When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in West Chester, PA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Chester County, Pennsylvania
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customers reported out in West Chester · live from PECO (PA) · updated 10:06 PM EDT
Across the whole county (Chester, Pennsylvania, all utilities): 282 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the West Chester figure above.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in West Chester, Pennsylvania — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. West Chester is a borough in Chester County; when the serving utility's public feed reports West Chester directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for West Chester

West Chester is a borough of about 22,758 residents in Chester County.

PECO has reported outages for West Chester by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when West Chester is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in West Chester: 19380 · 19381 · 19382 · 19383 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around West Chester: the closest other places we track are Coatesville, about 11 miles to the west; Phoenixville, about 13 miles to the north; Chester, about 15 miles to the southeast; Wilmington, DE, about 16 miles to the south. Also nearby: Lansdowne (18 mi E), Norristown (18 mi NE), Darby (18 mi E), Yeadon (19 mi E), Pottstown (20 mi N), Newark, DE (21 mi S), Philadelphia (25 mi E), Woodbury, NJ (25 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Emmaus (40 mi); northeast toward Lansdale (26 mi); east toward Gloucester City, NJ (26 mi); southeast toward Glassboro, NJ (32 mi); south toward Middletown, DE (36 mi); southwest toward Elkton, MD (27 mi); west toward York (60 mi); northwest toward Reading (31 mi).

Who serves West Chester?

We track live outage data from PECO in Chester County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in West Chester

West Chester's last tracked outage began Aug 15, peaked at 940 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes.

  • Aug 15 — 940 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Chester County, PA (covers West Chester)
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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in West Chester, PA?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the West Chester area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in West Chester, PA?

This page is a live power outage status check for the West Chester area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a West Chester ZIP code — 19380, 19381, 19382, 19383 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in West Chester, PA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Chester County include PECO; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show West Chester specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for West Chester we have the city-level view: PECO has published outages for West Chester under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When West Chester is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Chester County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes West Chester.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

West Chester, PA — live power outage tracker