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2016 DeSoto County, FL Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in DeSoto County, FL went without power for an average of 2.8 hours, a total of 60K customer-hours (Florida average 7.1 hours). That ranks 44th worst of 67 Florida counties and 1037th of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with FL, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Florida customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in DeSoto County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 1, 2016 17:15 | July 1, 2016 20:00 | 2h 45m | 3,022 | 1,267 |
| 2 | April 2, 2016 15:45 | April 3, 2016 04:30 | 12h 45m | 2,462 | 1,388 |
| 3 | January 17, 2016 10:00 | January 18, 2016 21:30 | 1d 11h | 2,321 | 9,252 |
| 4 | July 11, 2016 21:00 | July 12, 2016 00:00 | 3h | 1,823 | 504 |
| 5 | December 14, 2016 15:45 | December 14, 2016 22:30 | 6h 45m | 1,534 | 434 |
| 6 | May 16, 2016 02:00 | May 16, 2016 06:15 | 4h 15m | 1,372 | 3,226 |
| 7 | May 11, 2016 02:00 | May 11, 2016 02:15 | 15m | 1,371 | 343 |
| 8 | November 1, 2016 11:15 | November 1, 2016 17:00 | 5h 45m | 1,354 | 1,697 |
| 9 | December 3, 2016 13:45 | December 3, 2016 14:00 | 15m | 1,082 | 271 |
| 10 | February 6, 2016 16:30 | February 6, 2016 23:45 | 7h 15m | 1,006 | 827 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 78 reached 100+ customers, 10 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving DeSoto County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2016, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | 2016 | 6.9 hrs | 1.09 | 62 min | 0.74 |
| Peace River Electric Coop, Inc | 2016 | 3.1 hrs | 1.60 | 2.6 hrs | 1.48 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Florida's customers in 2016; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 21,129 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. DeSoto County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), DeSoto County, FL annual power outage report, 2016, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2016/florida/desoto-county