2017 US Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average US customer tracked by EAGLE-I went without power for about 7.3 hours, the 4th worst of the 11 loaded years (2015–2025). Figures include major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

7.3

Customer-hours out

1087.5M

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of US customers

Largest county peak

1,298,256

customers out at once

Outage events

930,129

Counties reporting

2,803

2017 in context

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2017

Customer-hours without power each month; September was the worst.

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Hardest-hit counties in 2017

Top 25 two ways: per customer (counties tracking at least 1,000 customers, so tiny counties don't swing the list) and total customer-hours (where the most people were affected).

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Highlands County, FL	190.3	7.4M	39,050	39,050	850
2	Orange County, TX	154.4	3.1M	19,786	19,786	813
3	Pinellas County, FL	112.7	40.7M	361,147	361,147	350
4	Tyler County, TX	108.1	484K	4,478	4,478	701
5	Jefferson County, FL	107.2	781K	7,283	7,283	553
6	Clay County, WV	105.2	259K	2,463	2,463	285
7	Hardin County, TX	99.5	1.2M	12,194	12,194	705
8	Rabun County, GA	97.1	982K	10,115	10,115	678
9	Collier County, FL	95.3	27.5M	288,895	288,895	380
10	Volusia County, FL	91.4	18.2M	198,922	198,922	495
11	Lafayette County, FL	91.4	424K	4,645	4,645	514
12	Lincoln County, ME	90.8	2.1M	23,436	23,436	436
13	Okeechobee County, FL	89.9	1.6M	18,223	18,223	585
14	Miami-Dade County, FL	88.2	83.9M	951,391	951,391	15
15	Hamilton County, NY	86.7	222K	2,561	2,561	184
16	Seminole County, FL	78.6	15.9M	201,776	198,450	650
17	Palm Beach County, FL	77.0	41.5M	539,728	539,728	140
18	Glynn County, GA	76.9	3.1M	40,392	40,392	1,039
19	Hardee County, FL	74.8	882K	11,796	11,796	629
20	Wilkes County, NC	73.6	592K	8,042	8,042	694
21	Putnam County, GA	72.3	736K	10,183	10,183	487
22	Logan County, KS	71.9	150K	2,091	2,091	106
23	Jones County, GA	71.9	803K	11,169	11,169	525
24	Waldo County, ME	71.4	1.6M	22,684	22,684	392
25	Catawba County, NC	71.0	579K	8,165	8,165	718

#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Miami-Dade County, FL	88.2	83.9M	951,391	951,391	15
2	Broward County, FL	44.6	57.9M	1,298,256	1,298,256	40
3	Palm Beach County, FL	77.0	41.5M	539,728	539,728	140
4	Pinellas County, FL	112.7	40.7M	361,147	361,147	350
5	Orange County, FL	69.2	27.8M	402,618	331,670	545
6	Collier County, FL	95.3	27.5M	288,895	288,895	380
7	Lee County, FL	43.3	27.2M	628,635	462,570	420
8	Brevard County, FL	57.7	19.5M	338,129	338,129	360
9	Hillsborough County, FL	18.7	18.7M	998,906	257,105	507
10	Volusia County, FL	91.4	18.2M	198,922	198,922	495
11	Seminole County, FL	78.6	15.9M	201,776	198,450	650
12	Duval County, FL	31.4	15.2M	483,034	483,034	859
13	Sarasota County, FL	48.4	15.0M	310,646	310,646	438
14	Polk County, FL	43.0	13.5M	313,954	130,427	806
15	Los Angeles County, CA	3.6	13.4M	3,762,600	44,327	54
16	Shelby County, TN	29.7	12.6M	422,904	155,108	369
17	Marion County, FL	57.2	12.4M	217,647	177,207	953
18	Manatee County, FL	37.9	10.1M	266,408	225,195	644
19	Lake County, FL	47.4	9.4M	199,372	144,324	810
20	Pasco County, FL	33.0	9.2M	279,260	101,759	811
21	DeKalb County, GA	46.5	8.5M	182,341	176,310	595
22	Monroe County, NY	25.6	7.7M	302,455	102,160	827
23	Highlands County, FL	190.3	7.4M	39,050	39,050	850
24	Cumberland County, ME	28.5	6.5M	227,401	109,526	837
25	Fulton County, GA	16.4	6.3M	383,737	136,320	424

States in 2017

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Change compares with the closest earlier loaded year; coverage is EAGLE-I's share of the state's customers.

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#	State	Hrs / customer	vs prior yr	Customer-hours	Peak out	Coverage
1	Florida	48.8	▲ 592%	546.6M	7,974,154	n/a
2	Maine	37.6	▲ 384%	30.9M	481,891	n/a
3	West Virginia	16.3	▼ 7%	16.5M	162,447	n/a
4	New Hampshire	14.3	▲ 350%	10.7M	250,026	n/a
5	Georgia	14.2	▲ 193%	72.4M	1,291,216	n/a
6	Rhode Island	13.5	▲ 358%	6.9M	149,469	n/a
7	Vermont	10.2	▲ 137%	3.9M	74,170	n/a
8	North Carolina	8.1	▼ 70%	17.4M	74,572	n/a
9	Louisiana	7.2	▲ 5%	17.3M	99,186	n/a
10	Mississippi	6.6	▲ 116%	9.6M	85,657	n/a
11	Michigan	6.0	▲ 195%	28.9M	328,940	n/a
12	Tennessee	5.6	▲ 123%	17.5M	187,775	n/a
13	Massachusetts	4.7	▲ 106%	15.5M	320,596	n/a
14	South Carolina	4.4	▼ 66%	12.6M	262,765	n/a
15	Arkansas	4.4	▼ 19%	7.3M	83,931	n/a
16	Nebraska	4.3	▲ 175%	2.8M	79,602	n/a
17	Ohio	4.2	▲ 41%	23.4M	164,965	n/a
18	New York	3.9	▲ 82%	32.8M	240,352	n/a
19	Kansas	3.9	▲ 94%	5.4M	63,120	n/a
20	Oregon	3.7	▲ 32%	7.6M	164,414	n/a
21	Virginia	3.6	▼ 55%	14.0M	111,349	n/a
22	Hawaii	3.3	-	1.0M	62,188	n/a
23	Washington	3.3	▲ 4%	11.1M	164,888	n/a
24	Pennsylvania	3.2	▲ 31%	19.8M	107,114	n/a
25	Oklahoma	3.2	▼ 23%	6.5M	68,641	n/a
26	Idaho	3.0	▲ 98%	2.8M	16,745	n/a
27	Wisconsin	2.9	▲ 53%	9.0M	82,713	n/a
28	Delaware	2.9	▲ 2%	1.5M	33,170	n/a
29	Missouri	2.8	▼ 10%	7.9M	114,336	n/a
30	Montana	2.7	▲ 46%	448K	13,744	n/a
31	Kentucky	2.6	▲ 27%	5.9M	98,057	n/a
32	New Jersey	2.5	▼ 38%	10.5M	71,462	n/a
33	Indiana	2.5	▼ 20%	8.1M	41,700	n/a
34	New Mexico	2.2	▲ 3%	2.0M	129,615	n/a
35	California	2.2	▼ 12%	33.3M	165,457	n/a
36	Iowa	2.0	▲ 8%	3.2M	42,905	n/a
37	Maryland	1.9	▼ 12%	5.2M	42,297	n/a
38	Minnesota	1.9	▼ 40%	5.1M	98,463	n/a
39	Nevada	1.9	▲ 48%	2.7M	49,889	n/a
40	Alaska	1.8	▼ 5%	466K	21,117	n/a
41	Alabama	1.7	▲ 125%	4.3M	59,655	n/a
42	Texas	1.6	▲ 36%	21.8M	78,020	n/a
43	Colorado	1.5	▼ 16%	3.9M	61,126	n/a
44	Illinois	1.4	▼ 3%	8.5M	46,818	n/a
45	District of Columbia	1.4	▼ 44%	461K	9,472	n/a
46	Arizona	1.1	▲ 53%	3.5M	43,347	n/a
47	Utah	1.0	-	1.3M	50,447	n/a
48	Wyoming	0.9	▲ 47%	278K	13,837	n/a
49	North Dakota	0.9	▼ 9%	376K	12,706	n/a
50	South Dakota	0.8	▼ 13%	233K	9,524	n/a
51	Connecticut	-	-	6.6M	180,476	n/a

Biggest single outages of 2017

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

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Broward County, FL	September 4, 2017 11:15	September 21, 2017 03:00	16d 15h	1,298,256	56.3M
2	Miami-Dade County, FL	August 14, 2017 17:45	September 21, 2017 20:00	38d 2h	951,391	81.5M
3	Palm Beach County, FL	September 8, 2017 11:30	September 20, 2017 02:00	11d 14h	539,728	40.4M
4	Duval County, FL	September 9, 2017 14:00	September 26, 2017 10:00	16d 20h	483,034	13.9M
5	Lee County, FL	September 5, 2017 11:45	September 22, 2017 13:00	17d 1h	462,570	26.7M
6	Pinellas County, FL	September 7, 2017 05:15	October 6, 2017 08:00	29d 2h	361,147	39.7M
7	Brevard County, FL	September 5, 2017 10:15	September 22, 2017 03:00	16d 16h	338,129	19.0M
8	Orange County, FL	September 10, 2017 04:15	September 28, 2017 06:00	18d 1h	331,670	27.0M
9	Sarasota County, FL	September 7, 2017 12:30	September 22, 2017 12:00	14d 23h	310,646	14.6M
10	Collier County, FL	September 7, 2017 12:00	September 22, 2017 13:00	15d 1h	288,895	27.0M
11	Hillsborough County, FL	September 9, 2017 14:00	September 24, 2017 08:00	14d 18h	257,105	17.7M
12	Manatee County, FL	September 9, 2017 13:30	September 22, 2017 02:45	12d 13h	225,195	9.7M
13	Volusia County, FL	September 8, 2017 20:00	September 23, 2017 01:30	14d 5h	198,922	17.7M
14	Seminole County, FL	September 10, 2017 07:15	September 25, 2017 05:00	14d 21h	198,450	15.6M
15	St. Lucie County, FL	September 9, 2017 01:00	September 20, 2017 01:00	11d	185,980	5.5M
16	Marion County, FL	September 10, 2017 03:45	September 22, 2017 04:30	12d	177,207	11.9M
17	DeKalb County, GA	September 11, 2017 10:30	September 20, 2017 07:30	8d 21h	176,310	6.6M
18	Shelby County, TN	May 27, 2017 18:30	June 2, 2017 07:45	5d 13h	155,108	8.9M
19	Lake County, FL	September 10, 2017 07:00	October 6, 2017 01:45	25d 18h	144,324	9.2M
20	Fulton County, GA	September 11, 2017 03:15	September 25, 2017 01:15	13d 22h	136,320	4.3M
21	King County, WA	November 13, 2017 08:15	November 17, 2017 13:00	4d 4h	132,417	1.3M
22	Polk County, FL	September 6, 2017 17:30	September 25, 2017 02:45	18d 9h	130,427	13.2M
23	Charlotte County, FL	September 7, 2017 10:15	September 21, 2017 17:00	14d 6h	129,889	5.9M
24	Bernalillo County, NM	February 2, 2017 08:15	February 2, 2017 21:45	13h 30m	117,576	234K
25	St. Johns County, FL	September 10, 2017 11:45	September 20, 2017 22:00	10d 10h	116,593	5.3M

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of US electricity customers in 2017; utilities it does not see are missing from every figure here. “Hrs per customer” divides outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers (a SAIDI-like measure including major event days), so it is not the EIA-861 SAIDI utilities file.

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