When will the power be back in Pottstown, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Pottstown is a borough of about 23,553 residents in Montgomery County.
FirstEnergy and PECO have reported outages for Pottstown by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Pottstown 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 Pottstown:
Pottstown also extends into a neighboring county: 19465. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Pottstown: the closest other places we track are Phoenixville, about 10 miles to the southeast; Reading, about 16 miles to the northwest; Wyomissing, about 18 miles to the west; and Norristown, about 18 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Lansdale (19 mi E), West Chester (20 mi S), Coatesville (21 mi SW), Emmaus (21 mi N), Allentown (25 mi N), Ephrata (29 mi W), Lansdowne (29 mi SE) and Bethlehem (30 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Northampton (31 mi); northeast toward Easton (37 mi); east toward Burlington, NJ (43 mi); southeast toward Yeadon (30 mi); south toward Wilmington, DE (36 mi); southwest toward Havre de Grace, MD (55 mi); west toward Lancaster (38 mi); and northwest toward Pottsville (42 mi).
Who serves Pottstown?
We track live outage data from PECO, FirstEnergy and PPL Electric Utilities in Montgomery County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Lansdale and Borough of Hatfield also serve parts of Montgomery 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.
Pottstown's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 863 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 26 — 863 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 29 — 50 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 27 — 55 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 26 — 55 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Montgomery County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 8 hr. The full record for Montgomery County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Pottstown, 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 Pottstown's own record: across the 4 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 Pottstown, PA?
To check your own street, search a Pottstown ZIP code — 19464 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Pottstown specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Pottstown we have the city-level view: FirstEnergy and PECO have published outages for Pottstown under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Pottstown is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Montgomery County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Pottstown.
