When will the power be back in Williamsport, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Williamsport is a city of about 27,628 residents in Lycoming County.
PPL Electric Utilities has reported outages for Williamsport by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Williamsport 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 Williamsport:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Williamsport: the closest other places we track are Bloomsburg, about 34 miles to the southeast; Berwick, about 43 miles to the east; State College, about 53 miles to the southwest; and Nanticoke, about 54 miles to the east. Also nearby: Pottsville (58 mi SE); Hazleton (59 mi E); Kingston (60 mi E); Elmira, NY (60 mi N); Wilkes-Barre (60 mi E); Corning, NY (63 mi N); Harrisburg (67 mi S); and Lebanon (70 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Ithaca, NY (88 mi); northeast toward Endicott, NY (78 mi); east toward Scranton (72 mi); southeast toward Wyomissing (84 mi); south toward Mechanicsburg (71 mi); southwest toward Altoona (87 mi); west toward St. Marys (79 mi); and northwest toward Olean, NY (93 mi).
Who serves Williamsport?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities, FirstEnergy and Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative in Lycoming County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Sullivan County REC and Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative also serve parts of Lycoming 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.
Williamsport's last tracked outage began Sep 20, peaked at 68 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Sep 20 — 68 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 21 — 25 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Lycoming County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.8 hr. The full record for Lycoming County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Williamsport, 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 Williamsport's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Williamsport, PA?
To check your own street, search a Williamsport ZIP code — 17701, 17702, 17703 or 17705 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Williamsport specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Williamsport we have the city-level view: PPL Electric Utilities has published outages for Williamsport under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Williamsport is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lycoming County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Williamsport.
