Power outages in Milton, DE
Live outages for Milton and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Milton has 3,860 residents.
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MiltonSussex County
Outage history in Sussex County, which includes Milton
2014–2025 recordSussex County averaged 13.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Delaware counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 20. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 7 hours, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began August 4, 2020, with 34,852 customers out at once.
13.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.45 minutestypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.18 hourslongest on record (January 2022)
34,852most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| August 4, 2020 | 34,852 | 17 hours | 266,169 |
| May 26, 2016 | 23,322 | 2 hours | 28,217 |
| February 22, 2015 | 22,468 | 2.5 hours | 34,577 |
| November 13, 2020 | 18,587 | 4 hours | 35,957 |
| August 30, 2017 | 16,283 | 5 hours | 31,661 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.