Power outages in Sussex County, DE
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Sussex County yet. Delmarva Power, Delaware Electric Cooperative and City of Milford - (DE) serve this county.
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No live outage data for Sussex 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 Sussex County
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.
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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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| 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.
Cities in Sussex County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Delmarva Power no live feed
- Delaware Electric Cooperative no live feed
- City of Milford - (DE) no live feed
- City of Lewes - (DE) no live feed
- City of Seaford- (DE) no live feed
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