How often does Westmoreland County, PA lose power?

Based on EAGLE-I records, Westmoreland County, PA logged 631 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.7 hours without power per customer over the year.

What was the worst power outage in Westmoreland County, PA?

The largest tracked outage peaked at 67,124 customers without power, beginning April 29, 2025 and lasting about 7d 12h.

Is there a power outage in Westmoreland County, PA right now?

Yes, about 101 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).

Which utilities serve Westmoreland County, PA?

Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Electric Co, West Penn Power Company.

Power Outages in Westmoreland County, PA

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 101 customers are without power in Westmoreland County, PA across 2 reported incidents. FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Pennsylvania Electric Co, REA Energy Coop Inc and West Penn Power Company, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.7 hours.

Westmoreland County, PA is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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As of: October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Publisher: MassOutage

MassOutage, "Power Outages in Westmoreland County, PA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county

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Westmoreland County, PA

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This county out

Scattered outages

101 customers without power

0.1% of Westmoreland County · across 2 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 15, 2026 04:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for Pennsylvania Electric Co, REA Energy Coop Inc and West Penn Power Company.

Live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC

Live status by utility · Westmoreland County

0.0%of this county's ~187,781 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Pennsylvania Electric Co, REA Energy Coop Inc, West Penn Power Company. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: Duquesne Light Co. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc.

Utility	Feed	Out	Served	% out	Small outages	Incidents	Utility ETR	As of
Duquesne Light Co	Outages only	none reported	-	-	-	-	-	-
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co	Live · total only	not by county	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc	Live · total only	not by county	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania Electric Co	No live feed	can't see	-	-	-	-	-	-
REA Energy Coop Inc	No live feed	can't see	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Penn Power Company	No live feed	can't see	-	-	-	-	-	-

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Westmoreland 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

6,010

Oxygen service

789

Dialysis (facility)

621

Home health / hospice

1,484

By ZIP code (65)

ZIP	Power-dependent	Ventilators	O2 concentrators	Home dialysis
15601	877	29	656	≤11
15642	645	14	491	≤11
15068	583	14	418	≤11
15650	450	≤11	335	≤11
15644	315	≤11	243	≤11
15666	314	≤11	242	≤11
15012	264	≤11	207	≤11
15613	192	0	148	≤11
15683	163	≤11	136	≤11
15668	156	≤11	119	≤11
15658	145	≤11	102	0
15062	128	≤11	96	0
15627	116	≤11	89	0
15632	114	≤11	90	≤11
15085	112	0	84	0
15089	109	≤11	87	≤11
15626	93	≤11	76	0
15610	68	≤11	61	0
15679	67	≤11	51	≤11
15670	63	≤11	51	≤11
15944	48	≤11	39	0
15672	45	≤11	34	≤11
15479	40	≤11	29	0
15639	34	≤11	29	0
15697	31	≤11	25	0
15636	26	≤11	17	0
15687	24	0	20	0
15923	23	0	20	0
15675	22	≤11	19	0
15637	22	0	18	0
15665	20	0	18	0
15624	17	0	13	0
15692	16	0	14	0
15620	15	0	13	0
15684	14	0	13	0
15671	14	≤11	13	0
15623	14	0	12	0
15688	13	0	≤11	0
15628	13	≤11	≤11	0
15083	13	≤11	≤11	0
15779	≤11	0	≤11	0
15698	≤11	0	≤11	0
15696	≤11	≤11	≤11	0
15695	≤11	0	≤11	0
15685	≤11	0	0	0
15678	≤11	0	≤11	0
15677	≤11	0	≤11	0
15676	≤11	0	≤11	0
15662	≤11	0	≤11	0
15661	≤11	0	≤11	0
15655	≤11	0	≤11	0
15646	≤11	0	≤11	0
15641	≤11	0	≤11	0
15640	≤11	0	≤11	0
15638	≤11	0	≤11	0
15635	≤11	0	≤11	0
15634	≤11	≤11	≤11	≤11
15633	≤11	0	≤11	0
15629	≤11	0	≤11	0
15619	≤11	≤11	≤11	0
15617	≤11	0	≤11	≤11
15615	≤11	0	≤11	0
15612	≤11	0	≤11	0
15611	≤11	0	≤11	0
15087	≤11	0	≤11	0

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

🔔 Alerts for Westmoreland County, PA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Westmoreland County

Westmoreland County has been under 25 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Watch on October 18, 2026.

Flood Watch ×7
Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
Flood Warning ×5
Wind Advisory ×3
Frost Advisory ×1
Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Westmoreland County, PA outage updates

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

RESOLVEDSeptember 23, 2026 04:10 UTC
Power restored after 2h 19m
RESTORATION ETASeptember 23, 2026 03:51 UTC
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
RESTORATION ETASeptember 23, 2026 03:20 UTC
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
RESTORATION ETASeptember 23, 2026 02:35 UTC
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
RESTORATION ETASeptember 23, 2026 02:20 UTC
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
OUTAGE BEGANSeptember 23, 2026 01:51 UTC
Outage began: 722 customers out (0.4% of the county)
RESOLVEDSeptember 19, 2026 05:51 UTC
Power restored after 1h 15m
OUTAGE BEGANSeptember 19, 2026 04:36 UTC
Outage began: 5,892 customers out (3.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Westmoreland County, PA

101customers out · peak 244

Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC

Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Westmoreland County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Westmoreland Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Westmoreland County went about 14.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 67,124 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 14.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)

avg hrs without power / customer

Worst year here was 2025 (peak 67,124 customers out) · decade average 5.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

Year	Outage events	Peak customers out	Avg hrs/customer
2015	821	9,469	3.0
2016	743	6,960	2.7
2017	709	8,425	3.7
2018	643	7,058	3.6
2019	725	24,482	7.3
2020	804	20,993	3.7
2021	734	9,474	3.0
2022	731	25,698	5.6
2023	757	16,234	5.7
2024	586	13,295	5.4
2025	631	67,124	14.7

Cost of power in Westmoreland County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Westmoreland 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.

18.8¢/kWh

estimated residential average

▲ 23% since 2015

vs Pennsylvania avg 21.7¢

vs US avg 20.0¢

BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co18.8¢1,471,463 cust
Duquesne Light Co23.5¢437,551 cust
REA Energy Coop Inc16.1¢20,951 cust
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc14.4¢12,354 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.

Worst recorded outages

STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION

April 29, 202567,1247d 12h

May 3, 202225,6982d 7h

February 24, 201924,4826d

April 8, 202020,9932d 22h

June 22, 202220,2573d 9h

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Natural hazards & outage risk

ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High

FloodingRelatively High

Ice stormRelatively Moderate

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Power outages in Westmoreland County: FAQ

How often does Westmoreland County, PA lose power?: Based on EAGLE-I records, Westmoreland County, PA logged 631 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Westmoreland County, PA?: The largest tracked outage peaked at 67,124 customers without power, beginning April 29, 2025 and lasting about 7d 12h.
Is there a power outage in Westmoreland County, PA right now?: Yes, about 101 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Westmoreland County, PA?: Tracked electric providers include FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, Pennsylvania Electric Co, West Penn Power Company.

Nearby counties

Allegheny County Armstrong County Butler County Cambria County

ZIP codes in Westmoreland County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Westmoreland County (showing 40 of 77).

15012, 15062, 15068, 15072, 15083, 15085, 15087, 15089, 15448, 15479, 15601, 15610, 15611, 15612, 15613, 15615, 15616, 15617, 15619, 15620, 15623, 15624, 15625, 15626, 15627, 15628, 15629, 15632, 15633, 15634, 15635, 15636, 15637, 15638, 15639, 15640, 15641, 15642, 15644, 15646

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	Map ↗
Pennsylvania Electric Co	-	No live feed	-
West Penn Power Company	-	No live feed	-
REA Energy Coop Inc	-	No live feed	-
Somerset Rural Elec Coop, Inc	-	Live · total only	-
Duquesne Light Co	-	Outages 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/42129 and /api/v1/counties/42129/history. Live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC.