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Power Outages in Alachua County, FL

Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc, Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co and Gainesville Regional Utilities publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Alachua - (FL), City of Newberry - (FL) and Duke Energy. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.9 hours.

Alachua County, FL is served by 8 tracked utilities.

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Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc, Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co and Gainesville Regional Utilities publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Alachua - (FL), City of Newberry - (FL) and Duke Energy: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Alachua County

0.0%of this county's ~141,425 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Alachua - (FL), City of Newberry - (FL), Duke Energy. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc, Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co, Gainesville Regional Utilities.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Central Florida Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL)Live · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy Florida, LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Florida Power & Light CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Gainesville Regional UtilitiesLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Alachua - (FL)No live feedcan't see------
City of Newberry - (FL)No live feedcan't see------
Duke EnergyNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Alachua Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
2,312
Oxygen service
557
Dialysis (facility)
312
Home health / hospice
477
By ZIP code (17)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
32608231≤11163≤11
32609183≤11121≤11
32606177≤111300
32605172≤11113≤11
32615165≤11117≤11
32669154≤11111≤11
32643139≤11106≤11
32641139≤1198≤11
32640136≤11105≤11
32653126≤1175≤11
32607126≤1184≤11
3261883063≤11
3260173≤11520
3266736≤11260
3269427≤11210
32631≤110≤110
32603≤11≤11≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Alachua County, FL

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Alachua County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Alachua County

Alachua County has been under 42 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 15, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×33
  • Flood Advisory ×6
  • Flood Watch ×2
  • Tornado Watch ×1

Latest Alachua County, FL outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 50m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 560 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 55m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 548 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 16m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 935 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 1m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 543 customers out (0.2% of the county)

Outage trend · Alachua County, FL
0customers out · peak 59
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Alachua County, FL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 59 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0204060Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Alachua County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Gainesvilleno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Alachua County went about 0.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 89,495 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Florida utilities averaged 1.2 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Alachua County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 4.3h, 2017 16.0h, 2018 1.5h, 2019 1.4h, 2020 2.2h, 2021 1.2h, 2022 2.4h, 2023 2.8h, 2024 18.7h, 2025 0.9h. Highlighted: 2024.051015201.2h20154.3h201616.0h20171.5h20181.4h20192.2h20201.2h20212.4h20222.8h202318.7h20240.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 89,495 customers out) · decade average 4.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201582415,0271.2
201670614,9744.3
201755967,72216.0
20188287,5891.5
201998712,3501.4
20201,06721,0282.2
20211,2266,3091.2
20221,39213,2562.4
20231,12615,3492.8
20241,29089,49518.7
20251,6137,5050.9

Cost of power in Alachua County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Alachua County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

14.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 4% since 2015
vs Florida avg 15.0¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 26, 202489,4958d 20h
September 10, 201767,72216d 12h
August 4, 202428,2565d 9h
December 24, 202021,0281d 13h
February 19, 202416,72111h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
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Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 4.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively Moderate
WildfireRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Alachua County: FAQ

How often does Alachua County, FL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Alachua County, FL logged 1,613 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Alachua County, FL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 89,495 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 8d 20h.
Is there a power outage in Alachua County, FL right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Alachua County, FL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Alachua County, FL?
Tracked electric providers include Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc, Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co, Gainesville Regional Utilities.
Nearby counties
Bradford CountyColumbia CountyGilchrist CountyLevy County
Cities & towns in Alachua County

Gainesville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Alachua County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Alachua County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Alachua County.

32601, 32603, 32605, 32606, 32607, 32608, 32609, 32610, 32612, 32615, 32616, 32618, 32631, 32640, 32641, 32643, 32653, 32658, 32667, 32669, 32694

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Florida Power & Light Co0.8 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy Florida, LLC1.4 hrsLive · total only-
Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL)3.4 hrsLive · total only-
Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc2.2 hrsLive · total only-
Gainesville Regional Utilities0.6 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy-No live feed-
City of Alachua - (FL)-No live feed-
City of Newberry - (FL)-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Florida customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/12001 and /api/v1/counties/12001/history.