2024 Pennsylvania Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Pennsylvania customer went without power for about 7.0 hours, the 22nd worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
7.0
vs prior year
▲ 45%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
43.3M
Peak customers out
197,171
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of PA customers
Counties reporting
67
Pennsylvania year over year
All 67 Pennsylvania 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 | Wayne County | 66.4 | 1.7M | 25,764 | 25,764 | 748 |
| 2 | Pike County | 59.1 | 1.1M | 19,414 | 17,453 | 600 |
| 3 | Susquehanna County | 54.4 | 981K | 18,031 | 13,527 | 410 |
| 4 | Sullivan County | 44.4 | 146K | 3,290 | 2,481 | 154 |
| 5 | Wyoming County | 25.3 | 314K | 12,422 | 6,736 | 414 |
| 6 | Forest County | 24.9 | 86K | 3,447 | 2,002 | 286 |
| 7 | Perry County | 22.0 | 465K | 21,128 | 7,358 | 635 |
| 8 | Columbia County | 20.3 | 714K | 35,125 | 12,315 | 677 |
| 9 | Schuylkill County | 17.7 | 1.3M | 74,362 | 30,577 | 821 |
| 10 | Chester County | 16.1 | 4.3M | 267,257 | 77,059 | 100 |
| 11 | Monroe County | 15.3 | 1.3M | 85,900 | 14,689 | 742 |
| 12 | Cameron County | 14.2 | 36K | 2,519 | 1,362 | 76 |
| 13 | Juniata County | 14.0 | 156K | 11,162 | 4,852 | 371 |
| 14 | Potter County | 12.0 | 112K | 9,352 | 2,072 | 164 |
| 15 | Carbon County | 11.7 | 377K | 32,206 | 5,228 | 666 |
| 16 | Lackawanna County | 11.0 | 1.3M | 119,979 | 30,955 | 887 |
| 17 | Bucks County | 10.7 | 1.6M | 152,767 | 22,866 | 141 |
| 18 | Beaver County | 10.5 | 817K | 77,618 | 16,833 | 645 |
| 19 | Indiana County | 10.3 | 374K | 36,452 | 7,623 | 653 |
| 20 | Northumberland County | 9.7 | 450K | 46,261 | 18,268 | 735 |
| 21 | Northampton County | 9.2 | 1.5M | 161,848 | 31,448 | 718 |
| 22 | Venango County | 9.1 | 238K | 26,075 | 7,084 | 507 |
| 23 | Crawford County | 9.1 | 355K | 38,952 | 5,399 | 572 |
| 24 | McKean County | 9.0 | 216K | 23,946 | 5,180 | 336 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 8.6 | 172K | 20,070 | 5,126 | 409 |
| 26 | Clarion County | 8.4 | 145K | 17,178 | 3,010 | 476 |
| 27 | Bradford County | 8.4 | 264K | 31,486 | 7,966 | 482 |
| 28 | Tioga County | 8.1 | 182K | 22,387 | 3,273 | 362 |
| 29 | Greene County | 8.0 | 149K | 18,544 | 2,263 | 354 |
| 30 | Erie County | 7.8 | 1.3M | 164,700 | 25,425 | 687 |
| 31 | Butler County | 6.8 | 621K | 91,173 | 9,045 | 669 |
| 32 | Armstrong County | 6.8 | 212K | 31,334 | 4,958 | 517 |
| 33 | Montgomery County | 6.6 | 1.5M | 224,080 | 25,461 | 68 |
| 34 | Mercer County | 6.6 | 319K | 48,402 | 8,295 | 593 |
| 35 | Allegheny County | 6.4 | 4.3M | 667,166 | 84,962 | 596 |
| 36 | Clinton County | 6.2 | 125K | 20,055 | 5,000 | 457 |
| 37 | Lehigh County | 5.9 | 1.3M | 212,008 | 24,734 | 939 |
| 38 | Warren County | 5.9 | 132K | 22,413 | 2,382 | 386 |
| 39 | Berks County | 5.9 | 1.3M | 219,087 | 14,556 | 468 |
| 40 | Snyder County | 5.8 | 124K | 21,359 | 2,740 | 463 |
| 41 | Cumberland County | 5.7 | 813K | 142,576 | 18,016 | 1,016 |
| 42 | Fayette County | 5.6 | 371K | 66,012 | 6,790 | 575 |
| 43 | Luzerne County | 5.6 | 925K | 164,504 | 20,920 | 850 |
| 44 | Adams County | 5.6 | 189K | 34,102 | 4,996 | 628 |
| 45 | Lycoming County | 5.5 | 344K | 62,884 | 8,219 | 717 |
| 46 | York County | 5.4 | 1.1M | 195,191 | 18,730 | 441 |
| 47 | Westmoreland County | 5.4 | 1.0M | 188,408 | 13,295 | 586 |
| 48 | Montour County | 5.3 | 64K | 12,181 | 4,886 | 247 |
| 49 | Lebanon County | 5.2 | 358K | 69,525 | 7,602 | 600 |
| 50 | Fulton County | 5.1 | 37K | 7,267 | 1,092 | 161 |
| 51 | Bedford County | 4.7 | 128K | 26,999 | 2,531 | 389 |
| 52 | Cambria County | 4.4 | 293K | 66,666 | 4,422 | 694 |
| 53 | Clearfield County | 4.3 | 165K | 38,762 | 4,101 | 545 |
| 54 | Elk County | 4.2 | 72K | 16,981 | 1,757 | 185 |
| 55 | Lancaster County | 4.1 | 642K | 156,892 | 7,739 | 904 |
| 56 | Delaware County | 4.1 | 1.1M | 277,130 | 32,146 | 112 |
| 57 | Lawrence County | 3.8 | 137K | 36,062 | 7,956 | 436 |
| 58 | Dauphin County | 3.7 | 658K | 176,757 | 21,434 | 890 |
| 59 | Washington County | 3.7 | 419K | 113,196 | 6,789 | 568 |
| 60 | Huntingdon County | 3.5 | 74K | 20,889 | 2,089 | 334 |
| 61 | Somerset County | 3.5 | 118K | 34,025 | 3,770 | 534 |
| 62 | Mifflin County | 3.4 | 89K | 26,457 | 4,196 | 458 |
| 63 | Blair County | 2.8 | 195K | 69,598 | 6,671 | 546 |
| 64 | Centre County | 2.4 | 229K | 96,428 | 3,749 | 601 |
| 65 | Union County | 2.1 | 61K | 28,701 | 2,404 | 277 |
| 66 | Philadelphia County | 1.9 | 1.5M | 802,812 | 6,529 | 3 |
| 67 | Franklin County | 1.7 | 131K | 76,806 | 2,751 | 635 |
Biggest Pennsylvania 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 | Allegheny County, PA | June 17, 2024 01:00 | June 25, 2024 21:30 | 8d 20h | 84,962 | 1.1M |
| 2 | Chester County, PA | June 29, 2024 18:15 | September 18, 2024 19:30 | 81d 1h | 77,059 | 2.6M |
| 3 | Chester County, PA | January 6, 2024 13:15 | January 18, 2024 19:15 | 12d 6h | 65,902 | 1.2M |
| 4 | Allegheny County, PA | December 29, 2024 11:30 | January 1, 2025 00:00 | 2d 12h | 55,570 | 808K |
| 5 | Delaware County, PA | January 9, 2024 21:30 | February 6, 2024 01:30 | 27d 4h | 32,146 | 477K |
| 6 | Northampton County, PA | September 29, 2024 07:30 | September 30, 2024 04:15 | 20h 45m | 31,448 | 94K |
| 7 | Lackawanna County, PA | July 15, 2024 23:15 | July 19, 2024 06:15 | 3d 7h | 30,955 | 198K |
| 8 | Schuylkill County, PA | February 13, 2024 08:45 | February 18, 2024 20:00 | 5d 11h | 30,577 | 753K |
| 9 | Northampton County, PA | June 26, 2024 10:30 | July 1, 2024 06:15 | 4d 19h | 30,405 | 540K |
| 10 | Lackawanna County, PA | November 22, 2024 03:00 | November 26, 2024 22:45 | 4d 19h | 28,732 | 617K |
| 11 | Allegheny County, PA | November 20, 2024 21:30 | November 22, 2024 23:00 | 2d 1h | 26,040 | 175K |
| 12 | Wayne County, PA | November 22, 2024 03:45 | November 27, 2024 05:45 | 5d 2h | 25,764 | 857K |
| 13 | Montgomery County, PA | July 3, 2024 11:30 | October 6, 2024 17:45 | 95d 6h | 25,461 | 593K |
| 14 | Erie County, PA | January 9, 2024 09:45 | January 16, 2024 03:45 | 6d 18h | 25,425 | 659K |
| 15 | Lehigh County, PA | June 26, 2024 10:00 | July 1, 2024 01:45 | 4d 15h | 24,734 | 380K |
| 16 | Bucks County, PA | July 5, 2024 04:45 | September 21, 2024 02:15 | 77d 21h | 22,866 | 451K |
| 17 | Allegheny County, PA | July 9, 2024 11:00 | July 13, 2024 07:00 | 3d 20h | 22,065 | 150K |
| 18 | Dauphin County, PA | February 13, 2024 09:00 | February 16, 2024 23:15 | 3d 14h | 21,434 | 273K |
| 19 | Luzerne County, PA | February 6, 2024 19:45 | February 6, 2024 20:00 | 15m | 20,920 | 5,230 |
| 20 | Allegheny County, PA | December 5, 2024 01:45 | December 6, 2024 01:30 | 23h 45m | 19,762 | 76K |
| 21 | York County, PA | July 6, 2024 21:15 | July 21, 2024 03:00 | 14d 5h | 18,730 | 311K |
| 22 | Northumberland County, PA | February 13, 2024 09:30 | February 16, 2024 23:15 | 3d 13h | 18,268 | 230K |
| 23 | Cumberland County, PA | February 12, 2024 23:30 | February 16, 2024 22:45 | 3d 23h | 18,016 | 263K |
| 24 | Northampton County, PA | May 23, 2024 11:30 | May 24, 2024 00:15 | 12h 45m | 17,809 | 110K |
| 25 | Pike County, PA | November 21, 2024 22:30 | November 27, 2024 04:15 | 5d 5h | 17,453 | 763K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Pennsylvania'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.