2015 Mississippi Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Mississippi customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 19th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
3.6M
Peak customers out
28,025
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MS customers
Counties reporting
70
Mississippi year over year
All 70 Mississippi 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 | Grenada County | 15.7 | 173K | 11,017 | 5,232 | 402 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 14.1 | 57K | 4,028 | 1,329 | 104 |
| 3 | Quitman County | 13.2 | 25K | 1,880 | 1,880 | 221 |
| 4 | Franklin County | 13.1 | 57K | 4,359 | 2,568 | 156 |
| 5 | Warren County | 12.0 | 274K | 22,742 | 8,888 | 691 |
| 6 | Montgomery County | 9.5 | 41K | 4,275 | 1,762 | 158 |
| 7 | Tallahatchie County | 9.0 | 49K | 5,372 | 1,534 | 282 |
| 8 | Humphreys County | 7.9 | 26K | 3,331 | 1,782 | 169 |
| 9 | Holmes County | 7.6 | 51K | 6,634 | 3,698 | 297 |
| 10 | Madison County | 7.3 | 238K | 32,775 | 5,165 | 848 |
| 11 | Hinds County | 6.7 | 819K | 122,216 | 5,921 | 719 |
| 12 | Tunica County | 6.1 | 22K | 3,630 | 2,376 | 205 |
| 13 | Amite County | 5.4 | 37K | 6,825 | 3,450 | 260 |
| 14 | Pike County | 5.3 | 122K | 23,013 | 2,828 | 473 |
| 15 | Adams County | 5.2 | 90K | 17,358 | 11,114 | 442 |
| 16 | Copiah County | 5.2 | 92K | 17,728 | 2,503 | 493 |
| 17 | Wilkinson County | 5.0 | 24K | 4,817 | 2,541 | 229 |
| 18 | Claiborne County | 4.9 | 29K | 5,967 | 478 | 155 |
| 19 | Bolivar County | 4.6 | 67K | 14,482 | 3,093 | 550 |
| 20 | Sunflower County | 4.2 | 50K | 11,919 | 2,934 | 477 |
| 21 | Tate County | 4.1 | 66K | 16,303 | 2,183 | 423 |
| 22 | Washington County | 3.9 | 97K | 25,115 | 2,501 | 687 |
| 23 | Attala County | 3.8 | 36K | 9,398 | 3,269 | 300 |
| 24 | Carroll County | 3.3 | 14K | 4,105 | 605 | 90 |
| 25 | Simpson County | 3.3 | 52K | 15,818 | 2,607 | 435 |
| 26 | Sharkey County | 3.3 | 7,267 | 2,219 | 404 | 138 |
| 27 | Lincoln County | 3.0 | 62K | 20,482 | 1,601 | 438 |
| 28 | Coahoma County | 3.0 | 36K | 12,025 | 1,381 | 189 |
| 29 | Walthall County | 2.8 | 19K | 6,910 | 1,112 | 109 |
| 30 | Jefferson Davis County | 2.6 | 14K | 5,468 | 2,024 | 169 |
| 31 | Choctaw County | 2.5 | 8,172 | 3,216 | 975 | 108 |
| 32 | Covington County | 2.5 | 24K | 9,565 | 1,321 | 181 |
| 33 | DeSoto County | 2.1 | 199K | 95,122 | 7,782 | 738 |
| 34 | Smith County | 2.1 | 15K | 7,211 | 1,780 | 224 |
| 35 | Panola County | 2.0 | 41K | 20,337 | 1,522 | 253 |
| 36 | Webster County | 1.9 | 10K | 5,545 | 319 | 62 |
| 37 | Rankin County | 1.8 | 150K | 84,285 | 7,386 | 896 |
| 38 | Lawrence County | 1.6 | 10K | 6,452 | 967 | 139 |
| 39 | Clarke County | 1.5 | 11K | 7,062 | 1,149 | 209 |
| 40 | Yazoo County | 1.5 | 16K | 10,785 | 650 | 160 |
| 41 | Jasper County | 1.4 | 14K | 9,808 | 1,417 | 264 |
| 42 | Noxubee County | 1.1 | 5,377 | 4,707 | 1,688 | 169 |
| 43 | Perry County | 1.1 | 5,427 | 4,806 | 899 | 131 |
| 44 | Scott County | 1.0 | 18K | 17,935 | 1,576 | 327 |
| 45 | Yalobusha County | 1.0 | 7,348 | 7,274 | 333 | 40 |
| 46 | Leflore County | 0.8 | 17K | 20,294 | 680 | 142 |
| 47 | Lauderdale County | 0.8 | 25K | 30,152 | 888 | 684 |
| 48 | Jackson County | 0.8 | 48K | 57,806 | 7,223 | 684 |
| 49 | Marion County | 0.7 | 8,691 | 11,625 | 1,929 | 220 |
| 50 | Pearl River County | 0.7 | 20K | 28,954 | 2,242 | 418 |
| 51 | Harrison County | 0.6 | 69K | 109,081 | 5,621 | 999 |
| 52 | Lowndes County | 0.6 | 20K | 33,297 | 3,072 | 253 |
| 53 | Stone County | 0.6 | 4,462 | 7,460 | 395 | 197 |
| 54 | Leake County | 0.6 | 8,057 | 13,509 | 328 | 139 |
| 55 | Forrest County | 0.6 | 26K | 44,433 | 1,326 | 815 |
| 56 | Clay County | 0.5 | 4,953 | 9,476 | 760 | 155 |
| 57 | Jones County | 0.5 | 23K | 46,108 | 6,406 | 620 |
| 58 | Newton County | 0.5 | 6,214 | 12,693 | 369 | 271 |
| 59 | George County | 0.4 | 3,489 | 9,353 | 2,022 | 115 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 0.4 | 9,109 | 24,430 | 1,348 | 247 |
| 61 | Oktibbeha County | 0.3 | 9,253 | 33,356 | 922 | 202 |
| 62 | Lamar County | 0.2 | 7,236 | 31,120 | 1,008 | 337 |
| 63 | Wayne County | 0.2 | 1,680 | 10,874 | 207 | 137 |
| 64 | Calhoun County | 0.1 | 967 | 7,468 | 16 | 10 |
| 65 | Greene County | 0.1 | 446 | 5,264 | 64 | 58 |
| 66 | Monroe County | 0.1 | 992 | 18,680 | 431 | 25 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 0.0 | 376 | 24,825 | 83 | 29 |
| 68 | Marshall County | 0.0 | 236 | 19,527 | 54 | 5 |
| 69 | Chickasaw County | 0.0 | 10 | 11,632 | 5 | 7 |
| 70 | Winston County | 0.0 | 4 | 13,238 | 1 | 1 |
Biggest Mississippi 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 | Adams County, MS | July 29, 2015 22:00 | July 30, 2015 00:30 | 2h 30m | 11,114 | 4,799 |
| 2 | Warren County, MS | October 25, 2015 01:30 | October 28, 2015 01:15 | 2d 23h | 8,888 | 83K |
| 3 | DeSoto County, MS | December 5, 2015 21:45 | December 6, 2015 02:30 | 4h 45m | 7,782 | 26K |
| 4 | Rankin County, MS | February 24, 2015 00:15 | February 25, 2015 00:15 | 1d | 7,386 | 3,871 |
| 5 | Jackson County, MS | December 24, 2015 00:45 | December 24, 2015 03:15 | 2h 30m | 7,223 | 8,693 |
| 6 | Jones County, MS | June 29, 2015 18:15 | June 29, 2015 21:30 | 3h 15m | 6,406 | 3,514 |
| 7 | Hinds County, MS | February 23, 2015 23:15 | February 27, 2015 19:45 | 3d 20h | 5,921 | 93K |
| 8 | DeSoto County, MS | March 5, 2015 01:30 | March 6, 2015 04:30 | 1d 3h | 5,780 | 55K |
| 9 | DeSoto County, MS | February 23, 2015 05:30 | February 23, 2015 12:00 | 6h 30m | 5,651 | 27K |
| 10 | Harrison County, MS | December 24, 2015 03:00 | December 30, 2015 18:15 | 6d 15h | 5,621 | 5,350 |
| 11 | Hinds County, MS | April 20, 2015 02:30 | April 21, 2015 18:15 | 1d 15h | 5,393 | 57K |
| 12 | Grenada County, MS | February 25, 2015 20:00 | February 28, 2015 23:15 | 3d 3h | 5,232 | 132K |
| 13 | Adams County, MS | May 7, 2015 13:45 | May 7, 2015 16:15 | 2h 30m | 5,200 | 1,307 |
| 14 | Adams County, MS | May 7, 2015 05:45 | May 7, 2015 08:00 | 2h 15m | 5,177 | 1,456 |
| 15 | Madison County, MS | May 15, 2015 20:00 | May 16, 2015 03:15 | 7h 15m | 5,165 | 8,125 |
| 16 | Warren County, MS | November 17, 2015 18:30 | November 18, 2015 15:00 | 20h 30m | 5,025 | 14K |
| 17 | Adams County, MS | April 28, 2015 13:45 | April 28, 2015 16:15 | 2h 30m | 4,700 | 1,286 |
| 18 | Hinds County, MS | November 4, 2015 08:00 | November 4, 2015 19:30 | 11h 30m | 4,133 | 9,592 |
| 19 | Madison County, MS | August 9, 2015 17:45 | August 10, 2015 02:30 | 8h 45m | 4,054 | 3,930 |
| 20 | Hinds County, MS | October 24, 2015 23:30 | October 29, 2015 01:00 | 4d 1h | 3,991 | 89K |
| 21 | Madison County, MS | May 28, 2015 01:30 | May 28, 2015 06:30 | 5h | 3,838 | 3,143 |
| 22 | Hinds County, MS | April 6, 2015 22:00 | April 7, 2015 07:15 | 9h 15m | 3,813 | 8,404 |
| 23 | Madison County, MS | October 25, 2015 21:45 | October 28, 2015 03:15 | 2d 5h | 3,767 | 31K |
| 24 | Holmes County, MS | July 19, 2015 17:45 | July 19, 2015 20:15 | 2h 30m | 3,698 | 8,624 |
| 25 | Warren County, MS | April 25, 2015 06:00 | April 26, 2015 19:45 | 1d 13h | 3,688 | 6,290 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Mississippi'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.