Outage Almanac

Pennsylvania power outages

67 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Pennsylvania averaged 0.74 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 28 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. March and June made up 34% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Sullivan County had the most outage time per resident of 65 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Sullivan County2.0614.24
2Pike County3.71403.78
3Susquehanna County5.2722.66
4Wayne County6.6962.64
5Wyoming County5.3522.54
6Monroe County6.21152.20
7Greene County6.1961.79
8Venango County3.6811.73
9Warren County3.1741.54
10McKean County3.7521.53
11Clarion County2.7771.52
12Crawford County3.91031.45
13Bradford County4.4861.43
14Potter County2.7481.37
15Chester County4.61301.30
16Tioga County3.6651.20
17Columbia County5.0741.19
18Washington County6.11051.17
19Elk County2.7461.16
20Armstrong County4.01151.15
21Bucks County3.91151.12
22Jefferson County3.7521.10
23Butler County3.31251.08
23Delaware County2.91091.08
25Mercer County3.21081.05
26Perry County4.1491.03
27Fayette County3.6801.02
28Montgomery County2.41291.00
29Indiana County4.4550.99
30Cambria County4.3500.97
31Clearfield County3.7720.95
32Mifflin County2.1400.87
33Bedford County2.6430.84
34Westmoreland County4.11050.79
35Juniata County1.2240.76
36Erie County3.6460.74
37Clinton County2.6510.73
37Northampton County2.9810.73
39Berks County3.01020.72
40Lycoming County3.1560.66
41Carbon County2.8700.65
42Beaver County2.7800.60
43Lawrence County1.3720.57
43York County3.7870.57
45Lebanon County3.0690.55
46Schuylkill County3.2460.54
47Blair County2.4370.52
47Somerset County1.3440.52
49Centre County2.1720.51
50Allegheny County2.41050.49
50Northumberland County2.6440.49
52Montour County0.9440.48
53Adams County2.3280.44
54Fulton County1.1220.42
55Huntingdon County1.0490.40
55Snyder County1.3230.40
57Lehigh County2.1740.39
58Lackawanna County2.8740.33
59Cumberland County2.4410.32
60Union County1.3340.29
61Luzerne County2.0480.27
61Philadelphia County0.71280.27
63Dauphin County1.7580.25
63Franklin County1.3300.25
65Lancaster County1.0340.20

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Pennsylvania

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.