Power Outages in Columbia County, FL
Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co and Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.
Columbia County, FL is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co and Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~49,361 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co, Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke Energy Florida, LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Florida Power & Light Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Columbia 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.
By ZIP code (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32024 | 270 | ≤11 | 217 | ≤11 |
| 32025 | 242 | ≤11 | 198 | ≤11 |
| 32055 | 240 | ≤11 | 179 | ≤11 |
| 32038 | 162 | ≤11 | 127 | ≤11 |
| 32061 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Columbia County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Columbia County right now.
Columbia County has been under 37 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×20
- Flood Watch ×7
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Tornado Watch ×1
Latest Columbia County, FL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 59m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 269 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 531 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Columbia County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Columbia County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 38,562 customers.
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 2.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 34,768 customers out) · decade average 17.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 840 | 6,988 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 802 | 12,539 | 12.0 |
| 2017 | 916 | 38,562 | 37.2 |
| 2018 | 985 | 10,126 | 4.7 |
| 2019 | 1,013 | 12,844 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 948 | 12,414 | 6.4 |
| 2021 | 941 | 7,265 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 928 | 6,324 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 877 | 30,854 | 30.3 |
| 2024 | 800 | 34,768 | 84.1 |
| 2025 | 964 | 5,672 | 2.3 |
Cost of power in Columbia County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Columbia 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.
- Florida Power & Light Co14.6¢5,337,118 cust
- Duke Energy Florida, LLC18.4¢1,819,962 cust
- Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL)14.0¢173,966 cust
- Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc17.6¢26,174 cust
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.
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 17.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Columbia County: FAQ
- How often does Columbia County, FL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Columbia County, FL logged 964 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Columbia County, FL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 38,562 customers without power, beginning September 10, 2017 and lasting about 8d 14h.
- Is there a power outage in Columbia County, FL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Columbia County, FL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Columbia County, FL?
- Tracked electric providers include Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL), Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Florida Power & Light Co, Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Columbia County.
32024, 32025, 32038, 32055, 32061, 32096
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | 0.8 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Duke Energy Florida, LLC | 1.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL) | 3.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc | 3.5 hrs | Live · total only | - |
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/12023 and /api/v1/counties/12023/history.