When will the power be back in West Chester, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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 2026-09-18) — 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:
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; and 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); and 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 Lancaster (37 mi); and northwest toward Reading (31 mi).
Who serves West Chester?
We track live outage data from PECO, FirstEnergy and PPL Electric Utilities in Chester County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
West Chester's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 213 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 26 — 213 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 25 — 79 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 17 — 27 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 3 — 28 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Chester County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.5 hr. The full record for Chester County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in West Chester, PA?
To check your own street, search a West Chester ZIP code — 19380, 19381, 19382 or 19383 — and the map opens on that area.
