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2015 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 0.5 hours — the 46th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
0.5
Peak customers out
48,334
Rank (worst state)
46th
Counties affected
20

Alabama outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201922.1h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Alabama counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Madison County48,3342Baldwin County11,7243Coffee County3,0714Chilton County2,2835Elmore County2,1806Butler County2,0107Covington County1,8808Houston County1,7419Autauga County1,60710Geneva County1,49711Dallas County1,24012Lowndes County1,00213Coosa County96914Pike County92415Crenshaw County80616Monroe County74817Wilcox County43118Dale County27119Tallapoosa County18120Talladega County96

Biggest Alabama outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Madison CountySeptember 13, 201548,334
Madison CountySeptember 22, 201531,706
Baldwin CountyDecember 11, 201511,724
Baldwin CountyJanuary 11, 20157,735
Baldwin CountyJanuary 11, 20157,735
Madison CountyNovember 10, 20155,108
Coffee CountyApril 19, 20153,071
Baldwin CountyFebruary 16, 20152,796
Baldwin CountyJanuary 18, 20152,715
Madison CountyNovember 11, 20152,587
Alabama by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.