17976 | 75 | ≤11 | 57 | 0 |
| 17931 | 74 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 17960 | 61 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 17954 | 54 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 17922 | 43 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 18237 | 42 | ≤11 | 31 | 0 |
| 17970 | 36 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 17967 | 36 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 18214 | 35 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 17980 | 35 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 17981 | 32 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 17938 | 29 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 18218 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 17965 | 28 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 17935 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 17983 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 17985 | 23 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 17929 | 23 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 17959 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 17941 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 19549 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18248 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18241 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 18220 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 18211 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17978 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17968 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17964 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17957 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17953 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17945 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17934 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17933 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17930 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17925 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17923 | ≤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 Schuylkill County or any town and utility in it.
- Freeze WarningSEVERE
Schuylkill County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Schuylkill County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,753 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 593 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 616 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,957 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
Hardest-hit cities in Schuylkill County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Schuylkill County went about 4.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,577 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 4.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 30,577 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 625 | 15,676 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 666 | 7,309 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 619 | 6,386 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 727 | 6,354 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 725 | 12,730 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 746 | 13,400 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 760 | 14,378 | 7.0 |
| 2022 | 806 | 21,859 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 747 | 6,389 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 821 | 30,577 | 17.7 |
| 2025 | 850 | 7,779 | 4.6 |
Cost of power in Schuylkill County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Schuylkill 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 High high winds exposure · 4.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Schuylkill County: FAQ
- How often does Schuylkill County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Schuylkill County, PA logged 850 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Schuylkill County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,577 customers without power, beginning February 13, 2024 and lasting about 5d 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Schuylkill County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Schuylkill County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Schuylkill County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Schuylkill County (showing 40 of 52).
17901, 17921, 17922, 17923, 17925, 17929, 17930, 17931, 17933, 17934, 17935, 17936, 17938, 17941, 17943, 17944, 17946, 17948, 17949, 17951, 17952, 17953, 17954, 17957, 17959, 17960, 17961, 17963, 17964, 17965, 17967, 17968, 17970, 17972, 17974, 17976, 17979, 17981, 17982, 17983
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 · total only | - |
| Borough of Schuylkill Haven - (PA) | - | No live feed | - |
| Borough of St Clair - (PA) | - | 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/42107 and /api/v1/counties/42107/history.