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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Butler County, PA right now.

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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania: 383 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Butler County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy and Central Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Borough of Zelienople also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. 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 — Butler County, PA

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 6,718 customers, restored in ~2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 32 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7.8 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Butler County, PA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 974 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 7 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~37,800 customers out in November 2018, restored after about 4.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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.

Cities we track in Butler County

Butler

Communities in Butler County include Zelienople, Slippery Rock, Seven Fields, Evans City, Mars, Saxonburg, Prospect and Harmony. 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 Butler County, PA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Butler include FirstEnergy, Central Electric Cooperative and Borough of Zelienople — 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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