Power outages in Philadelphia County, PA
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Philadelphia County yet. PECO Energy Co and Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development serve this county.
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No live outage data for Philadelphia 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.Outage map
Outage history in Philadelphia County
2014–2025 recordPhiladelphia County averaged 1.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Pennsylvania counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 2. Half were over within 4.5 hours; the longest lasted 7.5 hours, starting June 19, 2025.
The largest on record began June 3, 2020, with 43,823 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
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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 3, 2020 | 43,823 | 1.8 days | 898,033 |
| June 23, 2015 | 43,629 | 13 hours | 293,115 |
| March 7, 2017 | 36,673 | 12 hours | 146,064 |
| August 14, 2020 | 32,597 | 15 minutes | 8,149 |
| March 2, 2018 | 32,117 | 27 hours | 510,963 |
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 Philadelphia County
Utilities
- PECO Energy Co no live feed
- Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development no live feed
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