When will the power be back in Reading, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Reading is a city of about 96,000 residents in Berks County.
FirstEnergy has reported outages for Reading by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Reading is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Reading:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Reading: the closest other places we track are Wyomissing, about 2 miles to the west; Pottstown, about 16 miles to the east; Ephrata, about 17 miles to the southwest; and Coatesville, about 25 miles to the south. Also nearby: Phoenixville (26 mi SE), Lebanon (26 mi W), Emmaus (26 mi NE), Pottsville (28 mi NW), Lancaster (29 mi SW), Allentown (30 mi NE), West Chester (31 mi SE) and Northampton (33 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hazleton (42 mi); northeast toward Bethlehem (35 mi); east toward Lansdale (35 mi); southeast toward Norristown (34 mi); south toward Newark, DE (47 mi); southwest toward Columbia (37 mi); west toward Elizabethtown (38 mi); and northwest toward Bloomsburg (54 mi).
Who serves Reading?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy and PPL Electric Utilities in Berks County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Kutztown also serves parts of Berks County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
County context: across all of Berks County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.3 hr. The full record for Berks County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Reading, PA?
To check your own street, search a Reading ZIP code — 19601, 19602, 19603, 19604, 19605, 19606 or any of the other 6 — and the map opens on that area.
