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2020 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 6.5 hours, the 19th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
6.5
vs prior year
▲ 39%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
39.8M
Peak customers out
385,898
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
98%
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, 2020

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

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Pennsylvania customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 862K, Feb 760K, Mar 854K, Apr 2.8M, May 847K, Jun 12.9M, Jul 2.2M, Aug 11.5M, Sep 876K, Oct 899K, Nov 3.5M, Dec 2.0M05M10M15M862KJan760KFeb854KMar2.8MApr847KMay12.9MJun2.2MJul11.5MAug876KSep899KOct3.5MNov2.0MDec
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All 67 Pennsylvania counties, 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Forest County66.3229K3,4473,447328
2Bucks County30.74.7M152,767106,525363
3Montgomery County28.96.5M224,080141,915378
4Chester County25.66.8M267,257110,546426
5Cameron County20.151K2,51991999
6Pike County16.9329K19,41416,054662
7Sullivan County15.852K3,2903,265178
8McKean County15.5372K23,94610,953437
9Warren County15.3342K22,4139,424497
10Venango County14.1369K26,0759,289594
11Clarion County14.1242K17,1789,414514
12Potter County10.8101K9,3522,718181
13Crawford County8.6336K38,95212,184696
14Berks County8.51.9M219,08734,299675
15Greene County8.3155K18,5443,416386
16Armstrong County8.3260K31,3344,383568
17Delaware County8.12.2M277,13036,688510
18Perry County8.1170K21,12811,237602
19Susquehanna County7.8141K18,0312,537497
20Wyoming County7.897K12,4221,630379
21Jefferson County7.4149K20,0704,757437
22Indiana County7.2263K36,4529,131740
23Wayne County7.1184K25,7643,263779
24Somerset County6.0203K34,0259,603581
25Tioga County5.9133K22,3874,459474
26Butler County5.6512K91,17311,031847
27Monroe County5.6482K85,90010,212871
28Bedford County5.4146K26,9991,693400
29Fulton County5.339K7,2671,412213
30Clearfield County5.2201K38,7625,271596
31Lebanon County5.1355K69,52556,992795
32Beaver County5.0386K77,6188,599579
33Bradford County4.7149K31,4865,781575
34Elk County4.677K16,9811,017226
35Lawrence County4.4158K36,0626,114577
36Cambria County4.4290K66,6668,116773
37Carbon County4.4140K32,2066,815570
38Fayette County4.3285K66,0124,451715
39Washington County4.1464K113,1969,972711
40Columbia County3.8133K35,1256,090701
41Westmoreland County3.7703K188,40820,993804
42Erie County3.5580K164,70023,433702
43Mercer County3.5169K48,4026,060698
44York County3.3650K195,19114,874730
45Northumberland County3.3152K46,2614,394691
46Clinton County3.265K20,0552,599416
47Schuylkill County3.2236K74,36213,400746
48Adams County2.9100K34,1022,655567
49Allegheny County2.91.9M667,16631,345840
50Mifflin County2.976K26,4573,799517
51Blair County2.8198K69,5987,296639
52Philadelphia County2.72.2M802,81243,82338
53Northampton County2.5397K161,84816,535832
54Luzerne County2.3385K164,50431,950892
55Juniata County2.325K11,1622,444308
56Lehigh County2.2472K212,00821,082973
57Snyder County2.146K21,3592,027367
58Franklin County2.1162K76,8065,316717
59Huntingdon County2.143K20,8891,004346
60Lancaster County1.8275K156,8929,8641,056
61Cumberland County1.7249K142,5767,625967
62Lycoming County1.7109K62,8844,107770
63Montour County1.519K12,1811,302247
64Centre County1.4138K96,4285,479709
65Lackawanna County1.3156K119,9797,181883
66Dauphin County1.0171K176,7576,427862
67Union County0.822K28,701923277

Biggest Pennsylvania outages of 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Montgomery County, PAJune 3, 2020 11:45June 18, 2020 09:4514d 22h141,9154.4M
2Chester County, PAAugust 4, 2020 07:30August 15, 2020 13:0011d 5h110,5463.3M
3Bucks County, PAAugust 3, 2020 23:00August 15, 2020 02:1511d 3h106,5252.4M
4Chester County, PAJune 3, 2020 12:00June 13, 2020 01:459d 13h72,5812.7M
5Bucks County, PAJune 3, 2020 09:45June 9, 2020 06:155d 20h67,7561.4M
6Montgomery County, PAAugust 3, 2020 06:15September 3, 2020 10:4531d 4h65,8801.1M
7Lebanon County, PAFebruary 7, 2020 12:00February 7, 2020 21:459h 45m56,99296K
8Philadelphia County, PAMay 30, 2020 17:30June 13, 2020 01:0013d 7h43,8231.1M
9Delaware County, PAJune 2, 2020 20:45June 13, 2020 22:3011d 1h36,688997K
10Berks County, PAJune 3, 2020 11:00June 8, 2020 07:154d 20h34,299528K
11Philadelphia County, PAJune 29, 2020 04:00September 21, 2020 03:0083d 23h32,597498K
12Luzerne County, PAJune 10, 2020 23:00June 11, 2020 22:1523h 15m31,95044K
13Allegheny County, PAAugust 27, 2020 12:45August 31, 2020 06:153d 17h31,345353K
14Delaware County, PAAugust 4, 2020 00:15August 17, 2020 01:1513d 1h29,451532K
15Allegheny County, PAApril 8, 2020 05:15April 11, 2020 20:003d 14h29,006469K
16Berks County, PAAugust 4, 2020 08:15August 12, 2020 06:157d 22h26,109617K
17Montgomery County, PADecember 24, 2020 17:00December 31, 2020 00:156d 7h23,467246K
18Erie County, PAJune 10, 2020 08:45June 12, 2020 10:452d 2h23,43336K
19Allegheny County, PANovember 15, 2020 18:15November 19, 2020 03:453d 9h23,118201K
20Erie County, PANovember 3, 2020 22:45November 4, 2020 03:304h 45m21,96029K
21Chester County, PADecember 24, 2020 14:45December 30, 2020 02:005d 11h21,299260K
22Lehigh County, PAJanuary 26, 2020 19:30January 26, 2020 20:0030m21,0825,272
23Westmoreland County, PAApril 8, 2020 05:30April 11, 2020 03:302d 22h20,993205K
24Philadelphia County, PAJanuary 29, 2020 09:15March 1, 2020 11:1532d 2h18,56052K
25Bucks County, PAAugust 27, 2020 11:15September 3, 2020 08:156d 21h17,283179K
EAGLE-I tracked about 98% of Pennsylvania's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Pennsylvania by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALMSNJNC

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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