SEV3 — ElevatedCLOSEDInfrastructureONGOINGUnverified34d ago

Pennsylvania Power Outage Affects 116,000 Customers

A significant power outage is affecting 116,150 customers across Pennsylvania, representing nearly 3x the 24-hour average outage volume for the state. While no major BPO hubs are directly in Pennsylvania, the scale and proximity to northeastern US operations centers warrant monitoring for potential ripple effects on regional infrastructure and workforce availability. The outage scope suggests a substantial grid disruption rather than localized equipment failure.

Impact Summary

A significant power outage is affecting 116,150 customers across Pennsylvania, representing nearly 3x the 24-hour average outage volume for the state. While no major BPO hubs are directly in Pennsylvania, the scale and proximity to northeastern US operations centers warrant monitoring for potential ripple effects on regional infrastructure and workforce availability. The outage scope suggests a substantial grid disruption rather than localized equipment failure.

Domain
Infrastructure
Region
United States, US
Opened By
watchkeeper
Jun 6, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
Validated By
auto
Jun 6, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
Event Cluster
24 events
OVIX Score
10.0
Closed
foreman(foreman-stale-cleanup)
Jun 20, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC

Timeline12

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Incident openedby watchkeeperJun 6, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
Declared from 1 signals. OVIX 10. News 1. BPO 3. High-confidence (auto).
✓
Severity validatedby autoJun 6, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
Auto-validated: SEV3 per policy.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperJun 9, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Revalidated: 2 new related signal(s). Next reval in 48h.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperJun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Revalidated: 1 new material event(s). Next reval in 48h.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperJun 13, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Revalidated: no new activity. Next reval in 48h.
✎
Note addedby watchkeeperJun 15, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Flagged persistent: >7d of continuous activity. Switching to weekly revalidation.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperJun 15, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Revalidated: 4 re-emitted signal(s), no new event. Next reval in 168h.
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Note addedby foremanJun 16, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC
WFM-33 backfill: re-anchored Region from country aggregate to top metro/admin1 member 'New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, US' (tier-first, then exposure); affected_regions preserved.
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Note addedby foremanJun 16, 2026, 11:52 AM UTC
WFM-33 backfill v2: re-anchored Region to member 'United States' (tier-first metro>admin1>country, exposure DESC; country-code members resolve to the country tier only); affected_regions preserved.
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Note addedby watchkeeperJun 19, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (1 signals, OVIX 8.5) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperJun 19, 2026, 02:30 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (1 signals, OVIX 8.5) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Incident closedby foremanJun 20, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC
Pennsylvania power outage from 2026-06-06 — the real-world event is long resolved (13.5d). Coverage-bounded but lingered. Closed in 2026-06-20 real-time cleanup.

Evidence / Why this?

Traced to source — read-only
Evidence is not yet available for this incident. Older incidents predate the traceability layer; newly declared incidents will show why they were declared, why their severity was set, geo provenance, and their sources here.

Related Signals20

[US] infrastructure 8.5 — Power outage: Texas — 63,584 customers affected (2.3x above 24h avg of 27,752)sentinel22d ago[US] infrastructure 7.0 — Power outage: Alabama — 28,989 customers affected (2.0x above 24h avg of 14,169)sentinel22d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Kentucky — 62,784 customers affectedsentinel23d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Louisiana — 37,804 customers affected (3.5x above 24h avg of 10,912)sentinel23d ago[US] infrastructure 7.0 — Power outage: Georgia — 29,550 customers affected (2.4x above 24h avg of 12,277)sentinel27d ago[US] infrastructure 10.0 — Power outage: Ohio — 161,187 customers affected (3.5x above 24h avg of 45,986)sentinel27d ago[US] infrastructure 6.0 — Power outage: Illinois — 24,952 customers affectedsentinel27d ago[US] infrastructure 6.0 — Power outage: Missouri — 25,439 customers affectedsentinel27d ago[US] infrastructure 6.0 — Power outage: Indiana — 41,700 customers affectedsentinel28d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Illinois — 58,953 customers affectedsentinel28d ago[US] infrastructure 6.0 — Power outage: Indiana — 48,556 customers affectedsentinel28d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Illinois — 76,206 customers affectedsentinel28d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Michigan — 68,903 customers affectedsentinel29d ago[US] infrastructure 9.0 — Power outage: Indiana — 124,354 customers affectedsentinel29d ago[US] infrastructure 9.0 — Power outage: Illinois — 213,876 customers affectedsentinel29d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Michigan — 56,265 customers affectedsentinel30d ago[US] infrastructure 9.0 — Power outage: Illinois — 167,666 customers affectedsentinel30d ago[US] infrastructure 7.5 — Power outage: Michigan — 80,845 customers affectedsentinel30d ago[US] infrastructure 9.0 — Power outage: Illinois — 199,107 customers affectedsentinel30d ago[US] infrastructure 7.0 — Power outage: Ohio — 25,459 customers affected (2.3x above 24h avg of 11,162)sentinel30d ago

Affected Regions

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