When will the power be back in Luzerne County, PA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Luzerne County, PA right now.

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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania: 383 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Luzerne County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include PPL Electric Utilities and Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. UGI Utilities also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Luzerne County, PA

Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 212 customers, restored in ~2.2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 13 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 5, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Luzerne County, PA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 935 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 12 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~31,950 customers out in June 2020, restored after about 5.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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.

Cities we track in Luzerne County

Hazleton · Kingston · Nanticoke · Wilkes-Barre

Communities in Luzerne County include Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, Pittston, Plymouth, Exeter and West Hazleton. 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 Luzerne County, PA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Luzerne include PPL Electric Utilities, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative and UGI Utilities — 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.

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Carbon County · Columbia County · Wyoming County · Lackawanna County · Sullivan County · Schuylkill County · Monroe County · Montour County

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