Power Outages in Snyder County, PA
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.
Snyder County, PA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/snyder-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Snyder County, PA". https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/snyder-county
PPL Electric Utilities Corp publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~21,454 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Snyder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17870 | 161 | ≤11 | 113 | 0 |
| 17842 | 150 | ≤11 | 127 | ≤11 |
| 17841 | 71 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 17853 | 37 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 17889 | 35 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 17813 | 34 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
| 17812 | 30 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 17086 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 17876 | 23 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 17864 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 17827 | ≤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 Snyder County or any town and utility in it.
- Freeze WarningSEVERE
Snyder County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Snyder County, PA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 29m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,358 customers out (4.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 368 customers out (1.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 759 customers out (2.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Snyder County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Snyder County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,464 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 2.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 2,740 customers out) · decade average 3.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 310 | 1,324 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 309 | 3,586 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 309 | 1,299 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 425 | 14,464 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 424 | 7,896 | 5.8 |
| 2020 | 367 | 2,027 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 385 | 4,810 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 385 | 2,335 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 366 | 8,046 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 463 | 2,740 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 502 | 4,426 | 2.6 |
Cost of power in Snyder County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Snyder 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 Moderate high winds exposure · 3.1 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 Snyder County: FAQ
- How often does Snyder County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Snyder County, PA logged 502 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Snyder County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,464 customers without power, beginning July 23, 2018 and lasting about 1d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Snyder County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Snyder County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Snyder County, PA?
- Tracked electric providers include PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Snyder County.
17086, 17812, 17813, 17827, 17842, 17853, 17861, 17862, 17864, 17870, 17876, 17889
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 | - |
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/42109 and /api/v1/counties/42109/history.