2016 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 2.9 hours, the 21st worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.9
vs prior year
▼ 8%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
1.4M
Peak customers out
23,327
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware 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 | New Castle County | 3.8 | 722K | 191,056 | 16,832 | 712 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 2.5 | 539K | 218,986 | 23,322 | 971 |
| 3 | Kent County | 1.9 | 189K | 98,370 | 10,108 | 926 |
Biggest Delaware 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 | Sussex County, DE | May 25, 2016 22:15 | May 26, 2016 10:00 | 11h 45m | 23,322 | 30K |
| 2 | New Castle County, DE | July 18, 2016 12:30 | July 21, 2016 00:45 | 2d 12h | 16,832 | 114K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | January 23, 2016 03:15 | January 25, 2016 18:15 | 2d 15h | 15,234 | 93K |
| 4 | New Castle County, DE | June 8, 2016 11:30 | June 10, 2016 08:45 | 1d 21h | 13,913 | 76K |
| 5 | Sussex County, DE | January 6, 2016 09:15 | January 6, 2016 17:15 | 8h | 13,154 | 8,776 |
| 6 | New Castle County, DE | April 3, 2016 03:30 | April 5, 2016 07:45 | 2d 4h | 12,219 | 62K |
| 7 | Kent County, DE | March 16, 2016 19:15 | March 16, 2016 20:45 | 1h 30m | 10,108 | 3,761 |
| 8 | Kent County, DE | October 5, 2016 02:00 | October 5, 2016 09:00 | 7h | 8,464 | 5,564 |
| 9 | Kent County, DE | July 28, 2016 18:00 | July 29, 2016 04:45 | 10h 45m | 8,182 | 15K |
| 10 | Kent County, DE | January 10, 2016 06:45 | January 10, 2016 09:00 | 2h 15m | 7,393 | 9,472 |
| 11 | Sussex County, DE | January 10, 2016 22:15 | January 11, 2016 04:00 | 5h 45m | 5,396 | 6,119 |
| 12 | Sussex County, DE | June 21, 2016 19:30 | June 22, 2016 02:15 | 6h 45m | 5,161 | 4,620 |
| 13 | Kent County, DE | November 14, 2016 20:15 | November 15, 2016 01:15 | 5h | 5,112 | 4,584 |
| 14 | Kent County, DE | September 29, 2016 05:45 | September 30, 2016 21:45 | 1d 16h | 4,905 | 20K |
| 15 | New Castle County, DE | June 5, 2016 17:00 | June 7, 2016 03:30 | 1d 10h | 4,835 | 31K |
| 16 | Sussex County, DE | November 3, 2016 13:45 | November 4, 2016 07:30 | 17h 45m | 4,758 | 7,220 |
| 17 | New Castle County, DE | July 25, 2016 09:00 | July 27, 2016 08:00 | 1d 23h | 4,692 | 23K |
| 18 | New Castle County, DE | January 11, 2016 13:00 | January 11, 2016 21:30 | 8h 30m | 4,635 | 2,365 |
| 19 | Sussex County, DE | September 28, 2016 16:30 | October 2, 2016 06:15 | 3d 13h | 4,424 | 25K |
| 20 | Kent County, DE | June 21, 2016 17:30 | June 22, 2016 02:15 | 8h 45m | 4,252 | 7,014 |
| 21 | Sussex County, DE | October 9, 2016 09:15 | October 10, 2016 04:15 | 19h | 4,152 | 17K |
| 22 | Sussex County, DE | September 5, 2016 05:15 | September 5, 2016 08:00 | 2h 45m | 4,096 | 10K |
| 23 | Sussex County, DE | April 3, 2016 04:15 | April 4, 2016 00:30 | 20h 15m | 4,069 | 20K |
| 24 | New Castle County, DE | July 28, 2016 11:15 | August 1, 2016 08:15 | 3d 21h | 4,048 | 17K |
| 25 | Sussex County, DE | November 19, 2016 21:45 | November 20, 2016 02:45 | 5h | 3,970 | 1,261 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Delaware'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.