When will the power be back in Franklin County, PA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Pennsylvania
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customers reported out in Franklin County, PA
Reported as one combined county-wide total by West Penn Power Company · county-wide data
Official restoration time (FirstEnergy): Oct 4, 1:30 AM EDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~2 hr, based on 9 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 11:38 PM EDT.
02county-wide trend of customers without power · last 4 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Greene Township — 2 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 1:30 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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Borough of Chambersburg, Adams Electric Cooperative, Valley Rural Electric Cooperative and 1 other 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 — Franklin County, PA
Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 2,871 customers, restored in ~30 min (no severe weather).
Across the 14 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.1 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.
Longer-term outage history — Franklin County, PA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
547 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Pennsylvania norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~4.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~11,561 customers out in April 2025, restored after about 47.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
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.
Communities in Franklin County include Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Greencastle, Mont Alto, Mercersburg, Orrstown, Antrim and Blue Ridge Summit. 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 Franklin County, PA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Franklin include FirstEnergy, Borough of Chambersburg, Adams 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.
