Severe weather left a substantial stretch of the United States facing power interruptions late Sunday, with PowerOutage.us reporting more than 485,000 homes and businesses without service. The outages were concentrated in several states, with Michigan and Pennsylvania together accounting for roughly 40% of the total affected customers.
Michigan recorded the largest single-state total, with about 100,378 customers without electricity, equal to roughly 2% of the states 5.1 million customers, according to the outage data. The most affected utility within Michigan was a unit of DTE Energy, reporting approximately 82,472 customers still without power.
DTE Energy posted a statement on its website describing the utilitys response. "Our Storm Response Team is working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service and is on track to restore 95% of impacted customers by the end of day today, Monday, July 6," the company said.
Pennsylvania showed the second-highest outage count with about 95,732 customers without power. A unit of PPL Electric Utilities in the state reported around 65,401 customers without service, representing about 3.3% of that units customer base in Pennsylvania.
PPL Electric Utilities said on its website that "Crews restored power to more than 196,000 customers since Friday." Con Edison, the New York-based energy company, said on Sunday it had restored power to more than 166,800 of the approximately 173,700 customers whose service was impacted by extreme weather.
Con Edison noted that Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Rye and New Rochelle in Westchester County experienced the greatest number of storm-related outages. The utility said that 95% of its Westchester customers affected by the July 4 storms are expected to be restored by Monday at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT).
The following table lists the eight largest outage totals by state as reported:
- Michigan - 100,378
- Pennsylvania - 95,732
- New Jersey - 56,616
- New York - 45,863
- Connecticut - 32,140
- Maryland - 29,854
- Ohio - 16,553
- Texas - 13,977
The cumulative total of those eight states equals 485,890 customers without power, matching the broader national count from PowerOutage.us referenced above.
Market indicators cited alongside the outage reporting show short-term downward moves in shares associated with some utilities, including DTE, PPL and Con Edison, as reflected in the percentage changes shown during the reporting window.
Restoration efforts appear to be progressing, with the utilities emphasizing both safety and a phased return of service. Each company provided estimates for when most affected customers would regain power; those timelines were explicitly stated on the utilities public websites and form part of the current operational outlook.
As the utilities continue field operations, the public reporting consolidates the latest available counts and the companies own restoration projections without offering additional cause analysis or factors beyond the outage totals and recovery statements provided on their websites.