2015 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 3.1 hours, the 13th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.1
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
1.6M
Peak customers out
45,915
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware 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 | New Castle County | 5.7 | 1.1M | 191,056 | 45,881 | 867 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 1.7 | 367K | 218,986 | 22,468 | 967 |
| 3 | Kent County | 1.2 | 121K | 98,370 | 3,998 | 736 |
Biggest Delaware 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 | New Castle County, DE | June 23, 2015 08:15 | June 29, 2015 09:00 | 6d | 45,881 | 596K |
| 2 | Sussex County, DE | February 22, 2015 14:30 | February 22, 2015 19:00 | 4h 30m | 22,468 | 35K |
| 3 | New Castle County, DE | April 22, 2015 12:30 | April 23, 2015 05:15 | 16h 45m | 10,956 | 21K |
| 4 | New Castle County, DE | December 14, 2015 13:45 | December 15, 2015 01:30 | 11h 45m | 10,576 | 13K |
| 5 | New Castle County, DE | April 6, 2015 12:15 | April 7, 2015 03:00 | 14h 45m | 9,376 | 2,392 |
| 6 | New Castle County, DE | January 14, 2015 13:15 | January 16, 2015 00:00 | 1d 10h | 8,372 | 3,769 |
| 7 | Sussex County, DE | October 1, 2015 08:45 | October 5, 2015 09:00 | 4d | 7,586 | 60K |
| 8 | Sussex County, DE | January 28, 2015 11:45 | January 29, 2015 02:00 | 14h 15m | 7,502 | 43K |
| 9 | New Castle County, DE | May 31, 2015 13:45 | June 3, 2015 02:30 | 2d 12h | 7,481 | 21K |
| 10 | Sussex County, DE | March 15, 2015 14:30 | March 15, 2015 18:30 | 4h | 6,358 | 14K |
| 11 | New Castle County, DE | September 17, 2015 03:30 | September 18, 2015 02:45 | 23h 15m | 5,440 | 6,146 |
| 12 | New Castle County, DE | April 29, 2015 12:15 | April 29, 2015 20:00 | 7h 45m | 5,209 | 2,644 |
| 13 | New Castle County, DE | November 20, 2015 12:30 | November 21, 2015 01:00 | 12h 30m | 5,199 | 1,641 |
| 14 | New Castle County, DE | May 4, 2015 11:45 | May 5, 2015 05:00 | 17h 15m | 5,160 | 8,242 |
| 15 | New Castle County, DE | July 18, 2015 20:45 | July 19, 2015 01:45 | 5h | 5,074 | 6,865 |
| 16 | New Castle County, DE | October 27, 2015 19:45 | October 28, 2015 08:00 | 12h 15m | 4,570 | 9,592 |
| 17 | Sussex County, DE | April 22, 2015 11:30 | April 22, 2015 17:15 | 5h 45m | 4,422 | 5,543 |
| 18 | Sussex County, DE | February 15, 2015 02:00 | February 17, 2015 03:30 | 2d 1h | 4,188 | 27K |
| 19 | New Castle County, DE | June 14, 2015 11:00 | June 15, 2015 08:30 | 21h 30m | 4,099 | 7,114 |
| 20 | Sussex County, DE | May 7, 2015 11:45 | May 7, 2015 20:15 | 8h 30m | 4,074 | 1,056 |
| 21 | New Castle County, DE | October 21, 2015 11:45 | October 22, 2015 01:00 | 13h 15m | 4,056 | 2,850 |
| 22 | Kent County, DE | September 3, 2015 15:00 | September 3, 2015 16:45 | 1h 45m | 3,998 | 1,003 |
| 23 | New Castle County, DE | March 14, 2015 17:00 | March 15, 2015 13:30 | 20h 30m | 3,952 | 6,156 |
| 24 | Kent County, DE | December 29, 2015 02:00 | December 29, 2015 12:00 | 10h | 3,912 | 8,126 |
| 25 | New Castle County, DE | July 9, 2015 10:00 | July 11, 2015 09:15 | 1d 23h | 3,732 | 34K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Delaware'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.