See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Pennsylvania
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Who serves Columbia County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include PPL Electric Utilities, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Borough of Catawissa 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.
Outage history — Columbia County, PA
Last significant outage: Sep 28, 2026 — peaked at 703 customers, restored in ~4.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 13 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Columbia County, PA
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
639 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
4 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
3.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~21,274 customers out in October 2015, restored after about 12.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2021.
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 Columbia County
Communities in Columbia County include Bloomsburg, Berwick, Catawissa, Millville, Benton, Briar Creek, Orangeville and Stillwater. 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 Columbia County, PA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Columbia include PPL Electric Utilities and Borough of Catawissa — 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.
