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2016 Indiana Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Indiana customer went without power for about 3.1 hours, the 17th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.1
vs prior year
▲ 7%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
9.6M
Peak customers out
86,096
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of IN customers
Counties reporting
87

Indiana year over year

Indiana: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.9h; 2016: 3.1h; 2017: 2.5h; 2018: 3.9h, coverage 79%; 2019: 3.1h, coverage 82%; 2020: 3.9h, coverage 86%; 2021: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2023: 5.9h; 2024: 5.1h; 2025: 6.4h024680%50%100%2.9h20153.1h20162.5h20173.9h20183.1h20193.9h20204.4h20214.4h20225.9h20235.1h20246.4h2025
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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 Indiana; August was the worst.

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Indiana customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 299K, Feb 757K, Mar 347K, Apr 1.4M, May 364K, Jun 1.8M, Jul 1.2M, Aug 1.9M, Sep 352K, Oct 279K, Nov 442K, Dec 380K0500k1M1.5M2M299KJan757KFeb347KMar1.4MApr364KMay1.8MJun1.2MJul1.9MAug352KSep279KOct442KNov380KDec
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All 87 Indiana counties, 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Howard County20.2834K41,36726,416667
2Brown County14.7105K7,1843,077623
3Tipton County11.878K6,6043,286278
4Union County8.920K2,2292,22992
5Crawford County8.538K4,5372,005258
6St. Joseph County7.6720K94,89918,140655
7Pike County6.430K4,6552,16799
8Newton County6.139K6,4452,632298
9LaPorte County6.0349K58,2425,060870
10Randolph County6.068K11,4814,313257
11Gibson County5.989K14,9415,070342
12Rush County5.341K7,6954,683213
13Owen County5.270K13,3105,410601
14Vigo County5.2266K51,6094,212758
15Sullivan County4.737K7,8231,498232
16Clinton County4.590K19,8556,298326
17Lawrence County4.596K21,2264,731410
18Clay County4.560K13,1634,774369
19Knox County4.470K15,8433,600364
20Marion County4.22.1M493,30433,202828
21Fayette County4.235K8,3022,174209
22Porter County3.8322K84,0008,853873
23Elkhart County3.8269K70,7994,104772
24Vermillion County3.826K6,8861,663356
25Delaware County3.6296K81,3955,864593
26Monroe County3.3252K75,4244,746871
27Carroll County3.332K9,7461,913165
28Morgan County3.3104K31,8734,038880
29Jefferson County3.251K15,9133,679490
30Blackford County3.125K7,8721,183157
31Benton County3.113K4,132543142
32Fountain County3.117K5,6081,449202
33White County3.139K12,7591,091433
34Lake County3.1774K252,56517,188632
35Jay County2.826K9,4952,153134
36Grant County2.8132K47,7713,898482
37Wabash County2.729K11,0954,379347
38Floyd County2.481K33,2468,785556
39Warren County2.48,4403,59161875
40DeKalb County2.267K30,1852,978318
41Shelby County2.139K18,9092,251370
42Huntington County2.028K13,7991,495224
43Hamilton County2.0317K159,18710,895875
44Allen County1.9301K156,6613,270772
45Dearborn County1.937K19,5633,455243
46Posey County1.922K11,6871,22158
47Putnam County1.932K17,1391,685331
48LaGrange County1.824K12,7961,435273
49Steuben County1.831K17,4312,295387
50Wayne County1.872K40,3112,631205
51Greene County1.732K18,6022,295196
52Franklin County1.714K8,579592189
53Adams County1.720K12,0121,435194
54Henry County1.631K18,8063,347274
55Tippecanoe County1.6115K71,0674,104732
56Marshall County1.633K20,9862,111461
57Orange County1.518K12,1731,673216
58Ripley County1.524K16,1072,348176
59Starke County1.414K10,0091,895314
60Parke County1.411K7,70062684
61Kosciusko County1.353K40,3951,565693
62Fulton County1.311K9,014732184
63Jackson County1.330K23,3402,573411
64Pulaski County1.27,5506,0861,067172
65Washington County1.215K12,3481,432273
66Miami County1.226K21,325786115
67Madison County1.289K76,3241,791531
68Scott County1.215K12,8512,155167
69Clark County1.165K57,0513,185723
70Hancock County1.042K40,2563,215289
71Boone County1.039K40,7083,909195
72Johnson County0.954K57,4202,648564
73Noble County0.922K24,9791,421266
74Switzerland County0.83,5534,7221,10223
75Jennings County0.79,98913,393669223
76Montgomery County0.717K22,711797120
77Warrick County0.69,57115,215543129
78Hendricks County0.647K75,1812,706468
79Jasper County0.612K19,212647265
80Martin County0.52,6685,04448378
81Harrison County0.57,82414,809687116
82Wells County0.57,87317,366402134
83Decatur County0.45,56412,884671179
84Cass County0.410K24,29859780
85Whitley County0.37,80930,5641,55868
86Daviess County0.24,65919,85929769
87Bartholomew County0.092232,21247613

Biggest Indiana outages of 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Marion County, INJune 23, 2016 10:45June 26, 2016 02:452d 16h33,20282K
2Marion County, INJune 15, 2016 08:15June 20, 2016 23:155d 15h27,594408K
3Howard County, INAugust 24, 2016 18:00August 30, 2016 00:305d 6h26,416669K
4Marion County, INJune 22, 2016 12:00June 23, 2016 10:0022h22,44455K
5Marion County, INAugust 26, 2016 11:15September 1, 2016 22:306d 11h20,119544K
6St. Joseph County, INJune 20, 2016 14:30June 20, 2016 23:158h 45m18,14046K
7Lake County, INFebruary 24, 2016 12:00February 27, 2016 11:002d 23h17,188199K
8Marion County, INApril 2, 2016 13:30April 6, 2016 03:003d 13h16,646297K
9Marion County, INJune 1, 2016 04:45June 3, 2016 04:452d16,24417K
10St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 00:00June 21, 2016 01:001h14,9097,283
11Marion County, INJuly 12, 2016 09:15July 16, 2016 10:004d14,885113K
12Marion County, INJuly 27, 2016 12:00July 28, 2016 04:3016h 30m14,24434K
13St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 02:00June 21, 2016 02:1515m12,0823,021
14St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 03:00June 21, 2016 03:1515m12,0713,018
15Marion County, INAugust 24, 2016 10:15August 25, 2016 12:451d 2h11,26042K
16Hamilton County, INApril 2, 2016 18:30April 5, 2016 02:002d 7h10,89574K
17St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 04:00June 21, 2016 04:1515m10,6892,672
18St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 05:00June 21, 2016 06:001h10,4695,234
19St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 11:15June 22, 2016 02:1515h9,873124K
20St. Joseph County, INJune 21, 2016 07:00June 21, 2016 09:152h 15m9,8359,448
21Marion County, INMarch 27, 2016 08:00March 27, 2016 14:306h 30m8,94614K
22Porter County, INFebruary 24, 2016 13:00February 27, 2016 05:002d 16h8,85390K
23Floyd County, INMay 12, 2016 01:30May 12, 2016 15:4514h 15m8,78526K
24Lake County, INJuly 21, 2016 07:30July 27, 2016 04:305d 21h7,81484K
25St. Joseph County, INMarch 24, 2016 12:45March 26, 2016 04:001d 15h7,53343K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Indiana'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.
Indiana by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAAR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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