2017 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 3.2 hours, the 24th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.2
vs prior year
▲ 31%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
19.8M
Peak customers out
107,114
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of PA customers
Counties reporting
67
Pennsylvania year over year
All 67 Pennsylvania counties, 2017
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sullivan County | 52.0 | 171K | 3,290 | 3,290 | 176 |
| 2 | Susquehanna County | 30.4 | 547K | 18,031 | 11,371 | 480 |
| 3 | Forest County | 29.3 | 101K | 3,447 | 2,330 | 219 |
| 4 | Bradford County | 17.0 | 536K | 31,486 | 8,447 | 592 |
| 5 | Cameron County | 16.5 | 42K | 2,519 | 1,779 | 123 |
| 6 | Wyoming County | 14.9 | 185K | 12,422 | 6,735 | 418 |
| 7 | Greene County | 14.1 | 262K | 18,544 | 4,573 | 461 |
| 8 | Wayne County | 14.1 | 364K | 25,764 | 3,978 | 681 |
| 9 | McKean County | 11.2 | 267K | 23,946 | 8,359 | 492 |
| 10 | Pike County | 10.1 | 196K | 19,414 | 8,701 | 637 |
| 11 | Tioga County | 9.4 | 211K | 22,387 | 4,446 | 456 |
| 12 | Clinton County | 8.5 | 170K | 20,055 | 3,503 | 421 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 8.2 | 165K | 20,070 | 4,204 | 472 |
| 14 | Potter County | 7.9 | 74K | 9,352 | 1,550 | 182 |
| 15 | Venango County | 7.6 | 198K | 26,075 | 3,994 | 511 |
| 16 | Mifflin County | 7.1 | 189K | 26,457 | 19,118 | 475 |
| 17 | Lycoming County | 6.9 | 435K | 62,884 | 17,743 | 673 |
| 18 | Centre County | 6.9 | 662K | 96,428 | 19,601 | 781 |
| 19 | Clarion County | 6.9 | 118K | 17,178 | 4,121 | 402 |
| 20 | Perry County | 6.8 | 144K | 21,128 | 10,954 | 552 |
| 21 | Mercer County | 6.7 | 326K | 48,402 | 12,941 | 725 |
| 22 | Armstrong County | 6.6 | 207K | 31,334 | 3,502 | 570 |
| 23 | Washington County | 6.4 | 725K | 113,196 | 8,244 | 686 |
| 24 | Warren County | 6.3 | 141K | 22,413 | 7,860 | 516 |
| 25 | Clearfield County | 5.8 | 226K | 38,762 | 7,666 | 656 |
| 26 | Crawford County | 5.7 | 221K | 38,952 | 9,743 | 595 |
| 27 | Huntingdon County | 5.5 | 115K | 20,889 | 3,384 | 349 |
| 28 | Juniata County | 5.3 | 59K | 11,162 | 1,875 | 306 |
| 29 | Elk County | 5.0 | 84K | 16,981 | 2,989 | 250 |
| 30 | Bucks County | 4.5 | 693K | 152,767 | 14,785 | 527 |
| 31 | Indiana County | 4.4 | 160K | 36,452 | 3,385 | 579 |
| 32 | Cambria County | 4.0 | 269K | 66,666 | 8,325 | 750 |
| 33 | Bedford County | 4.0 | 107K | 26,999 | 2,141 | 415 |
| 34 | Adams County | 4.0 | 135K | 34,102 | 4,345 | 595 |
| 35 | Butler County | 3.7 | 337K | 91,173 | 8,147 | 732 |
| 36 | Westmoreland County | 3.7 | 691K | 188,408 | 8,425 | 709 |
| 37 | Somerset County | 3.6 | 123K | 34,025 | 3,330 | 651 |
| 38 | Lebanon County | 3.5 | 245K | 69,525 | 23,042 | 720 |
| 39 | Northumberland County | 3.5 | 162K | 46,261 | 7,277 | 537 |
| 40 | Fayette County | 3.5 | 228K | 66,012 | 5,147 | 752 |
| 41 | Montgomery County | 3.4 | 773K | 224,080 | 11,647 | 416 |
| 42 | York County | 3.4 | 655K | 195,191 | 18,630 | 740 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 3.3 | 285K | 85,900 | 8,574 | 878 |
| 44 | Erie County | 3.2 | 532K | 164,700 | 16,440 | 673 |
| 45 | Lawrence County | 3.2 | 114K | 36,062 | 8,203 | 649 |
| 46 | Fulton County | 3.1 | 23K | 7,267 | 1,630 | 184 |
| 47 | Berks County | 3.1 | 676K | 219,087 | 14,016 | 700 |
| 48 | Blair County | 3.1 | 213K | 69,598 | 12,981 | 707 |
| 49 | Northampton County | 3.0 | 493K | 161,848 | 16,692 | 928 |
| 50 | Beaver County | 2.5 | 196K | 77,618 | 4,674 | 435 |
| 51 | Chester County | 2.4 | 654K | 267,257 | 12,682 | 578 |
| 52 | Schuylkill County | 2.4 | 179K | 74,362 | 6,386 | 619 |
| 53 | Snyder County | 2.4 | 51K | 21,359 | 1,299 | 309 |
| 54 | Lancaster County | 2.2 | 348K | 156,892 | 11,302 | 1,012 |
| 55 | Columbia County | 2.2 | 78K | 35,125 | 2,753 | 517 |
| 56 | Delaware County | 2.0 | 559K | 277,130 | 6,249 | 564 |
| 57 | Union County | 1.9 | 54K | 28,701 | 5,368 | 248 |
| 58 | Allegheny County | 1.8 | 1.2M | 667,166 | 24,545 | 705 |
| 59 | Cumberland County | 1.6 | 228K | 142,576 | 8,616 | 901 |
| 60 | Carbon County | 1.6 | 50K | 32,206 | 2,655 | 476 |
| 61 | Philadelphia County | 1.5 | 1.2M | 802,812 | 36,673 | 112 |
| 62 | Dauphin County | 1.5 | 264K | 176,757 | 11,870 | 963 |
| 63 | Franklin County | 1.5 | 115K | 76,806 | 5,130 | 780 |
| 64 | Lackawanna County | 1.4 | 173K | 119,979 | 5,315 | 771 |
| 65 | Montour County | 1.3 | 16K | 12,181 | 722 | 201 |
| 66 | Lehigh County | 1.3 | 270K | 212,008 | 7,509 | 965 |
| 67 | Luzerne County | 0.7 | 119K | 164,504 | 3,179 | 796 |
Biggest Pennsylvania outages of 2017
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County, PA | March 7, 2017 13:00 | March 12, 2017 06:00 | 4d 17h | 36,673 | 320K |
| 2 | Allegheny County, PA | August 4, 2017 11:30 | August 6, 2017 22:00 | 2d 10h | 24,545 | 132K |
| 3 | Lebanon County, PA | November 5, 2017 09:45 | November 6, 2017 09:00 | 23h 15m | 23,042 | 45K |
| 4 | Centre County, PA | May 1, 2017 18:45 | May 6, 2017 08:30 | 4d 13h | 19,601 | 451K |
| 5 | Mifflin County, PA | October 2, 2017 20:45 | October 3, 2017 05:00 | 8h 15m | 19,118 | 46K |
| 6 | York County, PA | September 5, 2017 12:00 | September 10, 2017 06:45 | 4d 18h | 18,630 | 172K |
| 7 | Lycoming County, PA | May 1, 2017 22:00 | May 7, 2017 11:15 | 5d 13h | 17,743 | 287K |
| 8 | Northampton County, PA | June 15, 2017 11:00 | June 15, 2017 20:15 | 9h 15m | 16,692 | 13K |
| 9 | Erie County, PA | January 10, 2017 18:00 | January 13, 2017 03:00 | 2d 9h | 16,440 | 53K |
| 10 | Bucks County, PA | October 18, 2017 18:45 | October 18, 2017 19:00 | 15m | 14,785 | 3,696 |
| 11 | Allegheny County, PA | May 1, 2017 12:30 | May 4, 2017 20:30 | 3d 8h | 14,736 | 188K |
| 12 | Erie County, PA | December 28, 2017 16:00 | December 29, 2017 08:00 | 16h | 14,277 | 18K |
| 13 | Philadelphia County, PA | June 10, 2017 10:15 | July 5, 2017 06:15 | 24d 20h | 14,223 | 154K |
| 14 | Berks County, PA | February 25, 2017 11:30 | February 28, 2017 08:45 | 2d 21h | 14,016 | 102K |
| 15 | Bucks County, PA | March 29, 2017 04:00 | March 30, 2017 18:15 | 1d 14h | 13,685 | 9,919 |
| 16 | Allegheny County, PA | April 11, 2017 01:15 | April 11, 2017 08:00 | 6h 45m | 13,140 | 6,364 |
| 17 | Blair County, PA | February 25, 2017 19:45 | February 26, 2017 09:30 | 13h 45m | 12,981 | 14K |
| 18 | Erie County, PA | February 27, 2017 17:30 | February 28, 2017 00:45 | 7h 15m | 12,956 | 5,451 |
| 19 | Mercer County, PA | September 21, 2017 19:00 | September 22, 2017 02:30 | 7h 30m | 12,941 | 4,863 |
| 20 | Chester County, PA | January 23, 2017 06:45 | January 25, 2017 06:00 | 1d 23h | 12,682 | 61K |
| 21 | Blair County, PA | August 12, 2017 14:15 | August 12, 2017 19:45 | 5h 30m | 12,238 | 25K |
| 22 | Dauphin County, PA | October 29, 2017 21:45 | November 1, 2017 06:00 | 2d 8h | 11,870 | 93K |
| 23 | Montgomery County, PA | June 17, 2017 10:15 | June 30, 2017 01:45 | 12d 15h | 11,647 | 146K |
| 24 | Northampton County, PA | July 20, 2017 09:15 | July 22, 2017 04:00 | 1d 18h | 11,583 | 8,174 |
| 25 | Susquehanna County, PA | May 1, 2017 19:15 | May 7, 2017 08:45 | 5d 13h | 11,371 | 404K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Pennsylvania's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.