Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Over 800 Homes Without Power Across Schuylkill County

Over 800 Homes are reported to be without power on Tuesday afternoon.

According to PPL, 829 homes/businesses are in the dark as of 5:45pm, Tuesday.  The outages began around 3:00pm, Tuesday as winds picked up and some heavy rain and storms pushed through Schuylkill County.

The largest outage is reported to be in the Butler Township/Fountain Springs area where 393 homes are without power.  Pine Grove Township (120 outages) and Washington Township (102 outages) are the next largest outages.

Smaller outages have been reported in:

  • Barry Township
  • East Brunswick Township
  • East Union Township
  • Hegins Townships
  • Hubley Township
  • Porter Township
  • South Manheim Township
  • Walker Township
  • Wayne Township
Power for all these locations are expected to be restored by 1:30am, Wednesday.