When will the power be back in New Castle, PA?
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New Castle is a city of about 21,332 residents in Lawrence County.
FirstEnergy has reported outages for New Castle by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when New Castle is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in New Castle:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around New Castle: the closest other places we track are Hermitage, about 17 miles to the north; Youngstown, OH, about 17 miles to the northwest; Sharon, about 18 miles to the northwest; and Niles, OH, about 25 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Butler (25 mi E); Salem, OH (27 mi W); Warren, OH (30 mi NW); Franklin Park (31 mi SE); Alliance, OH (41 mi W); Weirton, WV (42 mi S); New Kensington (43 mi SE); and Pittsburgh (43 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Meadville (46 mi); east toward Indiana (67 mi); southeast toward Lower Burrell (44 mi); south toward Steubenville, OH (46 mi); southwest toward New Philadelphia, OH (67 mi); west toward Ravenna, OH (48 mi); and northwest toward Aurora, OH (56 mi).
Who serves New Castle?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy in Lawrence County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Ellwood City, Borough of New Wilmington and Borough of Wampum also serve parts of Lawrence 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.
County context: across all of Lawrence County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Lawrence County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in New Castle, PA?
To check your own street, search a New Castle ZIP code — 16101, 16102, 16103, 16105, 16107 or 16108 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show New Castle specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for New Castle we have the city-level view: FirstEnergy has published outages for New Castle under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When New Castle is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lawrence County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes New Castle.
