2016 Alabama Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 0.8 hours, the 46th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
0.8
vs prior year
▲ 51%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
846K
Peak customers out
32,090
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AL customers
Counties reporting
29
Alabama year over year
All 29 Alabama counties, 2016
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 | Coosa County | 5.8 | 24K | 4,170 | 1,626 | 218 |
| 2 | Wilcox County | 4.2 | 25K | 5,917 | 1,237 | 118 |
| 3 | Butler County | 2.3 | 29K | 12,325 | 3,184 | 319 |
| 4 | Chilton County | 2.3 | 44K | 19,414 | 2,705 | 414 |
| 5 | Crenshaw County | 2.3 | 18K | 8,129 | 1,152 | 327 |
| 6 | Lowndes County | 1.8 | 9,763 | 5,496 | 433 | 243 |
| 7 | Dallas County | 1.6 | 31K | 19,358 | 2,550 | 331 |
| 8 | Madison County | 1.6 | 310K | 198,793 | 32,086 | 1,216 |
| 9 | Autauga County | 1.3 | 33K | 24,619 | 1,583 | 486 |
| 10 | Pike County | 1.3 | 35K | 27,989 | 1,771 | 358 |
| 11 | Elmore County | 1.2 | 48K | 38,649 | 3,743 | 574 |
| 12 | Covington County | 1.0 | 31K | 30,321 | 1,585 | 376 |
| 13 | Coffee County | 1.0 | 31K | 31,347 | 1,826 | 349 |
| 14 | Baldwin County | 0.7 | 146K | 195,253 | 19,049 | 975 |
| 15 | Conecuh County | 0.4 | 2,584 | 5,906 | 358 | 26 |
| 16 | Monroe County | 0.4 | 4,454 | 10,522 | 295 | 152 |
| 17 | Geneva County | 0.4 | 4,903 | 11,742 | 735 | 107 |
| 18 | Dale County | 0.3 | 7,653 | 25,013 | 523 | 27 |
| 19 | Tallapoosa County | 0.1 | 3,145 | 22,039 | 396 | 35 |
| 20 | Houston County | 0.1 | 6,371 | 72,388 | 1,083 | 94 |
| 21 | Perry County | 0.1 | 287 | 4,481 | 164 | 6 |
| 22 | Talladega County | 0.0 | 1,133 | 39,215 | 476 | 36 |
| 23 | Clarke County | 0.0 | 422 | 21,629 | 151 | 30 |
| 24 | Bullock County | 0.0 | 152 | 8,727 | 13 | 6 |
| 25 | Escambia County | 0.0 | 73 | 18,593 | 41 | 5 |
| 26 | Bibb County | 0.0 | 42 | 11,037 | 33 | 12 |
| 27 | Montgomery County | 0.0 | 374 | 137,566 | 149 | 15 |
| 28 | Washington County | 0.0 | 2 | 7,878 | 5 | 2 |
| 29 | Mobile County | 0.0 | 8 | 110,135 | 10 | 4 |
Biggest Alabama outages of 2016
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County, AL | January 25, 2016 14:45 | January 25, 2016 18:00 | 3h 15m | 32,086 | 8,041 |
| 2 | Baldwin County, AL | October 31, 2016 06:45 | October 31, 2016 12:00 | 5h 15m | 19,049 | 19K |
| 3 | Baldwin County, AL | July 12, 2016 11:00 | July 12, 2016 20:45 | 9h 45m | 13,342 | 10K |
| 4 | Madison County, AL | May 17, 2016 18:15 | May 17, 2016 21:45 | 3h 30m | 11,717 | 8,241 |
| 5 | Madison County, AL | May 18, 2016 03:30 | May 18, 2016 07:15 | 3h 45m | 10,305 | 7,171 |
| 6 | Madison County, AL | August 24, 2016 20:30 | August 25, 2016 01:45 | 5h 15m | 9,949 | 22K |
| 7 | Madison County, AL | June 15, 2016 22:00 | June 16, 2016 23:30 | 1d 1h | 9,381 | 65K |
| 8 | Baldwin County, AL | September 16, 2016 12:45 | September 16, 2016 19:45 | 7h | 8,130 | 5,703 |
| 9 | Baldwin County, AL | April 21, 2016 13:00 | April 21, 2016 20:15 | 7h 15m | 6,072 | 1,545 |
| 10 | Baldwin County, AL | January 22, 2016 01:15 | January 22, 2016 11:45 | 10h 30m | 5,446 | 2,115 |
| 11 | Madison County, AL | January 20, 2016 15:45 | January 20, 2016 19:00 | 3h 15m | 5,411 | 4,061 |
| 12 | Madison County, AL | August 26, 2016 20:45 | August 28, 2016 08:15 | 1d 11h | 5,159 | 15K |
| 13 | Madison County, AL | July 22, 2016 11:45 | July 22, 2016 20:30 | 8h 45m | 5,030 | 1,276 |
| 14 | Madison County, AL | June 25, 2016 13:30 | June 27, 2016 10:15 | 1d 20h | 4,667 | 14K |
| 15 | Baldwin County, AL | December 29, 2016 13:30 | December 29, 2016 22:45 | 9h 15m | 4,365 | 7,067 |
| 16 | Madison County, AL | November 30, 2016 00:30 | December 1, 2016 04:45 | 1d 4h | 4,344 | 31K |
| 17 | Madison County, AL | May 4, 2016 21:30 | May 5, 2016 08:45 | 11h 15m | 4,032 | 5,126 |
| 18 | Elmore County, AL | November 2, 2016 13:30 | November 2, 2016 14:15 | 45m | 3,743 | 1,721 |
| 19 | Madison County, AL | June 27, 2016 20:15 | June 28, 2016 04:00 | 7h 45m | 3,276 | 8,424 |
| 20 | Butler County, AL | June 17, 2016 22:45 | June 18, 2016 06:30 | 7h 45m | 3,184 | 13K |
| 21 | Baldwin County, AL | January 11, 2016 13:15 | January 12, 2016 23:30 | 1d 10h | 3,181 | 1,012 |
| 22 | Madison County, AL | April 24, 2016 10:45 | April 24, 2016 18:45 | 8h | 3,148 | 4,218 |
| 23 | Madison County, AL | May 12, 2016 23:00 | May 13, 2016 08:00 | 9h | 2,820 | 6,238 |
| 24 | Baldwin County, AL | October 14, 2016 15:00 | October 14, 2016 16:00 | 1h | 2,738 | 685 |
| 25 | Chilton County, AL | June 17, 2016 21:00 | June 18, 2016 04:15 | 7h 15m | 2,705 | 17K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alabama's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.