Power outages in New Castle County, DE
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving New Castle County yet. Delmarva Power, City of Newark - (DE) and Town of Middletown - (DE) serve this county.
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No live outage data for New Castle County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in New Castle County
2014–2025 recordNew Castle County averaged 22.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Delaware counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 30. Half were over within 30 minutes; the longest lasted 24 hours, starting February 16, 2025.
The largest on record began June 23, 2015, with 45,881 customers out at once.
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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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| 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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| June 23, 2015 | 45,881 | 34 hours | 529,788 |
| March 2, 2018 | 44,559 | 2.1 days | 546,769 |
| March 14, 2017 | 33,074 | 2 days | 600,192 |
| August 4, 2020 | 28,933 | 2.1 days | 541,296 |
| January 29, 2025 | 27,045 | 3 hours | 81,135 |
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.
Cities in New Castle County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Delmarva Power no live feed
- City of Newark - (DE) no live feed
- Town of Middletown - (DE) no live feed
- New Castle Municipal Serv Comm no live feed
- Town of Smyrna - (DE) no live feed
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