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2018 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 8.3 hours, the 10th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
8.3
vs prior year
▲ 157%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
50.9M
Peak customers out
575,013
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
95%
of PA customers
Counties reporting
67

Pennsylvania year over year

Pennsylvania: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.2h; 2016: 2.5h; 2017: 3.2h; 2018: 8.3h, coverage 95%; 2019: 4.7h, coverage 96%; 2020: 6.5h, coverage 98%; 2021: 4.1h, coverage 98%; 2022: 3.7h, coverage 98%; 2023: 4.9h; 2024: 7.0h; 2025: 9.8h02.557.5100%50%100%3.2h20152.5h20163.2h20178.3h20184.7h20196.5h20204.1h20213.7h20224.9h20237.0h20249.8h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2018

Customer-hours without power across Pennsylvania; March was the worst.

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Pennsylvania customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 984K, Feb 731K, Mar 28.9M, Apr 1.8M, May 4.2M, Jun 1.6M, Jul 2.9M, Aug 1.7M, Sep 1.9M, Oct 1.2M, Nov 4.5M, Dec 673K010M20M30M984KJan731KFeb28.9MMar1.8MApr4.2MMay1.6MJun2.9MJul1.7MAug1.9MSep1.2MOct4.5MNov673KDec
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All 67 Pennsylvania counties, 2018

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Pike County179.73.5M19,41419,414749
2Monroe County59.15.1M85,90046,392887
3Wayne County54.71.4M25,76415,864733
4Bucks County35.15.4M152,76794,231348
5Cameron County26.266K2,5192,519127
6Montgomery County26.15.8M224,080123,280215
7Forest County25.688K3,4472,000234
8Butler County21.41.9M91,17337,800788
9Delaware County18.55.1M277,130109,686281
10Northampton County14.62.4M161,84845,620854
11Susquehanna County14.3259K18,0316,864496
12Sullivan County14.146K3,2903,290195
13Armstrong County12.5393K31,3348,322563
14Wyoming County12.0149K12,4223,471376
15Clarion County10.5180K17,1783,065423
16Carbon County10.2329K32,2068,904513
17Columbia County10.0350K35,1255,162599
18Elk County9.8166K16,9817,031273
19Perry County9.5200K21,1285,227626
20Greene County8.7162K18,5443,185474
21Chester County8.42.3M267,25735,679343
22Bradford County8.1255K31,4866,260632
23Warren County7.1160K22,4137,441466
24Tioga County7.0157K22,3875,508452
25Potter County6.763K9,3522,763227
26Jefferson County6.6133K20,0706,198490
27Indiana County6.4233K36,45211,572589
28Juniata County6.269K11,16211,162358
29Lebanon County5.5385K69,52511,081764
30Beaver County5.2401K77,6186,779750
31Mifflin County5.2137K26,45712,376535
32Snyder County5.0107K21,35914,464425
33McKean County4.9116K23,9463,760493
34Bedford County4.8131K26,9991,755448
35Venango County4.8125K26,0753,980532
36Fayette County4.7312K66,0124,895761
37Erie County4.6761K164,70020,256687
38Mercer County4.6222K48,40224,869719
39Lehigh County4.4943K212,00819,7771,027
40Northumberland County4.3201K46,26110,690597
41Clearfield County4.3165K38,7622,456627
42Clinton County4.284K20,0553,272444
43Washington County4.2471K113,1964,315660
44Berks County4.1897K219,0879,630649
45Cambria County4.1272K66,6666,066781
46Crawford County3.9151K38,95210,632652
47York County3.9757K195,19115,137682
48Lawrence County3.8137K36,0628,689696
49Fulton County3.727K7,2671,403221
50Westmoreland County3.6674K188,4087,058643
51Lycoming County3.6223K62,8842,709678
52Adams County3.5120K34,1022,990609
53Somerset County3.4117K34,0256,593647
54Schuylkill County3.3244K74,3626,354727
55Allegheny County3.22.1M667,16629,490642
56Philadelphia County2.72.1M802,81232,11735
57Lackawanna County2.6317K119,9797,784800
58Montour County2.632K12,1811,714259
59Lancaster County2.4372K156,8926,4471,028
60Huntingdon County2.348K20,889911354
61Blair County2.0140K69,5983,095717
62Cumberland County1.9277K142,5767,057905
63Luzerne County1.9312K164,50413,493869
64Dauphin County1.8322K176,75710,295964
65Union County1.852K28,7012,002347
66Centre County1.7166K96,4286,269778
67Franklin County1.3102K76,8064,137768

Biggest Pennsylvania outages of 2018

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Montgomery County, PAMarch 2, 2018 02:00March 6, 2018 01:003d 23h123,2804.3M
2Delaware County, PAMarch 2, 2018 00:30March 6, 2018 01:004d109,6864.1M
3Bucks County, PAMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 15, 2018 10:009d 6h94,2311.8M
4Bucks County, PAMarch 2, 2018 07:15March 6, 2018 01:003d 17h89,6892.8M
5Monroe County, PAMarch 2, 2018 05:30March 6, 2018 01:003d 19h46,3922.8M
6Northampton County, PAMarch 2, 2018 09:45March 6, 2018 01:003d 15h45,6201.8M
7Butler County, PANovember 15, 2018 14:15November 22, 2018 00:456d 10h37,8001.7M
8Monroe County, PAMay 15, 2018 17:00May 21, 2018 04:155d 11h37,1091.2M
9Chester County, PAMarch 2, 2018 01:00March 6, 2018 01:004d35,6791.1M
10Philadelphia County, PAFebruary 23, 2018 13:30March 6, 2018 01:0010d 11h32,117726K
11Allegheny County, PANovember 15, 2018 13:30November 21, 2018 06:305d 17h29,490633K
12Chester County, PAJune 30, 2018 19:15July 8, 2018 04:307d 9h26,291270K
13Mercer County, PAJune 23, 2018 11:45June 24, 2018 11:3023h 45m24,86925K
14Allegheny County, PAJune 30, 2018 19:15July 9, 2018 02:158d 7h20,647300K
15Erie County, PAMarch 1, 2018 12:30March 5, 2018 08:453d 20h20,256219K
16Lehigh County, PAMarch 2, 2018 10:45March 6, 2018 01:003d 14h19,777662K
17Monroe County, PAMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 13, 2018 21:307d 18h19,493727K
18Pike County, PAMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 14, 2018 02:007d 22h19,4141.4M
19Pike County, PAMarch 2, 2018 13:00March 6, 2018 01:003d 12h19,4141.6M
20Pike County, PAMay 15, 2018 19:30May 20, 2018 23:455d 4h17,383378K
21Northampton County, PAMay 15, 2018 15:00May 20, 2018 21:305d 6h16,819143K
22Montgomery County, PAMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 12, 2018 10:456d 7h16,142488K
23Wayne County, PAMarch 2, 2018 07:15March 6, 2018 01:003d 17h15,864775K
24Erie County, PASeptember 4, 2018 21:15September 6, 2018 03:151d 6h15,62631K
25Montgomery County, PAMay 15, 2018 11:30May 22, 2018 11:006d 23h15,57582K
EAGLE-I tracked about 95% of Pennsylvania's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Pennsylvania by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.