Thousands without power as PECO workers strike continues

Source: nbcphiladelphia

As of about 5 p.m. on Sunday, more than 18,000 homes throughout the Philadelphia region remained without power due to outages caused by Saturday storms.

By Hayden Mitman, Brendan Brightman and Andrew Rowan • Published July 5, 2026 • Updated 1 hour ago

More than 41,000 people woke up without power to their homes all across the Philadelphia region on Sunday, officials said. But that number has lowered substantially as the day has gone on.

Following storms that interrupted Saturday evening's "One Philly: Unity Concert for America" on the Ben Franklin Parkway, electricity providers across the region were reporting outages all across their systems.

The storms caused damage in communities all across the region and interrupted or caused cancelations to July 4th events, as well.

Here's a look at where power outages were reported as of about 5 p.m. on Sunday:

PECO: 5,262 outages

Montgomery County: 559
Philadelphia: 137
Delaware County: 258
Bucks County: 3,087
Chester County: 1,221
PPL: 4,375 outages

Bucks County: 739
Chester County: 59
Lehigh County: 2,531
Montgomery County: 787
Northampton County: 168
Berks County: 91

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