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Power Outages in Somerset County, PA

Is there a power outage in Somerset County, PA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:20 UTC, about 130 customers are without power in Somerset County, PA across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Borough of Berlin - (PA), Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt Co and Pennsylvania Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Somerset County, PA is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.3 hours.

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Scattered outages

130 customers without power

0.3% of Somerset County · across 2 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 16:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

  • Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc123 out
  • FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co7 out

Not counted: no live feed for Borough of Berlin - (PA), Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt Co and Pennsylvania Electric Co.

Live data as of

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No outage contact on file for Pennsylvania Electric Co, Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Bedford Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Borough of Berlin - (PA) and Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Somerset County

98%of this county's ~43,107 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Borough of Berlin - (PA), Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt Co, Pennsylvania Electric 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 · county730,9210.0%-1October 19, 2026 16:00 UTC
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · county12311,0671.1%---
Bedford Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · county01800.0%---
Borough of Berlin - (PA)No live feedcan't see------
Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt CoNo live feedcan't see------
Pennsylvania Electric CoNo live feedcan't see------

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc and Bedford Rural Elec Coop, Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Somerset 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
SHADE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co71,1700.6%October 19, 2026 16:00 UTC-
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ADDISON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01330.0%--
ADDISON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05330.0%--
ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0480.0%--
BENSON BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01070.0%--
BERLIN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0320.0%--
BLACK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01440.0%--
BOSWELL BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06920.0%--
BROTHERSVALLEY TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05720.0%--
CENTRAL CITY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co06210.0%--
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,2620.0%--
CONFLUENCE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04550.0%--
ELK LICK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05750.0%--
FAIRHOPE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co040.0%--
GARRETT BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02130.0%--
HOOVERSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0120.0%--
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,7420.0%--
JENNER TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,6960.0%--
JENNERSTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02750.0%--
LINCOLN TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05730.0%--
MEYERSDALE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,1490.0%--
NEW CENTERVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01600.0%--
OGLE TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0510.0%--
PAINT BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04390.0%--
PAINT TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01,4930.0%--
QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co09510.0%--
ROCKWOOD BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05000.0%--
SALISBURY BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04870.0%--
SHANKSVILLE BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01320.0%--
SOMERSET BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co03,4600.0%--
SOMERSET TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co05,0260.0%--
SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01820.0%--
STONYCREEK TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co04570.0%--
STOYSTOWN BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01900.0%--
SUMMIT TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co07660.0%--
UPPER TURKEYFOOT TOWNSHIPFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01860.0%--
URSINA BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co01100.0%--
WELLERSBURG BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co0940.0%--
WINDBER BOROUGHFirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co02,2290.0%--

Active outages in Somerset 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 Somerset 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
1,336
Oxygen service
376
Dialysis (facility)
215
Home health / hospice
412
By ZIP code (28)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
15501299≤11259≤11
15963147≤11123≤11
15552960800
1553093≤1184≤11
1554173≤11640
1553160055≤11
1555759≤11510
1592655041≤11
1556348040≤11
1593544≤11310
15424380370
1592832023≤11
1555831≤1129≤11
15936300220
15542220160
1541119014≤11
1592417014≤11
15546130≤110
1553812≤11120
15953≤110≤110
15937≤110≤110
15564≤110≤110
15562≤110≤110
15560≤110≤110
15551≤110≤110
15548≤110≤110
15540≤110≤110
15520≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Somerset County, PA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Somerset County

Somerset County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×2
  • Wind Advisory ×2
  • Flash Flood Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1

Latest Somerset 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: 914 customers out (2.2% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 9m

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 518 customers out (1.2% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 20m

  7. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 318 customers out

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 636 customers out (1.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Somerset County, PA
132customers out · peak 366
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 14:10 UTC
Somerset County, PA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 366 customers out; latest 132 as of Oct 19, 2026 14:10 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.010020030040012 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Somerset County went about 5.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,603 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 5.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Somerset County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.8h, 2016 2.5h, 2017 3.6h, 2018 3.4h, 2019 4.3h, 2020 5.9h, 2021 4.1h, 2022 3.5h, 2023 4.4h, 2024 3.5h, 2025 5.3h. Highlighted: 2020.02462.8h20152.5h20163.6h20173.4h20184.3h20195.9h20204.1h20213.5h20224.4h20233.5h20245.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 9,603 customers out) · decade average 3.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20156472,0822.8
20166224,4352.5
20176513,3303.6
20186476,5933.4
20196263,8594.3
20205819,6035.9
20216164,1404.1
20225813,3353.5
20235464,1264.4
20245343,7703.5
20256084,0275.3

Cost of power in Somerset County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Somerset 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.

17.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 61% 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
April 8, 20209,6032d 15h
May 28, 20186,5934h
November 15, 20204,8081d 15h
August 10, 20164,4353h
March 1, 20214,14030m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 3.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Somerset County: FAQ

How often does Somerset County, PA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Somerset County, PA logged 608 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Somerset County, PA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,603 customers without power, beginning April 8, 2020 and lasting about 2d 15h.
Is there a power outage in Somerset County, PA right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:20 UTC, about 130 customers are without power in Somerset County, PA across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Borough of Berlin - (PA), Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt Co and Pennsylvania Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Somerset County, PA?
Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Electric Co, Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Allegany CountyBedford CountyCambria CountyFayette County
ZIP codes in Somerset County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Somerset County.

15411, 15424, 15501, 15502, 15510, 15520, 15530, 15531, 15532, 15538, 15540, 15541, 15542, 15544, 15546, 15547, 15551, 15552, 15555, 15557, 15558, 15560, 15561, 15562, 15563, 15564, 15565, 15924, 15926, 15928, 15935, 15936, 15937, 15953, 15963

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 Somerset 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 ↗
Pennsylvania Electric Co-No live feed-
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc-Live · county-
Bedford Rural Elec Coop, Inc-Live · county-
Borough of Berlin - (PA)-No live feed-
Hooversville Boro Elec Lgt 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/42111 and /api/v1/counties/42111/history. Live data as of .