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2015 Alaska Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 2.8 hours, the 16th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.8
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
119K
Peak customers out
11,508
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AK customers
Counties reporting
1

Alaska year over year

Alaska: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.7h; 2016: 1.9h; 2017: 1.8h; 2018: 6.2h, coverage 67%; 2019: 4.7h, coverage 67%; 2020: 4.2h, coverage 68%; 2021: 7.0h, coverage 68%; 2022: 13.1h, coverage 71%; 2023: 8.4h; 2024: 6.7h; 2025: 10.9h0510150%50%100%2.7h20151.9h20161.8h20176.2h20184.7h20194.2h20207.0h202113.1h20228.4h20236.7h202410.9h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Alaska; November was the worst.

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Alaska customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 0, Feb 0, Mar 0, Apr 0, May 0, Jun 0, Jul 15K, Aug 17K, Sep 4,458, Oct 8,110, Nov 44K, Dec 30K020k40k60k0Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun15KJul17KAug4,458Sep8,110Oct44KNov30KDec
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All 1 Alaska counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Kenai Peninsula Borough2.7119K43,31511,508219

Biggest Alaska outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKAugust 21, 2015 19:00August 22, 2015 00:005h11,5088,623
2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKNovember 3, 2015 12:30November 3, 2015 18:155h 45m4,6669,324
3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKDecember 30, 2015 06:45December 31, 2015 00:1517h 30m1,53214K
4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKNovember 7, 2015 23:15November 9, 2015 19:451d 20h1,27126K
5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKSeptember 29, 2015 23:45October 1, 2015 04:151d 4h1,2363,021
6Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKOctober 2, 2015 21:45October 3, 2015 09:0011h 15m1,2193,634
7Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKAugust 7, 2015 02:30August 7, 2015 05:002h 30m1,2102,454
8Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKNovember 10, 2015 11:30November 10, 2015 17:456h 15m1,0312,015
9Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKJuly 3, 2015 08:00July 5, 2015 03:451d 19h88211K
10Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKDecember 26, 2015 03:15December 28, 2015 07:002d 3h87911K
11Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKJuly 13, 2015 00:15July 14, 2015 22:001d 21h7991,325
12Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKAugust 26, 2015 15:00August 27, 2015 07:0016h7051,900
13Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKNovember 26, 2015 14:15November 26, 2015 18:454h 30m449843
14Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKJuly 29, 2015 18:30July 29, 2015 20:302h390780
15Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKNovember 11, 2015 21:15November 13, 2015 23:452d 2h3543,331
16Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKAugust 11, 2015 14:00August 13, 2015 01:301d 11h3411,024
17Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKOctober 6, 2015 18:30October 7, 2015 21:301d 3h3363,603
18Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKAugust 27, 2015 16:15August 28, 2015 11:0018h 45m335719
19Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKJuly 18, 2015 00:30July 18, 2015 05:004h 30m292867
20Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKJuly 8, 2015 17:45July 9, 2015 14:3020h 45m198319
21Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKDecember 21, 2015 07:30December 21, 2015 16:008h 30m1981,584
22Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKNovember 5, 2015 16:15November 6, 2015 00:458h 30m177414
23Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKDecember 15, 2015 19:30December 16, 2015 03:157h 45m176515
24Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKJuly 15, 2015 00:00July 15, 2015 00:3030m17688
25Kenai Peninsula Borough, AKAugust 17, 2015 18:15August 18, 2015 00:005h 45m172215
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alaska'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.
Alaska by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WVWAMINCRILAOKNJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.