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Power Outages in Harford County, MD

Delmarva Power has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.2 hours.

Harford County, MD is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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Delmarva Power only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co publishes no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Harford County

0.0%of this county's ~114,850 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

Only visible while reporting outages: Delmarva Power. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Baltimore Gas & Electric CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Delmarva PowerOutages onlynone reported------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Harford 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.

Power-dependent
2,117
Oxygen service
512
Dialysis (facility)
313
Home health / hospice
438
By ZIP code (18)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2101427812182≤11
21001222≤11164≤11
21078193≤11126≤11
21015189≤11116≤11
21009174≤11103≤11
21040153≤11104≤11
21085144≤11105≤11
21050144≤1199≤11
21047101≤1160≤11
2115469≤1149≤11
2108460≤11360
21161370170
2103433020≤11
21017300230
21028220180
21160190150
2113218≤11160
21005≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Harford County, MD

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Harford County or any town and utility in it.

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  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Harford County

Harford County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×5
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Harford County, MD outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 1m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 418 customers out

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,655 customers out (1.4% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 26m

Outage trend · Harford County, MD
0customers out · peak 18
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Harford County, MD: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 18 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05101520Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Harford County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Harford County went about 4.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 45,995 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Maryland utilities averaged 3.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 4.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Harford County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.5h, 2016 1.6h, 2017 1.4h, 2018 9.2h, 2019 2.3h, 2020 2.1h, 2021 2.1h, 2022 9.6h, 2023 6.6h, 2024 2.5h, 2025 4.2h. Highlighted: 2022.02.557.5102.5h20151.6h20161.4h20179.2h20182.3h20192.1h20202.1h20219.6h20226.6h20232.5h20244.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 31,551 customers out) · decade average 4.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201554410,2982.5
20165349,4691.6
20175852,5361.4
201851445,9959.2
20195155,2412.3
20205556,0472.1
20214774,9312.1
202239231,5519.6
202347030,6006.6
202449310,4512.5
202551316,1564.2

Cost of power in Harford County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Harford 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.

20.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 43% since 2015
vs Maryland avg 21.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 2, 201845,9953d 20h
July 11, 202231,55110d 14h
July 28, 202330,6006d 9h
August 4, 202317,77111d 23h
February 15, 202516,1565d 23h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High winter weather exposure · 4.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Harford County: FAQ

How often does Harford County, MD lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Harford County, MD logged 513 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Harford County, MD?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 45,995 customers without power, beginning March 2, 2018 and lasting about 3d 20h.
Is there a power outage in Harford County, MD right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Harford County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Harford County, MD?
Tracked electric providers include Baltimore Gas & Electric Co, Delmarva Power.
Nearby counties
Baltimore CountyCecil CountyKent CountyLancaster County
ZIP codes in Harford County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Harford County.

21001, 21005, 21009, 21010, 21014, 21015, 21017, 21028, 21034, 21040, 21047, 21050, 21078, 21084, 21085, 21130, 21132, 21154, 21160, 21161

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Delmarva Power1.8 hrsOutages only-
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co2.9 hrsLive · total only-

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 Maryland customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24025 and /api/v1/counties/24025/history.