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2019 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 4.7 hours, the 17th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.7
vs prior year
▼ 44%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
28.6M
Peak customers out
232,230
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
96%
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, 2019

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

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Pennsylvania customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 1.1M, Feb 6.5M, Mar 874K, Apr 2.0M, May 2.6M, Jun 2.0M, Jul 3.3M, Aug 1.8M, Sep 910K, Oct 1.3M, Nov 4.5M, Dec 1.6M02M4M6M8M1.1MJan6.5MFeb874KMar2.0MApr2.6MMay2.0MJun3.3MJul1.8MAug910KSep1.3MOct4.5MNov1.6MDec
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All 67 Pennsylvania counties, 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Sullivan County27.490K3,2903,290131
2Bucks County17.62.7M152,76745,638338
3Greene County16.2301K18,5444,141425
4Forest County15.854K3,4472,249245
5Pike County15.2295K19,4148,094703
6Wyoming County15.1187K12,4225,151373
7Mifflin County11.7310K26,45712,698542
8Columbia County11.7410K35,12510,278653
9Wayne County11.1285K25,7643,753722
10Cameron County10.326K2,5191,763117
11Juniata County9.8110K11,1627,321373
12Susquehanna County9.8176K18,0313,257489
13Montgomery County9.02.0M224,08043,192238
14Perry County8.9188K21,1285,578590
15Bedford County8.8238K26,9993,937442
16Armstrong County8.4262K31,3345,025597
17Jefferson County8.4168K20,0703,055463
18Clearfield County8.3320K38,7628,105613
19Washington County8.0902K113,19617,378729
20Tioga County7.8175K22,3874,455431
21Indiana County7.3267K36,4527,558576
22Westmoreland County7.31.4M188,40824,482725
23Monroe County7.2620K85,90011,289908
24Montour County6.985K12,1818,908278
25Potter County6.864K9,3521,166200
26Warren County6.8153K22,4136,911451
27Bradford County6.5206K31,4863,476598
28Cambria County6.4429K66,6668,806720
29Elk County6.3106K16,9814,292243
30Mercer County6.2299K48,40210,118642
31Beaver County5.8452K77,61811,833701
32Snyder County5.8124K21,3597,896424
33Clarion County5.798K17,1782,835404
34Fulton County5.540K7,267591219
35Lawrence County5.4195K36,0626,084633
36Clinton County5.3106K20,0551,978402
37Chester County5.31.4M267,25725,403292
38Crawford County5.1200K38,9526,794623
39Venango County5.1134K26,0757,189517
40Northumberland County5.1236K46,26113,054689
41Butler County5.0456K91,1739,766792
42Delaware County4.91.4M277,13032,295335
43Allegheny County4.83.2M667,16658,700752
44Fayette County4.8317K66,0124,912719
45Blair County4.6323K69,5989,122678
46McKean County4.6110K23,9463,802461
47Somerset County4.4149K34,0255,828626
48Lebanon County4.4305K69,52522,903792
49Adams County4.3146K34,1026,576641
50Huntingdon County4.186K20,8897,079354
51Erie County3.5574K164,70017,664718
52Berks County3.4751K219,0877,747696
53Lycoming County3.2204K62,8844,938690
54Schuylkill County3.2240K74,36212,730725
55York County3.2621K195,19117,917723
56Union County3.189K28,7013,778220
57Carbon County3.098K32,2066,794588
58Centre County2.7264K96,4283,962721
59Lackawanna County2.4291K119,9797,001872
60Cumberland County2.3324K142,5767,891936
61Northampton County2.1342K161,84823,550945
62Franklin County2.1160K76,8065,525756
63Lancaster County2.1326K156,8926,5971,033
64Philadelphia County1.61.3M802,81222,45016
65Lehigh County1.5316K212,0087,7091,022
66Luzerne County1.4236K164,5048,140843
67Dauphin County1.4253K176,7575,956917

Biggest Pennsylvania outages of 2019

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Allegheny County, PAFebruary 24, 2019 11:15March 3, 2019 00:456d 13h58,7001.9M
2Bucks County, PAOctober 29, 2019 11:15November 6, 2019 11:158d45,638766K
3Montgomery County, PAOctober 31, 2019 05:15November 7, 2019 03:306d 22h43,192778K
4Bucks County, PAJuly 17, 2019 11:15July 27, 2019 18:1510d 7h33,738533K
5Delaware County, PAJuly 14, 2019 12:45July 27, 2019 18:1513d 5h32,295351K
6Bucks County, PAJune 26, 2019 10:45July 4, 2019 20:308d 9h26,077205K
7Chester County, PAOctober 27, 2019 08:15November 5, 2019 03:008d 18h25,403322K
8Westmoreland County, PAFebruary 24, 2019 07:45March 2, 2019 08:306d24,482801K
9Northampton County, PADecember 20, 2019 23:30December 22, 2019 00:001d23,55034K
10Lebanon County, PAApril 15, 2019 01:00April 17, 2019 00:151d 23h22,90387K
11Philadelphia County, PAJanuary 12, 2019 16:45March 15, 2019 12:0061d 19h22,450251K
12Delaware County, PAOctober 30, 2019 13:00November 7, 2019 20:458d 7h20,132300K
13Bucks County, PAMay 29, 2019 06:00June 23, 2019 20:3025d 14h19,873374K
14Bucks County, PAFebruary 24, 2019 10:45March 1, 2019 01:004d 14h18,515179K
15York County, PAApril 19, 2019 14:30April 21, 2019 00:001d 9h17,91717K
16Erie County, PAFebruary 24, 2019 01:15February 28, 2019 05:154d 4h17,664114K
17Philadelphia County, PAJuly 27, 2019 19:00September 9, 2019 09:1543d 14h17,646182K
18Washington County, PAFebruary 24, 2019 14:15March 3, 2019 00:156d 10h17,378554K
19Montgomery County, PAMay 29, 2019 03:15June 8, 2019 08:1510d 5h15,691349K
20York County, PAMay 29, 2019 01:15June 4, 2019 06:456d 5h14,86976K
21Erie County, PAApril 23, 2019 19:45April 23, 2019 21:301h 45m13,8937,939
22Erie County, PAAugust 26, 2019 22:30August 28, 2019 07:151d 8h13,60129K
23Delaware County, PAJune 29, 2019 16:15July 8, 2019 02:158d 10h13,498147K
24Northumberland County, PAOctober 31, 2019 13:00November 3, 2019 01:152d 12h13,05445K
25Chester County, PAJuly 11, 2019 11:45July 27, 2019 18:1516d 6h12,957153K
EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Pennsylvania's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Pennsylvania by year:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVTVAAR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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