Power Outages in New Castle County, DE
As of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in New Castle County, DE across 4 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Newark - (DE), New Castle Municipal Serv Comm, Town of Middletown - (DE) and Town of Smyrna - (DE), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.
New Castle County, DE is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/delaware/new-castle-county
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- October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in New Castle County, DE", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/delaware/new-castle-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Newark - (DE), New Castle Municipal Serv Comm, Town of Middletown - (DE) and Town of Smyrna - (DE).
90%of this county's ~258,623 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Newark - (DE), New Castle Municipal Serv Comm, Town of Middletown - (DE), Town of Smyrna - (DE). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | Live · county | 4 | 233,951 | 0.0% | - | 4 | October 19, 2026 10:00 UTC | |
| City of Newark - (DE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Castle Municipal Serv Comm | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middletown - (DE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Smyrna - (DE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delmarva Power reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in New Castle Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (24)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19720 | 507 | 15 | 337 | 15 |
| 19709 | 340 | 16 | 191 | 13 |
| 19701 | 330 | ≤11 | 206 | ≤11 |
| 19808 | 322 | ≤11 | 217 | ≤11 |
| 19702 | 318 | ≤11 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 19711 | 299 | ≤11 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 19713 | 292 | ≤11 | 191 | ≤11 |
| 19805 | 242 | ≤11 | 137 | ≤11 |
| 19802 | 221 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 19810 | 212 | ≤11 | 114 | ≤11 |
| 19803 | 180 | ≤11 | 102 | ≤11 |
| 19801 | 145 | ≤11 | 92 | ≤11 |
| 19804 | 140 | ≤11 | 99 | ≤11 |
| 19703 | 134 | ≤11 | 91 | ≤11 |
| 19809 | 117 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 19707 | 117 | ≤11 | 65 | ≤11 |
| 19734 | 113 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 19806 | 84 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 19807 | 55 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 19706 | 21 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 19736 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 19733 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 19732 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 19730 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for New Castle County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for New Castle County right now.
New Castle County has been under 27 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on October 16, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×8
- Coastal Flood Warning ×5
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Flood Warning ×1
Latest New Castle County, DE outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 523 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,074 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,809 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in New Castle County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within New Castle Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in New Castle County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 61,872 customers.
The US EIA reports Delaware utilities averaged 1.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 28,933 customers out) · decade average 4.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 867 | 45,881 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 712 | 16,832 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 672 | 33,074 | 5.5 |
| 2018 | 652 | 44,559 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 581 | 16,080 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 504 | 28,933 | 7.7 |
| 2021 | 471 | 6,971 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 426 | 8,778 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 381 | 61,872 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 397 | 20,780 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 415 | 27,045 | 3.9 |
Cost of power in New Castle County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for New Castle County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Delmarva Power18.2¢278,793 cust
- City of Newark - (DE)19.8¢11,925 cust
- Town of Middletown - (DE)16.6¢9,193 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Very High winter weather exposure · 4.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in New Castle County: FAQ
- How often does New Castle County, DE lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, New Castle County, DE logged 415 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in New Castle County, DE?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 61,872 customers without power, beginning December 12, 2023 and lasting about 22h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in New Castle County, DE right now?
- Yes, about 4 customers are currently without power across 4 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve New Castle County, DE?
- Tracked electric providers include Delmarva Power.
Wilmington. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the New Castle County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within New Castle County.
19701, 19702, 19703, 19706, 19707, 19709, 19710, 19711, 19713, 19716, 19717, 19720, 19730, 19731, 19732, 19733, 19734, 19735, 19736, 19801, 19802, 19803, 19804, 19805, 19806, 19807, 19808, 19809, 19810
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | 1.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Newark - (DE) | 0.6 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Town of Smyrna - (DE) | - | No live feed | - |
| Town of Middletown - (DE) | - | No live feed | - |
| New Castle Municipal Serv Comm | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Delaware customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/10003 and /api/v1/counties/10003/history. Live data as of .