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2016 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Florida customer went without power for about 7.1 hours, the 6th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
7.1
vs prior year
▲ 340%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
79.0M
Peak customers out
1,206,954
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of FL customers
Counties reporting
67

Florida year over year

Florida: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 7.1h; 2017: 48.8h; 2018: 5.4h, coverage 97%; 2019: 1.9h, coverage 97%; 2020: 3.6h, coverage 97%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 98%; 2022: 20.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 24.2h; 2025: 2.0h02040600%50%100%1.6h20157.1h201648.8h20175.4h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.8h20223.4h202324.2h20242.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across Florida; October was the worst.

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Florida customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 2.6M, Feb 1.6M, Mar 1.2M, Apr 1.0M, May 2.1M, Jun 2.7M, Jul 2.3M, Aug 2.2M, Sep 8.8M, Oct 52.5M, Nov 1.0M, Dec 1.0M020M40M60M2.6MJan1.6MFeb1.2MMar1.0MApr2.1MMay2.7MJun2.3MJul2.2MAug8.8MSep52.5MOct1.0MNov1.0MDec
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All 67 Florida counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Wakulla County68.5969K14,14814,148667
2Volusia County62.112.4M198,922198,922464
3Flagler County59.53.5M58,76457,341612
4Taylor County49.6598K12,0569,671578
5Jefferson County43.0313K7,2836,142519
6Madison County34.7326K9,4158,146497
7St. Johns County28.63.3M116,59384,092745
8Duval County27.513.3M483,034467,041811
9Indian River County24.61.5M62,07038,514593
10Brevard County23.37.9M338,129200,786347
11Putnam County20.41.1M51,83927,135895
12Franklin County20.390K4,4602,598382
13Dixie County16.9240K14,1935,352600
14Hamilton County15.4137K8,8882,761451
15Clay County15.31.3M81,94136,1111,010
16Gilchrist County15.3196K12,8036,667668
17Martin County14.11.6M111,12050,054550
18Levy County13.6379K27,81612,049895
19Gadsden County12.5451K36,01411,463804
20Seminole County12.32.5M201,77673,595751
21Columbia County12.0462K38,56212,539802
22Liberty County11.451K4,4591,710213
23St. Lucie County9.42.1M222,16542,732672
24Nassau County9.4491K52,49318,519531
25Lafayette County8.740K4,6453,060329
26Okeechobee County8.3152K18,2235,713653
27Baker County6.8108K15,9172,965315
28Leon County6.51.3M196,85822,364856
29Bradford County6.1107K17,6793,275378
30Washington County5.8100K17,0623,620666
31Citrus County5.7467K81,28217,8521,035
32Palm Beach County5.12.8M539,72884,378155
33Pinellas County5.01.8M361,14725,989401
34Orange County4.81.9M402,61860,016503
35Suwannee County4.7133K27,9854,437747
36Marion County4.5983K217,64721,8501,067
37Alachua County4.3944K218,54814,974706
38Union County4.247K11,3572,202248
39Highlands County3.1123K39,0503,540918
40Miami-Dade County3.02.9M951,39146,38537
41Collier County3.0871K288,89554,056467
42Escambia County2.9517K180,89118,4481,026
43Charlotte County2.9371K129,88910,916650
44DeSoto County2.860K21,1293,022641
45Hernando County2.8303K108,45313,7831,146
46Holmes County2.735K12,7001,437536
47Pasco County2.6738K279,26011,281795
48Sarasota County2.5772K310,64624,607508
49Gulf County2.424K9,7221,318264
50Calhoun County2.422K9,0022,463176
51Hardee County2.024K11,7962,124470
52Lake County2.0400K199,3729,806860
53Bay County2.0178K88,6925,6751,177
54Glades County2.012K6,357516224
55Hendry County1.946K23,9123,954476
56Manatee County1.7451K266,40811,870639
57Polk County1.6510K313,9549,579780
58Broward County1.62.1M1,298,25627,05856
59Hillsborough County1.61.6M998,90626,300564
60Okaloosa County1.4186K131,2354,2431,168
61Santa Rosa County1.4132K96,9073,2111,223
62Jackson County1.440K29,4151,373729
63Lee County1.0630K628,63531,690561
64Walton County0.858K71,3993,170755
65Osceola County0.7123K179,8495,753923
66Sumter County0.329K102,3911,701367
67Monroe County0.220K103,9061,826550

Biggest Florida outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Duval County, FLOctober 4, 2016 11:45October 8, 2016 17:454d 6h467,0414.7M
2Brevard County, FLOctober 6, 2016 10:45October 8, 2016 17:452d 7h200,7865.2M
3Volusia County, FLOctober 5, 2016 11:15October 8, 2016 17:453d 6h198,9226.0M
4Duval County, FLOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 17, 2016 09:308d 11h162,2167.6M
5Volusia County, FLOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 22, 2016 04:3013d 6h135,3825.9M
6Brevard County, FLOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 23, 2016 03:1514d 4h92,9302.2M
7Palm Beach County, FLSeptember 30, 2016 11:45October 8, 2016 17:458d 6h84,3781.4M
8St. Johns County, FLOctober 7, 2016 05:30October 8, 2016 17:451d 12h84,0921.7M
9Seminole County, FLOctober 6, 2016 08:30October 8, 2016 17:452d 9h73,5951.6M
10Orange County, FLOctober 6, 2016 10:15October 8, 2016 17:452d 7h60,0161.0M
11Flagler County, FLOctober 6, 2016 23:30October 8, 2016 17:451d 18h57,3411.6M
12Collier County, FLJanuary 17, 2016 09:00January 19, 2016 11:152d 2h54,056430K
13Martin County, FLOctober 6, 2016 12:45October 8, 2016 17:452d 5h50,0541.1M
14Miami-Dade County, FLAugust 12, 2016 20:45October 8, 2016 17:4556d 21h46,385730K
15St. Johns County, FLOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 16, 2016 11:307d 13h45,5401.4M
16St. Lucie County, FLOctober 6, 2016 14:15October 8, 2016 17:452d 3h42,7321.3M
17Flagler County, FLOctober 8, 2016 22:30November 5, 2016 09:4527d 11h42,6281.8M
18Indian River County, FLOctober 6, 2016 14:15October 8, 2016 17:452d 3h38,514977K
19Clay County, FLOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 11, 2016 20:152d 21h36,111348K
20Collier County, FLFebruary 23, 2016 11:45February 25, 2016 09:001d 21h31,89411K
21Clay County, FLOctober 7, 2016 01:15October 8, 2016 17:451d 16h31,742642K
22Lee County, FLJanuary 15, 2016 11:15January 17, 2016 05:151d 18h31,69086K
23Miami-Dade County, FLJanuary 25, 2016 21:00February 24, 2016 11:1529d 14h28,201256K
24Putnam County, FLOctober 7, 2016 05:45October 8, 2016 17:451d 12h27,135578K
25Broward County, FLFebruary 14, 2016 11:15March 4, 2016 09:4518d 22h27,058165K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Florida'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.
Florida by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMELAARGA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.