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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Centre 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 Centre County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy and PPL Electric Utilities, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Valley Rural Electric Cooperative and United Electric Cooperative 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 — Centre County, PA

Last significant outage: Sep 21, 2026 — peaked at 272 customers, restored in ~8 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 18 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 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Centre County, PA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 678 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 3 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: ~36,850 customers out in April 2025, restored after about 3.3 days.

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 Centre County

State College

Communities in Centre County include State College, Bellefonte, Philipsburg, Centre Hall, Milesburg, Millheim, Chester Hill and Howard. 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 Centre County, PA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Centre include FirstEnergy, PPL Electric Utilities, 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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Clinton County · Mifflin County · Clearfield County · Juniata County · Huntingdon County · Union County · Snyder County · Cameron County

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