2016 Arizona Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Arizona customer went without power for about 0.7 hours, the 47th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
0.7
vs prior year
▲ 63%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
1.9M
Peak customers out
59,351
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AZ customers
Counties reporting
9
Arizona year over year
All 9 Arizona 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 | Santa Cruz County | 11.9 | 16K | 1,340 | 1,340 | 24 |
| 2 | Pima County | 1.4 | 675K | 492,744 | 55,764 | 275 |
| 3 | Pinal County | 0.8 | 74K | 92,098 | 3,440 | 354 |
| 4 | Maricopa County | 0.6 | 1.1M | 1,742,493 | 17,626 | 638 |
| 5 | Gila County | 0.4 | 11K | 29,489 | 631 | 17 |
| 6 | Navajo County | 0.3 | 27K | 84,388 | 3,683 | 112 |
| 7 | Mohave County | 0.3 | 40K | 149,928 | 9,329 | 61 |
| 8 | Apache County | 0.0 | 1,014 | 29,549 | 354 | 38 |
| 9 | Yuma County | 0.0 | 6 | 109,100 | 25 | 1 |
Biggest Arizona 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 | Pima County, AZ | February 1, 2016 00:15 | February 1, 2016 11:30 | 11h 15m | 55,764 | 186K |
| 2 | Pima County, AZ | February 17, 2016 18:30 | February 17, 2016 19:30 | 1h | 32,778 | 23K |
| 3 | Pima County, AZ | June 27, 2016 02:30 | June 28, 2016 08:45 | 1d 6h | 24,164 | 71K |
| 4 | Pima County, AZ | July 27, 2016 23:15 | July 29, 2016 04:15 | 1d 5h | 19,456 | 63K |
| 5 | Maricopa County, AZ | July 29, 2016 03:45 | July 30, 2016 04:00 | 1d | 17,626 | 15K |
| 6 | Pima County, AZ | April 28, 2016 21:45 | April 28, 2016 22:45 | 1h | 16,969 | 4,271 |
| 7 | Maricopa County, AZ | July 30, 2016 04:45 | July 31, 2016 04:15 | 23h 30m | 15,073 | 57K |
| 8 | Pima County, AZ | November 9, 2016 10:45 | November 9, 2016 13:30 | 2h 45m | 13,281 | 20K |
| 9 | Pima County, AZ | June 23, 2016 06:45 | June 23, 2016 08:00 | 1h 15m | 11,250 | 13K |
| 10 | Pima County, AZ | January 26, 2016 21:00 | January 26, 2016 21:45 | 45m | 9,734 | 5,405 |
| 11 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 6, 2016 23:00 | August 9, 2016 05:00 | 2d 6h | 9,700 | 15K |
| 12 | Maricopa County, AZ | January 6, 2016 08:00 | January 7, 2016 01:30 | 17h 30m | 9,457 | 18K |
| 13 | Mohave County, AZ | August 19, 2016 02:15 | August 19, 2016 06:00 | 3h 45m | 9,329 | 9,306 |
| 14 | Maricopa County, AZ | July 22, 2016 22:30 | July 25, 2016 08:15 | 2d 9h | 9,259 | 22K |
| 15 | Pima County, AZ | January 15, 2016 23:45 | January 16, 2016 01:15 | 1h 30m | 8,975 | 9,699 |
| 16 | Maricopa County, AZ | July 18, 2016 08:30 | July 21, 2016 11:30 | 3d 3h | 7,285 | 34K |
| 17 | Pima County, AZ | June 23, 2016 19:45 | June 23, 2016 20:15 | 30m | 6,841 | 3,421 |
| 18 | Maricopa County, AZ | June 8, 2016 08:45 | June 9, 2016 05:15 | 20h 30m | 6,294 | 15K |
| 19 | Pima County, AZ | July 30, 2016 00:15 | July 30, 2016 08:45 | 8h 30m | 6,045 | 12K |
| 20 | Maricopa County, AZ | December 16, 2016 14:00 | December 17, 2016 05:45 | 15h 45m | 5,360 | 8,915 |
| 21 | Pima County, AZ | August 9, 2016 15:15 | August 10, 2016 18:45 | 1d 3h | 5,288 | 9,553 |
| 22 | Maricopa County, AZ | June 29, 2016 07:15 | July 1, 2016 12:15 | 2d 5h | 5,010 | 14K |
| 23 | Pima County, AZ | June 8, 2016 14:00 | June 8, 2016 14:45 | 45m | 4,786 | 2,660 |
| 24 | Maricopa County, AZ | March 9, 2016 06:15 | March 10, 2016 01:45 | 19h 30m | 4,730 | 12K |
| 25 | Maricopa County, AZ | October 25, 2016 06:30 | October 26, 2016 05:00 | 22h 30m | 4,375 | 13K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Arizona'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.