When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Bedford County, PA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Bedford County, PA right now.
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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania: 988 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 8:16 AM EDT.
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Who serves Bedford County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative, Valley Rural Electric Cooperative and New Enterprise REC also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Bedford County, PA
Last significant outage: Sep 8, 2026 — peaked at 348 customers, restored in ~2.8 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 11 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Bedford County, PA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 388 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~3,937 customers out in February 2019, restored after about 43.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2018.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Bedford County include Everett, Hyndman, Saxton, Schellsburg, Manns Choice, Woodbury, Pleasantville and New Paris. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Bedford County, PA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Bedford include FirstEnergy, Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative, Valley Rural Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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