2024 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 2.2 hours, the 45th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.2
vs prior year
▼ 5%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
1.1M
Peak customers out
33,670
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware counties, 2024
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County | 4.6 | 882K | 191,056 | 20,780 | 397 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 0.8 | 178K | 218,986 | 9,082 | 824 |
| 3 | Kent County | 0.7 | 68K | 98,370 | 5,254 | 460 |
Biggest Delaware outages of 2024
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County, DE | January 9, 2024 12:15 | January 17, 2024 07:00 | 7d 18h | 20,780 | 365K |
| 2 | New Castle County, DE | July 16, 2024 23:45 | July 22, 2024 09:30 | 5d 9h | 9,482 | 69K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | January 9, 2024 16:30 | January 11, 2024 10:15 | 1d 17h | 9,082 | 41K |
| 4 | New Castle County, DE | May 13, 2024 07:15 | May 13, 2024 09:30 | 2h 15m | 7,283 | 1,828 |
| 5 | New Castle County, DE | November 11, 2024 00:45 | November 13, 2024 22:45 | 2d 22h | 7,236 | 16K |
| 6 | Kent County, DE | January 9, 2024 19:30 | January 10, 2024 21:45 | 1d 2h | 5,254 | 29K |
| 7 | New Castle County, DE | September 27, 2024 11:30 | September 29, 2024 03:15 | 1d 15h | 4,327 | 16K |
| 8 | New Castle County, DE | June 22, 2024 11:00 | June 28, 2024 21:15 | 6d 10h | 3,754 | 40K |
| 9 | New Castle County, DE | June 5, 2024 08:15 | June 7, 2024 06:15 | 1d 22h | 3,549 | 6,788 |
| 10 | Kent County, DE | April 22, 2024 11:00 | April 22, 2024 11:45 | 45m | 3,501 | 2,626 |
| 11 | Kent County, DE | March 21, 2024 11:45 | March 21, 2024 13:45 | 2h | 3,338 | 1,525 |
| 12 | New Castle County, DE | January 17, 2024 10:15 | January 19, 2024 20:30 | 2d 10h | 3,261 | 4,355 |
| 13 | New Castle County, DE | July 31, 2024 09:15 | August 11, 2024 09:45 | 11d | 3,220 | 52K |
| 14 | New Castle County, DE | March 29, 2024 11:45 | March 30, 2024 22:15 | 1d 10h | 3,076 | 7,362 |
| 15 | Sussex County, DE | July 12, 2024 03:30 | July 12, 2024 05:15 | 1h 45m | 3,004 | 4,183 |
| 16 | New Castle County, DE | November 3, 2024 11:00 | November 3, 2024 20:30 | 9h 30m | 2,996 | 1,050 |
| 17 | New Castle County, DE | December 4, 2024 13:45 | December 6, 2024 09:45 | 1d 20h | 2,820 | 8,528 |
| 18 | Sussex County, DE | December 5, 2024 15:45 | December 6, 2024 01:00 | 9h 15m | 2,801 | 6,532 |
| 19 | Kent County, DE | November 7, 2024 15:45 | November 7, 2024 19:15 | 3h 30m | 2,701 | 2,041 |
| 20 | Kent County, DE | November 11, 2024 14:45 | November 11, 2024 20:00 | 5h 15m | 2,681 | 690 |
| 21 | New Castle County, DE | November 8, 2024 12:15 | November 10, 2024 00:15 | 1d 12h | 2,601 | 3,879 |
| 22 | Sussex County, DE | May 27, 2024 17:30 | May 28, 2024 03:45 | 10h 15m | 2,588 | 2,701 |
| 23 | New Castle County, DE | August 24, 2024 11:00 | August 26, 2024 05:30 | 1d 18h | 2,558 | 6,664 |
| 24 | Sussex County, DE | November 10, 2024 13:00 | November 10, 2024 15:15 | 2h 15m | 2,500 | 4,938 |
| 25 | Sussex County, DE | July 6, 2024 01:15 | July 6, 2024 02:45 | 1h 30m | 2,411 | 3,616 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Delaware's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.