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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 any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
7.1
Peak customers out
467,041
Rank (worst state)
6th
Counties affected
20

Florida outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2016 highlighted.

1.6h20157.1h201649.3h20175.5h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.9h20223.4h202324.6h20242.1h2025

Hardest-hit Florida counties in 2016

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Duval County467,0412Volusia County235,4783Brevard County200,7864Palm Beach County84,3785St. Johns County84,0926Seminole County73,5957Orange County60,0168Flagler County57,3419Collier County54,05610Martin County50,05411Miami-Dade County46,38512St. Lucie County42,73213Indian River County38,51414Clay County36,11115Lee County31,69016Putnam County27,13517Broward County27,05818Hillsborough County26,30019Pinellas County25,98920Sarasota County24,607

Biggest Florida outages of 2016

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Duval CountyOctober 4, 2016467,041
Volusia CountyOctober 5, 2016235,478
Brevard CountyOctober 6, 2016200,786
Duval CountyOctober 8, 2016162,216
Volusia CountyOctober 8, 2016135,382
Brevard CountyOctober 8, 201692,930
Palm Beach CountySeptember 30, 201684,378
St. Johns CountyOctober 7, 201684,092
Seminole CountyOctober 6, 201673,595
Orange CountyOctober 6, 201660,016
Florida by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMELA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.