2015 Arizona Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Arizona customer went without power for about 0.4 hours, the 47th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
0.4
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
1.1M
Peak customers out
23,163
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AZ customers
Counties reporting
6
Arizona year over year
All 6 Arizona 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 | Pinal County | 0.7 | 69K | 92,098 | 6,085 | 121 |
| 2 | Navajo County | 0.7 | 58K | 84,388 | 5,694 | 488 |
| 3 | Maricopa County | 0.5 | 793K | 1,742,493 | 21,506 | 270 |
| 4 | Apache County | 0.3 | 9,645 | 29,549 | 2,096 | 244 |
| 5 | Pima County | 0.3 | 135K | 492,744 | 9,171 | 109 |
| 6 | Gila County | 0.2 | 4,713 | 29,489 | 713 | 11 |
Biggest Arizona 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 | Maricopa County, AZ | October 18, 2015 23:00 | October 20, 2015 03:30 | 1d 4h | 21,506 | 96K |
| 2 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 31, 2015 22:15 | September 2, 2015 21:30 | 1d 23h | 20,854 | 218K |
| 3 | Maricopa County, AZ | November 9, 2015 08:00 | November 9, 2015 21:30 | 13h 30m | 20,800 | 8,194 |
| 4 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 29, 2015 23:45 | August 31, 2015 21:30 | 1d 21h | 16,713 | 68K |
| 5 | Pima County, AZ | October 18, 2015 02:15 | October 18, 2015 06:15 | 4h | 9,171 | 12K |
| 6 | Maricopa County, AZ | November 17, 2015 01:00 | November 17, 2015 02:45 | 1h 45m | 8,898 | 12K |
| 7 | Pima County, AZ | August 22, 2015 23:15 | August 24, 2015 00:00 | 1d | 6,888 | 16K |
| 8 | Pima County, AZ | December 2, 2015 14:30 | December 2, 2015 15:45 | 1h 15m | 6,763 | 8,141 |
| 9 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 10, 2015 14:00 | August 13, 2015 06:00 | 2d 16h | 6,457 | 34K |
| 10 | Pinal County, AZ | August 11, 2015 16:30 | August 12, 2015 17:30 | 1d 1h | 6,085 | 22K |
| 11 | Navajo County, AZ | December 25, 2015 12:30 | December 25, 2015 17:00 | 4h 30m | 5,694 | 6,129 |
| 12 | Pima County, AZ | October 8, 2015 18:00 | October 8, 2015 19:00 | 1h | 5,330 | 4,239 |
| 13 | Maricopa County, AZ | October 31, 2015 13:45 | November 1, 2015 00:45 | 11h | 5,209 | 11K |
| 14 | Navajo County, AZ | October 1, 2015 18:30 | October 1, 2015 18:45 | 15m | 5,197 | 1,299 |
| 15 | Maricopa County, AZ | November 10, 2015 06:15 | November 11, 2015 05:00 | 22h 45m | 5,110 | 11K |
| 16 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 13, 2015 20:30 | August 15, 2015 22:00 | 2d 1h | 4,914 | 11K |
| 17 | Pima County, AZ | December 29, 2015 14:15 | December 29, 2015 14:30 | 15m | 4,872 | 1,218 |
| 18 | Maricopa County, AZ | September 12, 2015 11:45 | September 15, 2015 23:45 | 3d 12h | 4,833 | 19K |
| 19 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 7, 2015 22:15 | August 9, 2015 03:45 | 1d 5h | 4,744 | 14K |
| 20 | Maricopa County, AZ | November 14, 2015 12:00 | November 14, 2015 14:00 | 2h | 4,565 | 5,707 |
| 21 | Pima County, AZ | October 6, 2015 20:00 | October 7, 2015 07:15 | 11h 15m | 4,449 | 4,215 |
| 22 | Maricopa County, AZ | December 3, 2015 13:00 | December 4, 2015 02:30 | 13h 30m | 4,440 | 6,351 |
| 23 | Pima County, AZ | October 5, 2015 18:30 | October 5, 2015 20:00 | 1h 30m | 4,248 | 3,832 |
| 24 | Pima County, AZ | August 25, 2015 14:30 | August 25, 2015 15:15 | 45m | 4,178 | 2,257 |
| 25 | Pinal County, AZ | October 23, 2015 01:15 | October 23, 2015 03:45 | 2h 30m | 4,169 | 10K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Arizona'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.