2015 Alabama Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 0.5 hours, the 46th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
0.5
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
530K
Peak customers out
48,366
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AL customers
Counties reporting
30
Alabama year over year
All 30 Alabama counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coosa County | 6.8 | 29K | 4,170 | 969 | 175 |
| 2 | Lowndes County | 4.0 | 22K | 5,496 | 1,002 | 207 |
| 3 | Chilton County | 2.0 | 40K | 19,414 | 2,283 | 330 |
| 4 | Autauga County | 2.0 | 49K | 24,619 | 1,607 | 371 |
| 5 | Crenshaw County | 1.7 | 14K | 8,129 | 806 | 273 |
| 6 | Wilcox County | 1.7 | 9,915 | 5,917 | 431 | 120 |
| 7 | Elmore County | 1.7 | 64K | 38,649 | 2,180 | 476 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 1.1 | 22K | 19,358 | 1,240 | 231 |
| 9 | Butler County | 1.1 | 13K | 12,325 | 2,010 | 265 |
| 10 | Geneva County | 0.7 | 8,768 | 11,742 | 1,497 | 147 |
| 11 | Madison County | 0.7 | 133K | 198,793 | 48,334 | 450 |
| 12 | Covington County | 0.6 | 18K | 30,321 | 1,880 | 286 |
| 13 | Pike County | 0.6 | 17K | 27,989 | 924 | 424 |
| 14 | Coffee County | 0.5 | 16K | 31,347 | 3,071 | 286 |
| 15 | Baldwin County | 0.3 | 53K | 195,253 | 11,724 | 248 |
| 16 | Houston County | 0.2 | 17K | 72,388 | 1,741 | 205 |
| 17 | Monroe County | 0.2 | 2,048 | 10,522 | 748 | 41 |
| 18 | Dale County | 0.1 | 1,332 | 25,013 | 271 | 23 |
| 19 | Tallapoosa County | 0.1 | 1,123 | 22,039 | 181 | 19 |
| 20 | Perry County | 0.0 | 213 | 4,481 | 33 | 5 |
| 21 | Bullock County | 0.0 | 120 | 8,727 | 46 | 10 |
| 22 | Conecuh County | 0.0 | 76 | 5,906 | 23 | 13 |
| 23 | Talladega County | 0.0 | 269 | 39,215 | 96 | 19 |
| 24 | Bibb County | 0.0 | 29 | 11,037 | 7 | 7 |
| 25 | Montgomery County | 0.0 | 193 | 137,566 | 23 | 12 |
| 26 | Henry County | 0.0 | 9 | 8,040 | 9 | 4 |
| 27 | Clarke County | 0.0 | 2 | 21,629 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Jackson County | 0.0 | 2 | 29,336 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Russell County | 0.0 | 1 | 21,728 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Escambia County | 0.0 | 0 | 18,593 | 1 | 1 |
Biggest Alabama outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County, AL | September 13, 2015 12:15 | September 13, 2015 17:45 | 5h 30m | 48,334 | 49K |
| 2 | Madison County, AL | September 22, 2015 05:45 | September 22, 2015 07:30 | 1h 45m | 31,706 | 40K |
| 3 | Baldwin County, AL | December 11, 2015 15:15 | December 12, 2015 20:45 | 1d 5h | 11,724 | 19K |
| 4 | Baldwin County, AL | January 11, 2015 10:30 | January 11, 2015 11:00 | 30m | 7,735 | 3,868 |
| 5 | Baldwin County, AL | January 11, 2015 09:15 | January 11, 2015 09:30 | 15m | 7,735 | 1,934 |
| 6 | Madison County, AL | November 10, 2015 17:45 | November 11, 2015 00:30 | 6h 45m | 5,108 | 2,426 |
| 7 | Coffee County, AL | April 19, 2015 13:00 | April 19, 2015 21:15 | 8h 15m | 3,071 | 3,399 |
| 8 | Baldwin County, AL | February 16, 2015 20:45 | February 17, 2015 01:15 | 4h 30m | 2,796 | 2,884 |
| 9 | Baldwin County, AL | January 18, 2015 08:00 | January 18, 2015 09:30 | 1h 30m | 2,715 | 2,038 |
| 10 | Madison County, AL | November 11, 2015 19:15 | November 12, 2015 04:45 | 9h 30m | 2,587 | 3,259 |
| 11 | Madison County, AL | December 11, 2015 16:15 | December 11, 2015 17:15 | 1h | 2,573 | 660 |
| 12 | Baldwin County, AL | December 13, 2015 15:15 | December 13, 2015 19:00 | 3h 45m | 2,285 | 1,145 |
| 13 | Chilton County, AL | November 24, 2015 06:15 | November 24, 2015 16:15 | 10h | 2,283 | 14K |
| 14 | Elmore County, AL | December 22, 2015 13:00 | December 22, 2015 20:30 | 7h 30m | 2,180 | 16K |
| 15 | Madison County, AL | November 3, 2015 13:45 | November 3, 2015 16:45 | 3h | 2,160 | 1,077 |
| 16 | Butler County, AL | September 15, 2015 19:45 | September 15, 2015 20:00 | 15m | 2,010 | 503 |
| 17 | Madison County, AL | September 17, 2015 06:15 | September 17, 2015 12:00 | 5h 45m | 1,955 | 1,971 |
| 18 | Baldwin County, AL | December 17, 2015 16:00 | December 17, 2015 20:15 | 4h 15m | 1,929 | 2,171 |
| 19 | Covington County, AL | September 15, 2015 19:45 | September 15, 2015 20:15 | 30m | 1,880 | 563 |
| 20 | Madison County, AL | October 27, 2015 04:30 | October 27, 2015 14:00 | 9h 30m | 1,856 | 4,000 |
| 21 | Elmore County, AL | July 22, 2015 23:30 | July 23, 2015 08:45 | 9h 15m | 1,781 | 3,938 |
| 22 | Houston County, AL | December 23, 2015 13:30 | December 24, 2015 01:45 | 12h 15m | 1,741 | 5,990 |
| 23 | Elmore County, AL | August 11, 2015 20:00 | August 11, 2015 20:15 | 15m | 1,726 | 432 |
| 24 | Elmore County, AL | December 29, 2015 14:00 | December 29, 2015 16:45 | 2h 45m | 1,702 | 1,897 |
| 25 | Chilton County, AL | June 5, 2015 13:00 | June 5, 2015 14:45 | 1h 45m | 1,648 | 1,184 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alabama's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.