Power outages in Carbon County, PA

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PPL Electric Utilities Corpno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Borough of Lehighton - (PA)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Borough of Weatherly - (PA)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Carbon County

2014–2025 record

Carbon County averaged 40 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Pennsylvania counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 39. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 23 hours, starting November 6, 2025.

The largest on record began March 2, 2018, with 8,904 customers out at once.

40significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.7 dayslongest on record (March 2018)
8,904most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
March 2, 20188,9042.7 days190,293
June 14, 20206,81515 minutes1,704
June 23, 20196,79415 minutes1,699
September 23, 20235,4409 hours21,373
September 6, 20225,43715 minutes1,359

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.