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Pennsylvania: official power outage sources
Pennsylvania's largest electric delivery companies are FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (still known locally as Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power), PECO, PPL Electric Utilities and Duquesne Light, along with smaller companies such as UGI, Citizens' Electric, Wellsboro Electric and Pike County Light & Power. Thirteen rural electric cooperatives and 35 borough electric systems serve other areas. The Public Utility Commission oversees the investor-owned companies.
Outages in Pennsylvania right now
Not shown on this site. Power Grid Watch does not have live outage information for Pennsylvania. That does not mean there are no outages. Use the official links below to check and to report.
If your power is out
- Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
- Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
- Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.
Utility outage pages
Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.
- FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power) Outage page outages-pa.firstenergycorp.com
- PECO Outage page peco.com
- PPL Electric Utilities Outage page Links the outage map, reporting and restoration priorities. pplelectric.com
- Duquesne Light Outage page duquesnelight.com
- UGI Utilities (electric) Outage page The map shows confirmed and predicted outages and may not show damage to the single line serving one home. ugi.com
- Citizens' Electric of Lewisburg Utility website Report urgent outages by phone or SmartHub; the web form is not watched after hours. citizenselectric.com
- Wellsboro Electric Outage page wellsboroelectric.com
- Pike County Light & Power Outage page pclpeg.com
Official state sources
Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission: electric companies Regulator Separates the company that delivers your power from the supplier you buy it from. puc.pa.gov
- Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association: member cooperatives Provider directory prea.com
- Pennsylvania Municipal Electric Association: members map Provider directory Borough electric systems. papublicpower.org
- Ready PA: power outages Emergency management pa.gov
- National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov
Good to know in Pennsylvania
- Co-op and borough electric customers should check with their own provider; the big utilities' maps do not cover them.
- A map showing no outages does not prove every home has power, so report your outage if yours is out.
- The Philadelphia Navy Yard has its own electric system, separate from PECO.
- Report outages by phone or the utility's official reporting tool, not through social media.
The wider grid
Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Pennsylvania: PJM; NYISO (Pike County Light & Power). They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together
Links on this page were last reviewed on . Official pages move; if a link is broken or a provider is missing, tell us.