When will the power be back in Mechanicsburg, PA?
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Mechanicsburg is a borough of about 10,085 residents in Cumberland County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Mechanicsburg by name, so this page reports the Cumberland County county-wide view, which covers Mechanicsburg. If a serving utility does name Mechanicsburg during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Mechanicsburg:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Mechanicsburg: the closest other places we track are Harrisburg, about 8 miles to the northeast; Carlisle, about 10 miles to the west; Elizabethtown, about 22 miles to the east; and York, about 22 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Hanover (28 mi S); Columbia (30 mi SE); Lebanon (32 mi E); Lancaster (39 mi E); Chambersburg (39 mi SW); Westminster, MD (44 mi S); Ephrata (44 mi E); and Waynesboro (44 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Williamsport (71 mi); northeast toward Pottsville (53 mi); east toward Wyomissing (55 mi); southeast toward Bel Air, MD (58 mi); south toward Frederick, MD (58 mi); southwest toward Hagerstown, MD (55 mi); west toward Altoona (76 mi); and northwest toward State College (60 mi).
Who serves Mechanicsburg?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and FirstEnergy in Cumberland County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Adams Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Cumberland County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Mechanicsburg, PA?
To check your own street, search a Mechanicsburg ZIP code — 17050 or 17055 — and the map opens on that area.
