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2023 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 4.9 hours, the 23rd worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.9
vs prior year
▲ 33%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
29.9M
Peak customers out
267,143
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
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, 2023

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

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Pennsylvania customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 771K, Feb 858K, Mar 5.4M, Apr 6.3M, May 900K, Jun 1.8M, Jul 2.9M, Aug 5.9M, Sep 2.3M, Oct 848K, Nov 836K, Dec 1.2M02M4M6M8M771KJan858KFeb5.4MMar6.3MApr900KMay1.8MJun2.9MJul5.9MAug2.3MSep848KOct836KNov1.2MDec
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All 67 Pennsylvania counties, 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Forest County58.9203K3,4473,447287
2Crawford County32.91.3M38,95223,746598
3Venango County32.2841K26,07516,300588
4Clarion County24.8426K17,1789,312492
5Mercer County23.41.1M48,40226,180698
6Cameron County21.153K2,5191,74793
7Greene County16.7310K18,5447,383375
8Wyoming County16.6206K12,4224,399390
9Fayette County16.01.1M66,01225,079670
10Warren County13.8309K22,41310,240442
11Susquehanna County13.3240K18,0312,038457
12Lawrence County12.7457K36,06216,345549
13McKean County10.9262K23,9465,143427
14Indiana County10.9397K36,45210,377721
15Potter County10.397K9,3521,154143
16Sullivan County10.334K3,2902,118184
17Butler County9.9900K91,17324,378786
18Tioga County9.6215K22,3874,868400
19Cambria County9.6640K66,66615,799730
20Armstrong County9.5299K31,3348,543556
21Jefferson County9.5190K20,07010,971412
22York County9.11.8M195,19136,294659
23Wayne County8.9229K25,7643,857778
24Clearfield County8.8342K38,76210,346594
25Pike County8.7168K19,4144,152630
26Monroe County8.5733K85,90012,234846
27Beaver County8.3642K77,61838,116590
28Bradford County6.7210K31,4865,098523
29Washington County6.5741K113,19611,492682
30Carbon County5.7183K32,2065,440627
31Westmoreland County5.71.1M188,40816,234757
32Columbia County5.6198K35,1255,450636
33Bucks County5.5837K152,76711,878431
34Berks County5.31.2M219,08715,532601
35Chester County5.21.4M267,25750,218414
36Perry County4.9103K21,12813,579610
37Northampton County4.7757K161,84819,023735
38Lycoming County4.7293K62,8848,132746
39Somerset County4.5152K34,0254,126546
40Erie County4.3707K164,70013,465875
41Bedford County4.2113K26,9992,179395
42Elk County4.271K16,9811,755189
43Clinton County3.877K20,0551,100430
44Huntingdon County3.880K20,8892,136324
45Montgomery County3.7831K224,08012,063302
46Adams County3.5118K34,1023,256662
47Lancaster County3.5542K156,89221,188912
48Juniata County3.438K11,1622,927346
49Mifflin County3.490K26,4575,185444
50Lehigh County3.4718K212,00824,460973
51Schuylkill County3.4252K74,3626,389747
52Snyder County3.370K21,3598,046366
53Fulton County3.324K7,2672,100178
54Northumberland County3.1145K46,2612,719664
55Montour County3.137K12,1812,366244
56Blair County3.0206K69,5987,951596
57Delaware County2.9814K277,13022,144427
58Centre County2.7263K96,4288,654603
59Allegheny County2.71.8M667,16646,195622
60Cumberland County2.7379K142,5768,5541,041
61Franklin County2.1162K76,8067,589675
62Luzerne County2.1342K164,50430,510871
63Lebanon County2.0139K69,5253,310716
64Lackawanna County1.9233K119,9793,285898
65Dauphin County1.1200K176,7575,154910
66Union County1.132K28,7011,510269
67Philadelphia County1.1889K802,81216,67429

Biggest Pennsylvania outages of 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Chester County, PAAugust 6, 2023 23:00August 12, 2023 04:005d 5h50,218665K
2Allegheny County, PAMarch 25, 2023 13:30March 30, 2023 22:455d 9h46,195325K
3Beaver County, PAMarch 25, 2023 18:00March 30, 2023 21:455d 3h38,116319K
4Allegheny County, PAApril 1, 2023 16:15April 6, 2023 07:004d 14h36,724348K
5York County, PAAugust 6, 2023 19:15August 15, 2023 06:158d 11h36,2941.2M
6Luzerne County, PAApril 27, 2023 11:45April 27, 2023 18:006h 15m30,5107,662
7Mercer County, PAMarch 25, 2023 11:00March 31, 2023 04:305d 17h26,180470K
8Fayette County, PAMarch 3, 2023 18:00March 8, 2023 00:154d 6h25,079541K
9Lehigh County, PAAugust 7, 2023 23:15August 11, 2023 01:453d 2h24,460339K
10Butler County, PAApril 1, 2023 16:45April 7, 2023 06:155d 13h24,378471K
11Crawford County, PAMarch 25, 2023 11:00March 31, 2023 04:005d 17h23,746662K
12Delaware County, PAAugust 7, 2023 21:00August 13, 2023 15:155d 18h22,144284K
13Lancaster County, PASeptember 7, 2023 12:00September 9, 2023 23:002d 11h21,18855K
14Allegheny County, PAAugust 25, 2023 05:00August 27, 2023 21:002d 16h21,123160K
15Northampton County, PAAugust 7, 2023 22:00August 11, 2023 01:303d 3h19,023258K
16Mercer County, PAApril 1, 2023 06:15April 7, 2023 05:455d 23h18,186476K
17Crawford County, PAApril 1, 2023 08:30April 6, 2023 23:455d 15h17,010362K
18Beaver County, PAApril 1, 2023 07:30April 6, 2023 15:305d 8h16,719182K
19Philadelphia County, PAJune 11, 2023 13:45September 17, 2023 19:1598d 5h16,674380K
20Lawrence County, PAApril 1, 2023 16:15April 6, 2023 20:455d 4h16,345248K
21Venango County, PAApril 1, 2023 08:30April 6, 2023 09:005d16,300578K
22Westmoreland County, PAApril 1, 2023 06:30April 5, 2023 07:304d 1h16,234147K
23Cambria County, PAApril 1, 2023 13:30April 6, 2023 09:154d 19h15,799226K
24Berks County, PAApril 22, 2023 03:45April 24, 2023 18:302d 14h15,53299K
25Westmoreland County, PAMarch 3, 2023 17:30March 9, 2023 09:455d 16h15,331394K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Pennsylvania's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Pennsylvania by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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