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2017 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 3.2 hours — the 24th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.2
Peak customers out
36,673
Rank (worst state)
24th
Counties affected
20

Pennsylvania outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

3.2h20152.5h20163.2h20178.3h20184.7h20196.5h20204.1h20213.7h20224.9h20237.0h20249.8h2025

Hardest-hit Pennsylvania counties in 2017

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Philadelphia County36,6732Allegheny County24,5453Lebanon County23,0424Centre County19,6015Mifflin County19,1186York County18,6307Lycoming County17,7438Northampton County16,6929Erie County16,44010Bucks County14,78511Berks County14,01612Blair County12,98113Mercer County12,94114Chester County12,68215Dauphin County11,87016Montgomery County11,64717Susquehanna County11,37118Lancaster County11,30219Perry County10,95420Crawford County9,743

Biggest Pennsylvania outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Philadelphia CountyMarch 7, 201736,673
Allegheny CountyAugust 4, 201724,545
Lebanon CountyNovember 5, 201723,042
Centre CountyMay 1, 201719,601
Mifflin CountyOctober 2, 201719,118
York CountySeptember 5, 201718,630
Lycoming CountyMay 1, 201717,743
Northampton CountyJune 15, 201716,692
Erie CountyJanuary 10, 201716,440
Bucks CountyOctober 18, 201714,785
Pennsylvania by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARI

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.