When will the power be back in Pottsville, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Pottsville is a city of about 13,404 residents in Schuylkill County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Pottsville by name, so this page reports the Schuylkill County county-wide view, which covers Pottsville. If a serving utility does name Pottsville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Pottsville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Pottsville: the closest other places we track are Hazleton, about 22 miles to the northeast; Bloomsburg, about 26 miles to the northwest; Lebanon, about 26 miles to the southwest; and Berwick, about 26 miles to the north. Also nearby: Wyomissing (27 mi SE), Reading (28 mi SE), Ephrata (35 mi S), Nanticoke (38 mi N), Northampton (38 mi E), Emmaus (39 mi E), Allentown (39 mi E) and Elizabethtown (42 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kingston (44 mi); northeast toward Wilkes-Barre (43 mi); east toward Bethlehem (44 mi); southeast toward Pottstown (42 mi); south toward Lancaster (44 mi); southwest toward Harrisburg (45 mi); west toward State College (87 mi); and northwest toward Williamsport (58 mi).
Who serves Pottsville?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities in Schuylkill County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Schuylkill Haven and Borough of St. Clair also serve parts of Schuylkill County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Pottsville's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 988 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 27 — 988 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 24 — 42 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 13 — 1,931 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 4 — 83 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Schuylkill County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Schuylkill County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Pottsville, 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 Pottsville'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 Pottsville, PA?
To check your own street, search a Pottsville ZIP code — 17901 — and the map opens on that area.
