2016 Oklahoma Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Oklahoma customer went without power for about 4.1 hours, the 11th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.1
vs prior year
▼ 19%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
8.4M
Peak customers out
129,489
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of OK customers
Counties reporting
74
Oklahoma year over year
All 74 Oklahoma 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 | Cotton County | 24.9 | 59K | 2,361 | 2,361 | 203 |
| 2 | Craig County | 17.4 | 83K | 4,771 | 3,666 | 588 |
| 3 | Nowata County | 16.3 | 44K | 2,678 | 2,678 | 328 |
| 4 | Murray County | 15.8 | 160K | 10,124 | 5,942 | 231 |
| 5 | Muskogee County | 15.3 | 421K | 27,528 | 13,092 | 96 |
| 6 | Tillman County | 13.8 | 46K | 3,295 | 1,450 | 122 |
| 7 | Wagoner County | 13.2 | 394K | 29,778 | 16,788 | 575 |
| 8 | McIntosh County | 12.6 | 144K | 11,478 | 3,219 | 67 |
| 9 | Caddo County | 12.4 | 169K | 13,540 | 5,486 | 894 |
| 10 | Grant County | 11.9 | 28K | 2,353 | 1,397 | 34 |
| 11 | Pittsburg County | 11.2 | 296K | 26,412 | 4,198 | 549 |
| 12 | Hughes County | 11.0 | 79K | 7,178 | 2,466 | 307 |
| 13 | Delaware County | 11.0 | 260K | 23,694 | 9,932 | 1,114 |
| 14 | Ellis County | 9.9 | 25K | 2,488 | 1,995 | 36 |
| 15 | Creek County | 8.1 | 346K | 42,957 | 11,800 | 278 |
| 16 | Johnston County | 8.0 | 57K | 7,045 | 1,631 | 263 |
| 17 | Washita County | 7.8 | 41K | 5,262 | 2,292 | 360 |
| 18 | Custer County | 7.2 | 111K | 15,341 | 7,135 | 487 |
| 19 | Harmon County | 7.1 | 10K | 1,471 | 1,203 | 29 |
| 20 | Tulsa County | 7.0 | 2.2M | 307,617 | 74,402 | 683 |
| 21 | Harper County | 6.7 | 14K | 2,061 | 1,691 | 9 |
| 22 | Coal County | 6.6 | 23K | 3,441 | 2,640 | 266 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 6.4 | 16K | 2,420 | 1,364 | 119 |
| 24 | Grady County | 6.2 | 155K | 24,938 | 8,074 | 613 |
| 25 | Kiowa County | 6.1 | 25K | 4,175 | 1,306 | 313 |
| 26 | Kingfisher County | 5.9 | 39K | 6,608 | 1,631 | 39 |
| 27 | Mayes County | 5.2 | 86K | 16,598 | 3,418 | 862 |
| 28 | Washington County | 4.9 | 80K | 16,408 | 3,338 | 680 |
| 29 | Dewey County | 4.6 | 12K | 2,623 | 703 | 60 |
| 30 | Blaine County | 4.4 | 19K | 4,266 | 1,085 | 79 |
| 31 | Comanche County | 4.4 | 250K | 57,333 | 9,129 | 820 |
| 32 | Choctaw County | 4.3 | 41K | 9,444 | 2,266 | 233 |
| 33 | Okmulgee County | 4.0 | 83K | 20,998 | 4,601 | 482 |
| 34 | Canadian County | 3.6 | 306K | 84,800 | 5,231 | 516 |
| 35 | Rogers County | 3.6 | 178K | 49,307 | 8,191 | 725 |
| 36 | Pawnee County | 3.6 | 27K | 7,517 | 1,841 | 215 |
| 37 | Seminole County | 3.5 | 48K | 13,650 | 1,675 | 155 |
| 38 | Stephens County | 3.4 | 86K | 25,647 | 10,986 | 541 |
| 39 | Noble County | 3.3 | 19K | 5,689 | 888 | 77 |
| 40 | Pontotoc County | 3.3 | 94K | 28,570 | 7,418 | 685 |
| 41 | Bryan County | 3.1 | 93K | 29,723 | 14,405 | 48 |
| 42 | Osage County | 2.9 | 64K | 21,643 | 1,917 | 603 |
| 43 | Latimer County | 2.9 | 16K | 5,639 | 1,941 | 181 |
| 44 | Roger Mills County | 2.6 | 4,974 | 1,929 | 684 | 68 |
| 45 | Oklahoma County | 2.5 | 865K | 350,091 | 21,052 | 546 |
| 46 | Beckham County | 2.4 | 31K | 12,818 | 6,962 | 361 |
| 47 | Sequoyah County | 2.3 | 78K | 33,532 | 3,205 | 18 |
| 48 | Ottawa County | 2.0 | 39K | 19,735 | 8,796 | 580 |
| 49 | Okfuskee County | 2.0 | 11K | 5,763 | 1,212 | 202 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 1.9 | 31K | 16,933 | 1,578 | 102 |
| 51 | Garfield County | 1.8 | 65K | 36,837 | 2,873 | 95 |
| 52 | Major County | 1.7 | 6,644 | 3,939 | 260 | 7 |
| 53 | Woods County | 1.7 | 9,206 | 5,498 | 1,146 | 19 |
| 54 | Alfalfa County | 1.7 | 5,699 | 3,414 | 896 | 9 |
| 55 | McCurtain County | 1.6 | 34K | 21,045 | 2,490 | 384 |
| 56 | Logan County | 1.5 | 33K | 22,067 | 3,957 | 43 |
| 57 | Pottawatomie County | 1.5 | 61K | 40,444 | 6,739 | 177 |
| 58 | Carter County | 1.5 | 45K | 29,805 | 1,881 | 73 |
| 59 | McClain County | 1.5 | 34K | 22,625 | 9,638 | 218 |
| 60 | Garvin County | 1.4 | 30K | 21,000 | 4,666 | 206 |
| 61 | Marshall County | 1.4 | 12K | 8,746 | 979 | 12 |
| 62 | Le Flore County | 1.3 | 40K | 29,891 | 3,963 | 144 |
| 63 | Cleveland County | 1.1 | 170K | 151,488 | 6,458 | 343 |
| 64 | Jackson County | 1.0 | 19K | 18,518 | 998 | 62 |
| 65 | Love County | 1.0 | 5,745 | 5,901 | 1,528 | 2 |
| 66 | Atoka County | 0.9 | 7,490 | 7,913 | 401 | 161 |
| 67 | Woodward County | 0.8 | 11K | 14,432 | 2,094 | 22 |
| 68 | Pushmataha County | 0.7 | 5,190 | 6,938 | 1,611 | 132 |
| 69 | Greer County | 0.6 | 2,275 | 3,967 | 133 | 23 |
| 70 | Haskell County | 0.4 | 3,119 | 7,700 | 1,176 | 169 |
| 71 | Payne County | 0.3 | 18K | 62,306 | 973 | 87 |
| 72 | Cherokee County | 0.2 | 5,005 | 27,388 | 888 | 100 |
| 73 | Adair County | 0.2 | 3,505 | 20,802 | 98 | 3 |
| 74 | Kay County | 0.0 | 474 | 37,106 | 83 | 22 |
Biggest Oklahoma 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 | Tulsa County, OK | July 12, 2016 13:15 | July 22, 2016 07:45 | 9d 18h | 74,402 | 1.5M |
| 2 | Oklahoma County, OK | April 27, 2016 02:00 | April 28, 2016 03:15 | 1d 1h | 21,052 | 67K |
| 3 | Oklahoma County, OK | March 12, 2016 20:30 | March 13, 2016 00:30 | 4h | 18,643 | 46K |
| 4 | Oklahoma County, OK | March 30, 2016 18:15 | March 31, 2016 04:15 | 10h | 18,568 | 17K |
| 5 | Wagoner County, OK | July 14, 2016 18:00 | July 19, 2016 10:45 | 4d 16h | 16,788 | 357K |
| 6 | Tulsa County, OK | July 26, 2016 13:15 | July 29, 2016 23:15 | 3d 10h | 15,036 | 47K |
| 7 | Bryan County, OK | March 30, 2016 13:15 | March 30, 2016 15:45 | 2h 30m | 14,405 | 24K |
| 8 | Bryan County, OK | January 19, 2016 21:00 | January 19, 2016 21:45 | 45m | 14,096 | 9,380 |
| 9 | Muskogee County, OK | July 14, 2016 10:45 | July 18, 2016 19:45 | 4d 9h | 13,092 | 368K |
| 10 | Creek County, OK | July 14, 2016 06:15 | July 18, 2016 11:45 | 4d 5h | 11,800 | 232K |
| 11 | Stephens County, OK | May 23, 2016 07:30 | May 24, 2016 06:00 | 22h 30m | 10,986 | 32K |
| 12 | Tulsa County, OK | March 30, 2016 15:00 | April 13, 2016 22:30 | 14d 7h | 10,868 | 78K |
| 13 | Oklahoma County, OK | September 6, 2016 20:30 | September 6, 2016 22:15 | 1h 45m | 10,114 | 15K |
| 14 | Delaware County, OK | March 9, 2016 18:00 | March 9, 2016 18:15 | 15m | 9,932 | 2,483 |
| 15 | McClain County, OK | March 21, 2016 22:45 | March 21, 2016 23:15 | 30m | 9,638 | 4,818 |
| 16 | Comanche County, OK | May 23, 2016 04:00 | May 24, 2016 18:00 | 1d 14h | 9,129 | 28K |
| 17 | Ottawa County, OK | March 9, 2016 15:15 | March 9, 2016 18:15 | 3h | 8,796 | 2,878 |
| 18 | Tulsa County, OK | May 28, 2016 05:00 | May 29, 2016 17:00 | 1d 12h | 8,736 | 27K |
| 19 | Tulsa County, OK | June 1, 2016 13:30 | June 4, 2016 03:15 | 2d 13h | 8,467 | 31K |
| 20 | Delaware County, OK | August 18, 2016 14:15 | August 18, 2016 20:30 | 6h 15m | 8,376 | 13K |
| 21 | Rogers County, OK | August 30, 2016 22:00 | August 31, 2016 06:30 | 8h 30m | 8,191 | 11K |
| 22 | Rogers County, OK | August 30, 2016 00:45 | August 30, 2016 02:30 | 1h 45m | 8,152 | 7,716 |
| 23 | Grady County, OK | April 11, 2016 03:45 | April 12, 2016 01:30 | 21h 45m | 8,074 | 15K |
| 24 | Rogers County, OK | May 6, 2016 18:00 | May 10, 2016 11:15 | 3d 17h | 7,906 | 22K |
| 25 | Comanche County, OK | April 11, 2016 04:00 | April 12, 2016 01:15 | 21h 15m | 7,553 | 28K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Oklahoma'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.