When will the power be back in Harrisburg, PA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

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

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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania: 582 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 12:31 AM EDT.

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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Harrisburg

Harrisburg is a city of about 50,649 residents in Dauphin County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Harrisburg by name, so this page reports the Dauphin County county-wide view, which covers Harrisburg. If a serving utility does name Harrisburg during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Harrisburg:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Harrisburg: the closest other places we track are Mechanicsburg, about 8 miles to the southwest; Elizabethtown, about 17 miles to the southeast; Carlisle, about 18 miles to the west; and York, about 23 miles to the south. Also nearby: Lebanon (25 mi E), Columbia (26 mi SE), Hanover (32 mi S), Lancaster (35 mi SE), Ephrata (38 mi E), Pottsville (45 mi NE), Chambersburg (47 mi SW) and Wyomissing (48 mi E).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Williamsport (67 mi); northeast toward Bloomsburg (55 mi); east toward Reading (51 mi); southeast toward Bel Air, MD (59 mi); south toward Westminster, MD (49 mi); southwest toward Waynesboro (52 mi); west toward Altoona (81 mi); and northwest toward State College (62 mi).

Who serves Harrisburg?

We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and FirstEnergy in Dauphin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Middletown and Borough of Royalton also serve parts of Dauphin County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Dauphin County, PA (covers Harrisburg)

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 279 customers, restored in ~5.7 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 24 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Dauphin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Dauphin County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Harrisburg, PA?

To check your own street, search a Harrisburg ZIP code — 17101, 17102, 17103, 17104, 17105, 17106 or any of the other 20 — and the map opens on that area.

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