2016 Mississippi Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Mississippi customer went without power for about 3.1 hours, the 18th 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
▲ 17%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
4.2M
Peak customers out
22,747
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MS customers
Counties reporting
71
Mississippi year over year
All 71 Mississippi 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 | Tunica County | 21.6 | 78K | 3,630 | 1,413 | 204 |
| 2 | Warren County | 20.9 | 475K | 22,742 | 7,754 | 639 |
| 3 | Franklin County | 15.7 | 68K | 4,359 | 2,597 | 210 |
| 4 | Quitman County | 15.3 | 29K | 1,880 | 989 | 228 |
| 5 | Tallahatchie County | 13.3 | 71K | 5,372 | 1,567 | 307 |
| 6 | Wilkinson County | 13.1 | 63K | 4,817 | 2,992 | 220 |
| 7 | Copiah County | 9.6 | 171K | 17,728 | 10,808 | 627 |
| 8 | Simpson County | 9.6 | 152K | 15,818 | 4,838 | 650 |
| 9 | Sharkey County | 8.7 | 19K | 2,219 | 498 | 148 |
| 10 | Lawrence County | 8.1 | 52K | 6,452 | 2,732 | 337 |
| 11 | Washington County | 7.8 | 196K | 25,115 | 6,687 | 627 |
| 12 | Madison County | 7.5 | 247K | 32,775 | 8,519 | 810 |
| 13 | Hinds County | 7.1 | 873K | 122,216 | 12,408 | 711 |
| 14 | Jefferson Davis County | 6.9 | 38K | 5,468 | 2,261 | 334 |
| 15 | Smith County | 6.7 | 48K | 7,211 | 1,833 | 473 |
| 16 | Amite County | 6.2 | 42K | 6,825 | 2,349 | 249 |
| 17 | Bolivar County | 6.1 | 88K | 14,482 | 1,767 | 525 |
| 18 | Holmes County | 5.8 | 38K | 6,634 | 1,160 | 286 |
| 19 | Humphreys County | 5.7 | 19K | 3,331 | 1,073 | 175 |
| 20 | Montgomery County | 5.2 | 22K | 4,275 | 2,572 | 177 |
| 21 | Covington County | 5.1 | 49K | 9,565 | 1,624 | 396 |
| 22 | Attala County | 4.5 | 42K | 9,398 | 865 | 276 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 4.5 | 44K | 9,808 | 1,640 | 430 |
| 24 | Claiborne County | 4.4 | 26K | 5,967 | 313 | 139 |
| 25 | Sunflower County | 4.3 | 52K | 11,919 | 2,898 | 482 |
| 26 | Adams County | 4.3 | 74K | 17,358 | 2,259 | 406 |
| 27 | Grenada County | 3.9 | 43K | 11,017 | 1,506 | 380 |
| 28 | Choctaw County | 3.7 | 12K | 3,216 | 1,713 | 84 |
| 29 | Tate County | 3.1 | 51K | 16,303 | 8,659 | 473 |
| 30 | Newton County | 2.9 | 37K | 12,693 | 1,549 | 384 |
| 31 | Marion County | 2.9 | 34K | 11,625 | 3,592 | 156 |
| 32 | Pike County | 2.8 | 64K | 23,013 | 2,177 | 543 |
| 33 | Clarke County | 2.5 | 18K | 7,062 | 1,385 | 222 |
| 34 | Rankin County | 2.4 | 199K | 84,285 | 12,411 | 934 |
| 35 | Perry County | 2.2 | 10K | 4,806 | 1,087 | 154 |
| 36 | Carroll County | 2.0 | 8,284 | 4,105 | 665 | 70 |
| 37 | Noxubee County | 1.9 | 9,117 | 4,707 | 4,253 | 87 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 1.9 | 39K | 20,482 | 1,305 | 448 |
| 39 | Coahoma County | 1.9 | 22K | 12,025 | 777 | 196 |
| 40 | Scott County | 1.7 | 31K | 17,935 | 1,159 | 510 |
| 41 | Yazoo County | 1.6 | 17K | 10,785 | 524 | 108 |
| 42 | Jefferson County | 1.5 | 6,009 | 4,028 | 1,310 | 104 |
| 43 | Leflore County | 1.4 | 28K | 20,294 | 664 | 141 |
| 44 | Clay County | 1.3 | 12K | 9,476 | 1,713 | 112 |
| 45 | Webster County | 1.2 | 6,814 | 5,545 | 339 | 65 |
| 46 | Pearl River County | 1.2 | 34K | 28,954 | 2,243 | 432 |
| 47 | Lauderdale County | 1.2 | 35K | 30,152 | 2,199 | 808 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 1.1 | 12K | 10,874 | 701 | 156 |
| 49 | DeSoto County | 1.1 | 105K | 95,122 | 6,874 | 768 |
| 50 | Walthall County | 1.1 | 7,303 | 6,910 | 1,094 | 107 |
| 51 | Leake County | 1.0 | 14K | 13,509 | 859 | 148 |
| 52 | Lamar County | 0.9 | 29K | 31,120 | 1,553 | 348 |
| 53 | Harrison County | 0.9 | 94K | 109,081 | 5,010 | 1,127 |
| 54 | Panola County | 0.8 | 16K | 20,337 | 1,125 | 268 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 0.7 | 43K | 57,806 | 2,469 | 708 |
| 56 | Forrest County | 0.7 | 33K | 44,433 | 1,121 | 757 |
| 57 | Jones County | 0.7 | 31K | 46,108 | 1,418 | 635 |
| 58 | Greene County | 0.7 | 3,499 | 5,264 | 303 | 120 |
| 59 | Stone County | 0.6 | 4,286 | 7,460 | 944 | 195 |
| 60 | Kemper County | 0.5 | 2,668 | 4,913 | 802 | 3 |
| 61 | George County | 0.4 | 3,724 | 9,353 | 891 | 185 |
| 62 | Yalobusha County | 0.4 | 2,598 | 7,274 | 386 | 36 |
| 63 | Hancock County | 0.3 | 7,326 | 24,430 | 944 | 365 |
| 64 | Lowndes County | 0.2 | 6,349 | 33,297 | 2,306 | 150 |
| 65 | Oktibbeha County | 0.2 | 5,934 | 33,356 | 1,094 | 145 |
| 66 | Monroe County | 0.1 | 1,646 | 18,680 | 314 | 24 |
| 67 | Calhoun County | 0.1 | 378 | 7,468 | 17 | 11 |
| 68 | Chickasaw County | 0.0 | 232 | 11,632 | 23 | 13 |
| 69 | Neshoba County | 0.0 | 91 | 24,825 | 19 | 23 |
| 70 | Marshall County | 0.0 | 24 | 19,527 | 1 | 10 |
| 71 | Winston County | 0.0 | 5 | 13,238 | 8 | 2 |
Biggest Mississippi 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 | Rankin County, MS | February 2, 2016 17:45 | February 3, 2016 00:30 | 6h 45m | 12,411 | 11K |
| 2 | Hinds County, MS | May 5, 2016 11:15 | May 6, 2016 02:45 | 15h 30m | 12,408 | 5,400 |
| 3 | Copiah County, MS | February 15, 2016 18:15 | February 18, 2016 04:45 | 2d 10h | 10,808 | 67K |
| 4 | Hinds County, MS | December 18, 2016 07:00 | December 19, 2016 08:30 | 1d 1h | 10,114 | 44K |
| 5 | Hinds County, MS | July 14, 2016 16:30 | July 18, 2016 11:15 | 3d 18h | 9,762 | 138K |
| 6 | Tate County, MS | May 26, 2016 14:45 | May 26, 2016 17:30 | 2h 45m | 8,659 | 5,171 |
| 7 | Madison County, MS | February 2, 2016 17:45 | February 2, 2016 21:15 | 3h 30m | 8,519 | 5,200 |
| 8 | Warren County, MS | March 17, 2016 16:15 | March 19, 2016 23:15 | 2d 7h | 7,754 | 158K |
| 9 | DeSoto County, MS | May 26, 2016 11:45 | May 26, 2016 18:15 | 6h 30m | 6,874 | 6,915 |
| 10 | Washington County, MS | June 18, 2016 00:30 | June 20, 2016 01:15 | 2d | 6,687 | 99K |
| 11 | Hinds County, MS | November 28, 2016 10:15 | December 1, 2016 06:45 | 2d 20h | 5,203 | 93K |
| 12 | Hinds County, MS | September 25, 2016 01:00 | September 27, 2016 01:30 | 2d | 5,139 | 17K |
| 13 | Warren County, MS | December 17, 2016 14:00 | December 22, 2016 06:30 | 4d 16h | 5,112 | 130K |
| 14 | Harrison County, MS | March 10, 2016 23:45 | March 11, 2016 09:15 | 9h 30m | 5,010 | 8,782 |
| 15 | Hinds County, MS | July 30, 2016 01:00 | August 2, 2016 11:30 | 3d 10h | 4,966 | 24K |
| 16 | Simpson County, MS | March 31, 2016 23:45 | April 2, 2016 19:15 | 1d 19h | 4,838 | 36K |
| 17 | Hinds County, MS | April 28, 2016 14:15 | April 29, 2016 10:45 | 20h 30m | 4,602 | 16K |
| 18 | Hinds County, MS | February 23, 2016 15:15 | February 23, 2016 19:30 | 4h 15m | 4,545 | 2,407 |
| 19 | Hinds County, MS | February 23, 2016 20:15 | February 24, 2016 01:30 | 5h 15m | 4,530 | 1,203 |
| 20 | Madison County, MS | April 11, 2016 17:15 | April 13, 2016 06:45 | 1d 13h | 4,497 | 53K |
| 21 | Hinds County, MS | February 17, 2016 12:15 | February 18, 2016 19:15 | 1d 7h | 4,415 | 8,021 |
| 22 | Harrison County, MS | April 28, 2016 10:30 | April 29, 2016 09:00 | 22h 30m | 4,372 | 23K |
| 23 | Rankin County, MS | November 28, 2016 12:45 | November 30, 2016 04:30 | 1d 15h | 4,294 | 31K |
| 24 | Noxubee County, MS | November 30, 2016 06:45 | November 30, 2016 22:15 | 15h 30m | 4,253 | 5,595 |
| 25 | Hinds County, MS | August 6, 2016 14:15 | August 8, 2016 01:00 | 1d 10h | 4,197 | 47K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Mississippi'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.