Delaware County
PECO lists 13 Delco customers out; voter registration closes today
October 19, 2026: One outage appears in the morning utility report. Paper registration must arrive by 4:30 p.m.; online submissions close at 11:59 p.m.
By DELCO Online News Daily Desk · ·
What changed
PECO’s October 19, 9:02 a.m. EDT county report lists 13 Delaware County customers affected across one electric outage. Today is the last day to register before the November 3 election; the county specifies different paper and online cutoffs.
Current status
Electric outage active in the dated utility snapshot; incident-level restoration unverified. No new material action found in completed county governance records successfully reviewed since Sunday. Current packet revisions and earlier outcomes remain incompletely verified because the county meeting portal requests site-owner access. The generic ‘No recorded vote’ display below is not evidence that earlier meetings took no action.
Responsible body and meeting date
PECO for electric restoration; Delaware County election officials for registration; County Council for this week’s meetings; PennDOT for scheduled roadwork; Aqua for its drinking-water notice.
PECO snapshot: October 19, 9:02 a.m. EDT. Registration deadline: October 19. Council preliminary meeting: October 20, 1 p.m.; regular meeting: October 21, 1 p.m., first floor, Government Center, 201 W. Front Street, Media.
How they voted
No recorded vote.
What the record says
- Sunday’s report listed 17 customers across four outages. The lower aggregate does not identify matching incidents or prove exactly four customers were restored. Street footprint, start time, cause and estimated restoration were not established; no ward or precinct assignment is made. Use PECO’s live tracker for updates and stay away from downed or sparking wires. The summary does not establish a downed-wire incident.
- Registration applications sent by mail must be received by 4:30 p.m. today; online submissions close at 11:59 p.m. The registration office lists 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. hours at the Government Center. This is a deadline reminder, not a newly adopted rule.
- The county’s separate Council calendar confirms Tuesday and Wednesday’s 1 p.m. meetings. The CivicClerk portal returned ‘Please contact the site owner for access.’ That session-specific restriction prevents a complete packet and motion check; it is not proof no action occurred or records were improperly withheld.
- The county planning agenda identifies applications considered October 15; the detail file was generated October 16. These unchanged records, already reviewed Saturday, do not supply recommendation letters or vote tallies. They are not new municipal approvals.
- Unchanged travel notice: PennDOT schedules flagging and lane closures on Bryn Mawr Avenue, Foxes Run Bridge to County Line Road in Radnor, October 22 and 23 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following mornings, weather permitting. This is scheduled work, not a verified active Monday closure.
- Aqua’s September 21 taste/odor notice for parts of Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties remains posted without a dated resolution update. Aqua says drinking-water standards are met; it is not a boil-water advisory. The disruption map failed to display in this browser. No additional new emergency warning was identified in the official sources successfully checked; incomplete map and incident coverage cannot support a countywide all-clear.
Why it matters
Residents must meet today’s method-specific registration cutoff. Utility counts change and do not guarantee service at an individual address. Council meeting times are confirmed, but agenda listings are not vote outcomes.
“Why?” questions officials should answer
- What street footprint and restoration estimate apply to the outage?
- Where can residents obtain accessible current county packets and motion records while this session’s portal access is restricted?
- When will Aqua provide a dated regional status update?
Comparable prior decisions
No materially comparable prior decision identified.
Consistency review
No weather causation, contamination, improper motive or exact incident restoration is inferred from aggregate counts or access limitations.
Deadlines and what to track next
- Today, October 19: paper registration received by 4:30 p.m.; online submissions by 11:59 p.m. Check the official registration resources.
- Before October 20, 1 p.m.: seek current Council packets; after October 21’s regular meeting verify adopted motions, financial terms and member positions.
- October 22–23 nights: check PennDOT and 511PA for revisions before traveling through the Radnor work area.
Official sources
Secondary context
None used. This report relies on official records only.
Updates and corrections log
- — Clarification: the generic vote display is not evidence that earlier county meetings took no action; their unresolved outcomes remain unverified.