2015 District of Columbia Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 21st worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
829K
Peak customers out
6,662
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1
District of Columbia year over year
Month by month, 2015
Customer-hours without power across District of Columbia; February was the worst.
All 1 District of Columbia 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 | District of Columbia | 2.5 | 829K | 325,122 | 6,662 | 862 |
Biggest District of Columbia 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 | District of Columbia, DC | February 15, 2015 01:45 | February 18, 2015 06:00 | 3d 4h | 6,662 | 129K |
| 2 | District of Columbia, DC | July 1, 2015 04:30 | July 2, 2015 04:45 | 1d | 6,510 | 55K |
| 3 | District of Columbia, DC | January 6, 2015 11:15 | January 6, 2015 23:00 | 11h 45m | 6,179 | 63K |
| 4 | District of Columbia, DC | April 15, 2015 09:45 | April 15, 2015 23:30 | 13h 45m | 4,454 | 6,109 |
| 5 | District of Columbia, DC | July 19, 2015 12:45 | July 20, 2015 08:00 | 19h 15m | 4,267 | 9,509 |
| 6 | District of Columbia, DC | February 22, 2015 11:30 | February 25, 2015 05:45 | 2d 18h | 3,761 | 23K |
| 7 | District of Columbia, DC | July 20, 2015 13:30 | July 21, 2015 08:15 | 18h 45m | 3,727 | 10K |
| 8 | District of Columbia, DC | March 13, 2015 07:30 | March 13, 2015 11:00 | 3h 30m | 3,609 | 1,859 |
| 9 | District of Columbia, DC | October 8, 2015 04:30 | October 10, 2015 06:45 | 2d 2h | 3,579 | 5,900 |
| 10 | District of Columbia, DC | June 20, 2015 13:15 | June 22, 2015 06:45 | 1d 17h | 3,516 | 27K |
| 11 | District of Columbia, DC | June 11, 2015 10:45 | June 13, 2015 02:15 | 1d 15h | 3,390 | 9,976 |
| 12 | District of Columbia, DC | April 30, 2015 12:30 | April 30, 2015 22:00 | 9h 30m | 3,324 | 1,449 |
| 13 | District of Columbia, DC | July 4, 2015 14:30 | July 5, 2015 06:45 | 16h 15m | 3,213 | 9,075 |
| 14 | District of Columbia, DC | July 26, 2015 09:45 | July 29, 2015 04:00 | 2d 18h | 2,996 | 27K |
| 15 | District of Columbia, DC | August 22, 2015 17:15 | August 23, 2015 01:15 | 8h | 2,905 | 8,402 |
| 16 | District of Columbia, DC | March 27, 2015 02:15 | March 28, 2015 01:30 | 23h 15m | 2,862 | 11K |
| 17 | District of Columbia, DC | May 5, 2015 13:15 | May 6, 2015 07:00 | 17h 45m | 2,729 | 2,899 |
| 18 | District of Columbia, DC | February 2, 2015 07:45 | February 3, 2015 13:15 | 1d 5h | 2,646 | 8,714 |
| 19 | District of Columbia, DC | July 8, 2015 12:45 | July 10, 2015 16:45 | 2d 4h | 2,641 | 9,150 |
| 20 | District of Columbia, DC | April 7, 2015 03:45 | April 8, 2015 03:00 | 23h 15m | 2,415 | 5,051 |
| 21 | District of Columbia, DC | September 29, 2015 11:45 | September 30, 2015 09:00 | 21h 15m | 2,366 | 7,475 |
| 22 | District of Columbia, DC | July 22, 2015 10:15 | July 23, 2015 07:30 | 21h 15m | 2,359 | 10K |
| 23 | District of Columbia, DC | January 7, 2015 23:30 | January 9, 2015 05:45 | 1d 6h | 2,357 | 8,458 |
| 24 | District of Columbia, DC | March 4, 2015 10:30 | March 5, 2015 04:45 | 18h 15m | 2,252 | 828 |
| 25 | District of Columbia, DC | July 2, 2015 06:30 | July 3, 2015 10:30 | 1d 4h | 2,231 | 2,197 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of District of Columbia'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.