When will the power be back in Chester County, PA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Pennsylvania
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customers reported out in Chester County, PA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
County-wide restoration outlook: ~41 min to restore at the current pace (roughly 9 customers an hour)
🎯 Likely 15 min–2.2 hr — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 3:25 AM EDT.
46county-wide trend of customers without power · last 35 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
Wallace — <5 customers reported out
Valley — <5 customers reported out
East Brandywine — <5 customers reported out
Utilities report these on their own live outage maps, which can total more than the current county figure while an outage is still growing or being restored.
⚡ No power in Chester, PA? 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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include PECO, FirstEnergy and PPL Electric Utilities, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Chester County, PA
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 222 customers, restored in ~18.3 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 15 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 30, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Chester County, PA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,457 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 28 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~6.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Pennsylvania norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~4.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~110,546 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 3.1 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Chester County include West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville, Downingtown, Kennett Square, Oxford, Parkesburg and Spring City. 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 Chester County, PA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Chester include PECO, FirstEnergy and PPL Electric Utilities — 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.
