When will the power be back in Hazleton, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hazleton is a city of about 30,354 residents in Luzerne County.
PPL Electric Utilities has reported outages for Hazleton by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Hazleton 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 Hazleton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hazleton: the closest other places we track are Berwick, about 16 miles to the northwest; Nanticoke, about 17 miles to the north; Wilkes-Barre, about 21 miles to the north; and Kingston, about 22 miles to the north. Also nearby: Pottsville (22 mi SW), Bloomsburg (25 mi W), Northampton (31 mi SE), Scranton (35 mi NE), Allentown (36 mi SE), Dunmore (37 mi NE), Emmaus (38 mi SE) and Bethlehem (39 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Endicott, NY (79 mi); east toward Hackettstown, NJ (60 mi); southeast toward Easton (43 mi); south toward Reading (42 mi); southwest toward Lebanon (48 mi); and west toward Williamsport (59 mi).
Who serves Hazleton?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative in Luzerne County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. UGI Utilities also serves parts of Luzerne County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Hazleton's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 57 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 2 — 57 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 1 — 53 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 30 — 87 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 29 — 60 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Luzerne County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Luzerne County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Hazleton, 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 Hazleton's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Hazleton, PA?
To check your own street, search a Hazleton ZIP code — 18201 or 18202 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Hazleton specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Hazleton we have the city-level view: PPL Electric Utilities has published outages for Hazleton under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Hazleton is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Luzerne County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Hazleton.
