When will the power be back in Allentown, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Allentown is a city of about 127,138 residents in Lehigh County.
PPL Electric Utilities has reported outages for Allentown by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Allentown 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 Allentown:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Allentown: the closest other places we track are Emmaus, about 4 miles to the south; Bethlehem, about 6 miles to the east; Northampton, about 6 miles to the north; and Easton, about 15 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Phillipsburg, NJ (17 mi NE); Pottstown (25 mi S); Lansdale (27 mi SE); Reading (30 mi SW); Wyomissing (32 mi SW); Phoenixville (32 mi S); Norristown (33 mi S); and Hazleton (36 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Scranton (57 mi); northeast toward Hackettstown, NJ (38 mi); east toward Somerville, NJ (46 mi); southeast toward Philadelphia (44 mi); south toward West Chester (44 mi); southwest toward Coatesville (46 mi); west toward Pottsville (39 mi); and northwest toward Wilkes-Barre (50 mi).
Who serves Allentown?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and FirstEnergy in Lehigh County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Allentown's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 1,445 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Oct 2 — 1,445 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Oct 1 — 43 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 28 — 80 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 27 — 275 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Lehigh County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Lehigh County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Allentown, 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 Allentown's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Allentown, PA?
To check your own street, search an Allentown ZIP code — 18101, 18102, 18103, 18104, 18105, 18106 or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Allentown specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Allentown we have the city-level view: PPL Electric Utilities has published outages for Allentown under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When Allentown is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lehigh County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Allentown.
