When will the power be back in Philadelphia, PA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Philadelphia is a city in Philadelphia County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Philadelphia directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Philadelphia is a city of about 1,573,916 residents in Philadelphia County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Philadelphia by name, so this page reports the Philadelphia County county-wide view, which covers Philadelphia. If a serving utility does name Philadelphia during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Philadelphia: 19019 · 19092 · 19093 · 19099 · 19101 · 19102 · 19103 · 19104 · 19105 · 19106 · 19107 · 19108 · 19109 · 19110 · 19111 · 19112 · 19114 · 19115 · 19116 · 19118 · 19119 · 19120 · 19121 · 19122 · 19123 · 19124 · 19125 · 19126 · 19127 · 19128 · 19129 · 19130 · 19131 · 19132 · 19133 · 19134 · 19135 · 19136 · 19137 · 19138 · 19139 · 19140 · 19141 · 19142 · 19143 · 19144 · 19145 · 19146 · 19147 · 19148 · 19149 · 19150 · 19151 · 19152 · 19153 · 19154 · 19155 · 19160 · 19161 · 19162 · 19170 · 19171 · 19172 · 19173 · 19175 · 19176 · 19177 · 19178 · 19179 · 19181 · 19182 · 19183 · 19184 · 19185 · 19187 · 19188 · 19190 · 19191 · 19192 · 19193 · 19194 · 19195 · 19196 · 19197 · 19244 · 19255 (Philadelphia also extends into a neighboring county; those ZIPs are listed on that county's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Philadelphia: the closest other places we track are Camden, NJ, about 5 miles to the south; Collingswood, NJ, about 7 miles to the southeast; Gloucester City, NJ, about 8 miles to the south; Yeadon, about 8 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Lansdowne (9 mi SW), Darby (9 mi SW), Haddonfield, NJ (9 mi SE), Bellmawr, NJ (10 mi S), Woodbury, NJ (12 mi S), Norristown (13 mi NW), Lindenwold, NJ (15 mi SE), Burlington, NJ (16 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bethlehem (45 mi); northeast toward Trenton, NJ (25 mi); east toward Freehold, NJ (49 mi); southeast toward Pine Hill, NJ (17 mi); south toward Glassboro, NJ (21 mi); southwest toward Chester (17 mi); west toward West Chester (25 mi); northwest toward Lansdale (18 mi).
Who serves Philadelphia?
We track live outage data from PECO in Philadelphia 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.
Philadelphia's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 134 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Aug 16 — 134 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 16 — 140 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Aug 16 — 73 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 15 — 208 customers out, restored in 19 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Philadelphia's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Philadelphia, PA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia ZIP code — 19019, 19092, 19093, 19099, 19101, 19102, or any of the other 80 — 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 Philadelphia, PA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Philadelphia County county-wide view, which covers Philadelphia. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Philadelphia by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Philadelphia. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Camden (5 mi S) is the closest place we track separately.
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.
