How often does Philadelphia County, PA lose power?

Based on EAGLE-I records, Philadelphia County, PA logged 9 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.

What was the worst power outage in Philadelphia County, PA?

The largest tracked outage peaked at 43,823 customers without power, beginning May 30, 2020 and lasting about 13d 7h.

Is there a power outage in Philadelphia County, PA right now?

Yes, about 29 customers are currently without power across 8 reported incident(s).

Which utilities serve Philadelphia County, PA?

Tracked electric providers include PECO Energy Co.

Power Outages in Philadelphia County, PA

As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 29 customers are without power in Philadelphia County, PA across 8 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.

Philadelphia County, PA is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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URL: https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia-county
As of: October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
Publisher: MassOutage

MassOutage, "Power Outages in Philadelphia County, PA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia-county

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Philadelphia County, PA

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Scattered outages

29 customers without power

Across 8 reported incidents.

Not counted: no live feed for Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.

Live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC

Live status by utility · Philadelphia County

100%of this county's ~672,217 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development. 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
PECO Energy Co	Live · county	29	696,427	0.0%	+7 small outages (below reporting minimum)	8	-	October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development	No live feed	can't see	-	-	-	-	-	-

PECO Energy Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Philadelphia County

Town-by-town counts as reported by PECO, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC.

Town	Utility	Out	Served	% out	Utility ETR	Small outages
19120	PECO	19	24,379	0.1%	-	-
19103	PECO	0	8,783	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
19132	PECO	0	15,683	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
19133	PECO	0	11,019	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
19136	PECO	0	13,474	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
19139	PECO	0	20,074	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
19142	PECO	0	11,192	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
19154	PECO	0	13,550	0.0%	-	+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)

Show 40 towns with no outages

19102	PECO	1,399	0.0%	-	-
19104	PECO	22,647	0.0%	-	-
19106	PECO	7,068	0.0%	-	-
19107	PECO	7,952	0.0%	-	-
19109	PECO	5	0.0%	-	-
19111	PECO	25,390	0.0%	-	-
19112	PECO	2	0.0%	-	-
19114	PECO	14,364	0.0%	-	-
19115	PECO	14,264	0.0%	-	-
19116	PECO	13,777	0.0%	-	-
19118	PECO	4,040	0.0%	-	-
19119	PECO	13,184	0.0%	-	-
19121	PECO	19,773	0.0%	-	-
19122	PECO	12,952	0.0%	-	-
19123	PECO	11,307	0.0%	-	-
19124	PECO	26,198	0.0%	-	-
19125	PECO	15,412	0.0%	-	-
19126	PECO	6,335	0.0%	-	-
19127	PECO	4,092	0.0%	-	-
19128	PECO	19,022	0.0%	-	-
19129	PECO	5,201	0.0%	-	-
19130	PECO	16,256	0.0%	-	-
19131	PECO	17,133	0.0%	-	-
19134	PECO	24,487	0.0%	-	-
19135	PECO	14,354	0.0%	-	-
19137	PECO	3,916	0.0%	-	-
19138	PECO	13,212	0.0%	-	-
19140	PECO	22,032	0.0%	-	-
19141	PECO	13,107	0.0%	-	-
19143	PECO	29,487	0.0%	-	-
19144	PECO	19,846	0.0%	-	-
19145	PECO	22,102	0.0%	-	-
19146	PECO	24,096	0.0%	-	-
19147	PECO	24,334	0.0%	-	-
19148	PECO	24,755	0.0%	-	-
19149	PECO	20,917	0.0%	-	-
19150	PECO	10,710	0.0%	-	-
19151	PECO	13,757	0.0%	-	-
19152	PECO	13,562	0.0%	-	-
19153	PECO	5,826	0.0%	-	-

Active outages in Philadelphia County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Philadelphia 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

14,789

Oxygen service

1,746

Dialysis (facility)

2,654

Home health / hospice

2,567

By ZIP code (47)

ZIP	Power-dependent	Ventilators	O2 concentrators	Home dialysis
19143	599	27	307	12
19124	538	31	309	≤11
19140	519	28	272	≤11
19131	456	22	217	≤11
19111	456	20	276	≤11
19132	445	33	232	≤11
19120	439	24	218	≤11
19139	436	25	229	≤11
19144	432	15	215	≤11
19134	413	24	251	≤11
19121	383	26	185	≤11
19145	382	21	216	≤11
19114	371	18	264	≤11
19148	362	18	255	≤11
19141	347	≤11	183	≤11
19138	338	22	184	12
19116	326	≤11	226	≤11
19154	323	≤11	223	≤11
19115	310	14	205	≤11
19152	278	≤11	182	≤11
19104	272	12	142	≤11
19135	269	16	168	≤11
19136	252	≤11	176	≤11
19133	252	13	112	≤11
19151	243	≤11	111	≤11
19146	240	≤11	137	≤11
19149	233	≤11	127	≤11
19150	228	≤11	117	≤11
19128	213	≤11	133	≤11
19142	210	12	109	≤11
19122	196	≤11	100	≤11
19147	193	16	116	≤11
19119	190	≤11	96	≤11
19103	163	≤11	93	≤11
19130	138	≤11	76	≤11
19125	136	≤11	86	≤11
19126	135	≤11	74	≤11
19123	130	≤11	67	≤11
19153	106	≤11	58	≤11
19106	87	≤11	42	≤11
19137	84	≤11	57	0
19107	80	≤11	29	≤11
19129	62	≤11	30	≤11
19118	60	0	36	≤11
19102	20	≤11	≤11	0
19127	18	≤11	≤11	0
19101	≤11	≤11	≤11	0

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

🔔 Alerts for Philadelphia County, PA

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Philadelphia County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Philadelphia County

Philadelphia County has been under 27 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on October 16, 2026.

Coastal Flood Advisory ×14
Wind Advisory ×8
Flood Warning ×2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
Flash Flood Warning ×1

Latest Philadelphia County, PA outage updates

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

RESOLVEDOctober 14, 2026 21:40 UTC
Power restored after 2h 14m
OUTAGE BEGANOctober 14, 2026 19:26 UTC
Outage began: 557 customers out (0.1% of the county)
RESOLVEDOctober 14, 2026 17:01 UTC
Power restored after 2h 35m
OUTAGE BEGANOctober 14, 2026 14:26 UTC
Outage began: 529 customers out (0.1% of the county)
RESOLVEDOctober 14, 2026 03:41 UTC
Power restored after 13h 3m
IMPROVINGOctober 14, 2026 02:36 UTC
Improving: down to 319 customers out
OUTAGE BEGANOctober 13, 2026 14:38 UTC
Outage began: 601 customers out (0.1% of the county)
RESOLVEDOctober 6, 2026 16:11 UTC
Power restored after 15m

Outage trend · Philadelphia County, PA

29customers out · peak 75

Data as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC

Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Philadelphia County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 43,823 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Pennsylvania utilities averaged 6.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)

avg hrs without power / customer

Worst year here was 2020 (peak 43,823 customers out) · decade average 1.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

Year	Outage events	Peak customers out	Avg hrs/customer
2015	382	43,629	2.1
2016	84	13,330	1.6
2017	112	36,673	1.5
2018	35	32,117	2.7
2019	16	22,450	1.6
2020	38	43,823	2.7
2021	14	27,936	1.6
2022	25	7,701	1.1
2023	29	16,674	1.1
2024	3	6,529	1.9
2025	9	20,798	2.3

Cost of power in Philadelphia County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Philadelphia 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.

18.0¢/kWh

estimated residential average

▲ 33% since 2015

vs Pennsylvania avg 21.7¢

vs US avg 20.0¢

BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

PECO Energy Co18.0¢1,225,334 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.

Worst recorded outages

STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION

May 30, 202043,82313d 7h

June 22, 201543,6296d 13h

March 7, 201736,6734d 17h

June 29, 202032,59783d 23h

February 23, 201832,11710d 11h

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Natural hazards & outage risk

ELEVATED

Very High winter weather exposure · 1.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

FloodingVery High

Heat waveVery High

HurricaneRelatively High

TornadoRelatively High

Ice stormRelatively High

Strong windRelatively High

EarthquakeRelatively High

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Philadelphia County: FAQ

How often does Philadelphia County, PA lose power?: Based on EAGLE-I records, Philadelphia County, PA logged 9 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Philadelphia County, PA?: The largest tracked outage peaked at 43,823 customers without power, beginning May 30, 2020 and lasting about 13d 7h.
Is there a power outage in Philadelphia County, PA right now?: Yes, about 29 customers are currently without power across 8 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Philadelphia County, PA?: Tracked electric providers include PECO Energy Co.

Nearby counties

Bucks County Burlington County Camden County Delaware County

Cities & towns in Philadelphia County

Philadelphia. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.

ZIP codes in Philadelphia County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Philadelphia County (showing 40 of 49).

19102, 19103, 19104, 19106, 19107, 19108, 19109, 19111, 19112, 19114, 19115, 19116, 19118, 19119, 19120, 19121, 19122, 19123, 19124, 19125, 19126, 19127, 19128, 19129, 19130, 19131, 19132, 19133, 19134, 19135, 19136, 19137, 19138, 19139, 19140, 19141, 19142, 19143, 19144, 19145

Electric providers serving this county

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

Provider	Official SAIDI (EIA)	Live	Report outage
PECO Energy Co	5.5 hrs	Live · county	-
Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development	-	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 Pennsylvania customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42101 and /api/v1/counties/42101/history. Live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC.