When will the power be back in Lancaster, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lancaster is a city of about 58,441 residents in Lancaster County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lancaster by name, so this page reports the Lancaster County county-wide view, which covers Lancaster. If a serving utility does name Lancaster during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Lancaster:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lancaster: the closest other places we track are Columbia, about 10 miles to the west; Ephrata, about 11 miles to the northeast; Elizabethtown, about 18 miles to the northwest; and Lebanon, about 22 miles to the north. Also nearby: York (23 mi W); Coatesville (26 mi E); Wyomissing (27 mi NE); Reading (29 mi NE); Harrisburg (35 mi NW); Bel Air, MD (35 mi S); Havre de Grace, MD (36 mi S); and Aberdeen, MD (37 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pottsville (44 mi); northeast toward Pottstown (38 mi); east toward West Chester (37 mi); southeast toward Newark, DE (38 mi); south toward Baltimore, MD (54 mi); southwest toward Hanover (40 mi); and west toward Mechanicsburg (39 mi).
Who serves Lancaster?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and FirstEnergy in Lancaster County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Ephrata also serves parts of Lancaster 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 Lancaster County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Lancaster County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Lancaster, PA?
To check your own street, search a Lancaster ZIP code — 17601, 17602, 17603, 17604, 17605, 17606 or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area.
