Power outages in Newark, DE
Live outages for Newark and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Newark has 30,359 residents.
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NewarkNew Castle County
Outage history in New Castle County, which includes Newark
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.
22.3significant 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.2.9 dayslongest on record (August 2020)
45,881most 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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| 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.