When will the power be back in New Castle County, DE?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Delaware
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customers reported out in New Castle County, DE
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Delmarva Power): Oct 15, 2:00 PM EDT · its own reports for places here carry 3 different times, the earliest Oct 15, 12:00 PM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather ran ~9 hr start to finish (21 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 9:47 AM EDT.
148 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 27 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
ZIPs 19801,19850,19894,19899 — 24 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 15, 12:00 PM EDT
Wilmington — 10 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 15, 12:00 PM EDT · earliest of the 3 times posted here; the latest is Oct 15, 2:00 PM EDT
Newark — 9 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 15, 1:00 PM EDT · earliest of the 2 times posted here; the latest is Oct 15, 2:00 PM EDT
ZIPs 19711,19712,19714,19715,19718 — 2 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 15, 2:00 PM EDT
⚡ No power in New Castle, DE? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
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Who serves New Castle County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Delmarva Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Newark, Town of Middletown, Town of Smyrna and 1 other also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — New Castle County, DE
Last significant outage: Oct 12, 2026 — peaked at 411 customers, restored in ~10 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 37 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 10 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (37)
| Began | Peak out | Restored in | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | 411 | ~10 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 963 | ~16.5 hr | weather alert |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 2,643 | ~2 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 222 | ~22.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,074 | ~11.3 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 210 | ~13.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 292 | ~11 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1,108 | ~8.8 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 590 | ~10 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2,234 | ~45 hr | wind/storm |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 206 | ~6.7 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1,385 | ~16.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1,024 | ~1.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 327 | ~9 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 251 | ~4.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 2,032 | ~6 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 1,420 | ~4.7 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1,431 | ~13 hr | weather alert |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 568 | ~26.2 hr | heat event |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 16,577 | ~2.3 days | heat event |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 330 | ~42 min | no severe weather |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 586 | ~11.3 hr | wind/storm |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 201 | ~1.7 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 309 | ~4.7 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 824 | ~5.2 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 267 | ~16.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 245 | ~14.2 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 461 | ~2.8 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 219 | ~11 hr | no severe weather |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 585 | ~6.5 hr | heat event |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 555 | ~11.5 hr | heat event |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 695 | ~30 min | no severe weather |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 953 | ~33.8 hr | weather alert |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 1,587 | ~15.7 hr | wind/storm |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 212 | ~9.3 hr | weather alert |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 306 | ~2.8 hr | no severe weather |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 2,960 | ~22.5 hr | no severe weather |
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — New Castle County, DE
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,710 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 19 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Delaware norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~61,872 customers out in December 2023, restored after about 4.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2016.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than
half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period
than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Cities with their own pages in New Castle County
Communities in New Castle County include Newark, Middletown, Elsmere, Townsend, Delaware City, Bellefonte, Newport and Arden. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in New Castle County, DE?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of New Castle include Delmarva Power, City of Newark, Town of Middletown and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
