Power outages in Erie, PA

Live outages for Erie and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Erie has 91,838 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

130customers without power in Erie County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power doesn't publish a count for Erie itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

ErieErie CountyMet-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Erie County, which includes Erie

2014–2025 record

Erie County averaged 30.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Pennsylvania counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 26. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting July 7, 2025.

The largest on record began May 7, 2022, with 31,009 customers out at once.

30.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At 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 hourtypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

2.3 dayslongest on record (January 2024)

31,009most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
May 7, 2022	31,009	3 hours	73,549
January 9, 2024	25,425	2.3 days	533,715
June 11, 2020	23,433	2.5 hours	26,537
November 3, 2020	21,960	2 hours	29,361
May 21, 2021	20,444	4.5 hours	45,507

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

From 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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Met-Ed: outage map and reporting
Penelec: outage map and reporting
Penn Power: outage map and reporting
West Penn Power: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

Erie is in

Erie County