When will the power be back in Scranton, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Scranton is a city of about 75,905 residents in Lackawanna County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Scranton by name, so this page reports the Lackawanna County county-wide view, which covers Scranton. If a serving utility does name Scranton during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Scranton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Scranton: the closest other places we track are Dunmore, about 3 miles to the east; Kingston, about 15 miles to the southwest; Wilkes-Barre, about 15 miles to the southwest; and Nanticoke, about 22 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Hazleton (35 mi SW); Berwick (39 mi SW); Bloomsburg (50 mi SW); Binghamton, NY (50 mi N); Northampton (50 mi S); Johnson City, NY (52 mi N); Endicott, NY (52 mi NW); and Easton (55 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Oneonta, NY (79 mi); east toward Middletown, NY (64 mi); southeast toward Phillipsburg, NJ (55 mi); south toward Bethlehem (56 mi); southwest toward Pottsville (58 mi); west toward Williamsport (72 mi); and northwest toward Elmira, NY (76 mi).
Who serves Scranton?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative in Lackawanna County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Blakely and Borough of Olyphant also serve parts of Lackawanna County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Scranton's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 30 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 28 — 30 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 25 — 3,422 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 25 — 45 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 49 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Lackawanna County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Lackawanna County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Scranton, PA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Scranton's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Scranton, PA?
To check your own street, search a Scranton ZIP code — 18501, 18502, 18503, 18504, 18505, 18508 or any of the other 7 — and the map opens on that area.
