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County annual report · FIPS 42119

2023 Union County, PA Power Outage Report

In 2023, customers in Union County, PA went without power for an average of 1.1 hours, a total of 32K customer-hours (Pennsylvania average 4.9 hours). That ranks 66th worst of 67 Pennsylvania counties and 2625th of 2,977 nationally.

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Avg hrs / customer
1.1
28,701 customers
Customer-hours out
32K
Peak customers out
1,510
Outages ≥1,000 out
3
0 of 10,000+ · 269 total
Longest outage
2d
began August 7, 2023
Rank in state
66th/67
2625th of 2,977 US

Compared with PA, the US and 2022

Union County, PA average hours without power per customer compared with state and national averages, 2023Union County 1.1 hours, Pennsylvania average 4.9 hours, US average 7.1 hours, Union County, 2022 1.8 hoursUnion CountyUnion County1.1hPennsylvania averagePennsylvania average4.9hUS averageUS average7.1hUnion County, 2022Union County, 20221.8h
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Average hours without power per customer in 2023; last bar is this county in 2022.

Month by month

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Union County, PA customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 2,755, Feb 3,355, Mar 3,091, Apr 920, May 690, Jun 1,928, Jul 3,568, Aug 3,399, Sep 5,062, Oct 217, Nov 3,865, Dec 3,45502k4k6k2,755Jan3,355Feb3,091Mar920Apr690May1,928Jun3,568Jul3,399Aug5,062Sep217Oct3,865Nov3,455Dec
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Customer-hours; September was the worst month.

Union County year over year

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Union County, PA: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 0.6h; 2016: 1.2h; 2017: 1.9h; 2018: 1.8h, coverage 95%; 2019: 3.1h, coverage 96%; 2020: 0.8h, coverage 98%; 2021: 1.3h, coverage 98%; 2022: 1.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 1.1h; 2024: 2.1h; 2025: 1.9h012340%50%100%0.6h20151.2h20161.9h20171.8h20183.1h20190.8h20201.3h20211.8h20221.1h20232.1h20241.9h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Pennsylvania customers tracked each year.

Biggest outages in Union County, 2023

The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.

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#Started (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1November 10, 2023 08:15November 10, 2023 18:009h 45m1,5103,076
2February 1, 2023 12:30February 1, 2023 17:004h 30m1,1252,911
3April 22, 2023 18:00April 22, 2023 18:3030m1,012262
4January 3, 2023 22:30January 4, 2023 05:307h9191,020
5March 30, 2023 01:30March 30, 2023 04:152h 45m7932,181
6August 7, 2023 19:30August 9, 2023 19:452d4993,225
7December 1, 2023 21:30December 1, 2023 22:301h394290
8December 6, 2023 13:15December 6, 2023 16:002h 45m370741
9September 25, 2023 00:00September 25, 2023 18:1518h 15m3694,445
10November 15, 2023 22:15November 16, 2023 00:001h 45m330578

Outage episodes by size in 2023: 24 reached 100+ customers, 3 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.

Utility reliability filed with the EIA

SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Union County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2023, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.

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UtilityEIA yearSAIDISAIFISAIDI excl. major eventsSAIFI excl. major events
PPL Electric Utilities Corp20232.5 hrs0.801.5 hrs0.64
Citizens Electric Co - (PA)-----
Borough of Mifflinburg - (PA)-----

About this data

  • Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Pennsylvania's customers in 2023; utilities it does not see are not counted.
  • Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 28,701 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
  • An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
  • Years loaded: 2015–2025. Union County has data for 2015–2025.

Cite this report

MassOutage (massoutage.com), Union County, PA annual power outage report, 2023, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2023/pennsylvania/union-county

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