2017 Alabama Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 1.7 hours, the 41st worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.7
vs prior year
▲ 125%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
4.3M
Peak customers out
59,655
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AL customers
Counties reporting
65
Alabama year over year
All 65 Alabama counties, 2017
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 | Cleburne County | 46.5 | 326K | 6,993 | 6,993 | 91 |
| 2 | Coosa County | 30.1 | 126K | 4,170 | 4,170 | 289 |
| 3 | Randolph County | 23.5 | 191K | 8,122 | 5,854 | 105 |
| 4 | Clay County | 23.3 | 129K | 5,554 | 4,505 | 108 |
| 5 | Perry County | 9.0 | 40K | 4,481 | 1,623 | 87 |
| 6 | Chilton County | 8.2 | 160K | 19,414 | 6,614 | 493 |
| 7 | Talladega County | 4.9 | 191K | 39,215 | 6,674 | 516 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 4.4 | 85K | 19,358 | 2,585 | 423 |
| 9 | Cullman County | 4.2 | 246K | 59,296 | 10,606 | 629 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 4.1 | 23K | 5,496 | 1,246 | 310 |
| 11 | Calhoun County | 4.0 | 246K | 62,182 | 10,886 | 248 |
| 12 | Bibb County | 3.5 | 39K | 11,037 | 3,055 | 115 |
| 13 | Autauga County | 3.5 | 87K | 24,619 | 3,033 | 573 |
| 14 | Choctaw County | 3.4 | 25K | 7,230 | 970 | 45 |
| 15 | Tallapoosa County | 3.3 | 74K | 22,039 | 4,017 | 167 |
| 16 | Wilcox County | 3.2 | 19K | 5,917 | 698 | 201 |
| 17 | Lamar County | 3.1 | 20K | 6,221 | 1,769 | 221 |
| 18 | Elmore County | 3.1 | 120K | 38,649 | 5,169 | 619 |
| 19 | Madison County | 2.9 | 581K | 198,793 | 19,919 | 1,127 |
| 20 | Crenshaw County | 2.9 | 23K | 8,129 | 1,147 | 361 |
| 21 | Marengo County | 2.7 | 31K | 11,446 | 1,234 | 99 |
| 22 | Shelby County | 2.6 | 296K | 111,917 | 21,210 | 183 |
| 23 | Marion County | 2.6 | 36K | 14,058 | 2,550 | 319 |
| 24 | Winston County | 2.4 | 32K | 13,268 | 1,522 | 242 |
| 25 | Butler County | 2.4 | 29K | 12,325 | 2,002 | 405 |
| 26 | Pike County | 2.2 | 62K | 27,989 | 1,675 | 453 |
| 27 | Lauderdale County | 2.1 | 105K | 49,361 | 5,044 | 533 |
| 28 | Bullock County | 1.8 | 16K | 8,727 | 591 | 216 |
| 29 | St. Clair County | 1.4 | 58K | 41,320 | 4,189 | 277 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 1.3 | 13K | 10,522 | 1,284 | 209 |
| 31 | Baldwin County | 1.3 | 246K | 195,253 | 7,560 | 1,001 |
| 32 | Macon County | 1.2 | 18K | 15,032 | 971 | 148 |
| 33 | Geneva County | 1.2 | 14K | 11,742 | 1,521 | 429 |
| 34 | Sumter County | 1.1 | 7,646 | 6,825 | 850 | 71 |
| 35 | Mobile County | 1.1 | 120K | 110,135 | 8,596 | 248 |
| 36 | Chambers County | 0.9 | 11K | 12,749 | 2,684 | 114 |
| 37 | Coffee County | 0.8 | 24K | 31,347 | 2,165 | 484 |
| 38 | Barbour County | 0.7 | 9,000 | 12,400 | 1,109 | 112 |
| 39 | Fayette County | 0.7 | 5,648 | 7,831 | 395 | 149 |
| 40 | Covington County | 0.7 | 20K | 30,321 | 1,383 | 420 |
| 41 | Walker County | 0.6 | 21K | 32,987 | 796 | 228 |
| 42 | Montgomery County | 0.5 | 71K | 137,566 | 8,047 | 497 |
| 43 | Jefferson County | 0.5 | 190K | 372,757 | 8,260 | 79 |
| 44 | Hale County | 0.5 | 3,932 | 7,916 | 532 | 105 |
| 45 | Etowah County | 0.5 | 24K | 54,206 | 4,695 | 167 |
| 46 | Blount County | 0.4 | 10K | 27,074 | 1,609 | 183 |
| 47 | Houston County | 0.3 | 24K | 72,388 | 1,714 | 507 |
| 48 | Tuscaloosa County | 0.3 | 39K | 126,125 | 926 | 160 |
| 49 | Russell County | 0.3 | 6,664 | 21,728 | 1,150 | 141 |
| 50 | Pickens County | 0.3 | 2,562 | 8,654 | 925 | 120 |
| 51 | Lee County | 0.3 | 18K | 63,579 | 1,631 | 229 |
| 52 | Washington County | 0.3 | 2,124 | 7,878 | 160 | 43 |
| 53 | Dale County | 0.2 | 5,601 | 25,013 | 299 | 156 |
| 54 | Henry County | 0.2 | 1,789 | 8,040 | 581 | 78 |
| 55 | Clarke County | 0.2 | 4,674 | 21,629 | 443 | 112 |
| 56 | Greene County | 0.2 | 829 | 4,217 | 68 | 34 |
| 57 | Conecuh County | 0.2 | 1,075 | 5,906 | 210 | 53 |
| 58 | Escambia County | 0.1 | 2,181 | 18,593 | 721 | 104 |
| 59 | Lawrence County | 0.0 | 496 | 13,082 | 41 | 19 |
| 60 | Franklin County | 0.0 | 645 | 21,671 | 48 | 52 |
| 61 | Morgan County | 0.0 | 1,271 | 69,963 | 121 | 61 |
| 62 | Limestone County | 0.0 | 36 | 52,376 | 5 | 31 |
| 63 | Cherokee County | 0.0 | 9 | 24,534 | 3 | 1 |
| 64 | Marshall County | 0.0 | 5 | 52,022 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 0.0 | 1 | 29,336 | 1 | 1 |
Biggest Alabama outages of 2017
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County, AL | December 8, 2017 12:15 | December 11, 2017 06:15 | 2d 18h | 21,210 | 249K |
| 2 | Madison County, AL | June 15, 2017 18:45 | June 16, 2017 08:15 | 13h 30m | 19,919 | 19K |
| 3 | Madison County, AL | May 20, 2017 22:45 | May 23, 2017 09:45 | 2d 11h | 14,327 | 364K |
| 4 | Calhoun County, AL | December 8, 2017 13:30 | December 11, 2017 07:30 | 2d 18h | 10,886 | 224K |
| 5 | Cullman County, AL | May 6, 2017 05:15 | May 6, 2017 11:45 | 6h 30m | 10,606 | 49K |
| 6 | Cullman County, AL | May 28, 2017 06:45 | May 30, 2017 06:00 | 1d 23h | 9,446 | 65K |
| 7 | Mobile County, AL | October 29, 2017 17:45 | October 31, 2017 07:45 | 1d 14h | 8,596 | 7,855 |
| 8 | Jefferson County, AL | December 8, 2017 11:30 | December 11, 2017 08:00 | 2d 20h | 8,260 | 59K |
| 9 | Montgomery County, AL | December 30, 2017 14:30 | December 31, 2017 00:15 | 9h 45m | 8,047 | 12K |
| 10 | Baldwin County, AL | January 2, 2017 20:30 | January 3, 2017 07:30 | 11h | 7,560 | 26K |
| 11 | Cullman County, AL | May 20, 2017 22:00 | May 21, 2017 22:30 | 1d | 7,359 | 48K |
| 12 | Cleburne County, AL | December 8, 2017 14:45 | December 13, 2017 01:45 | 4d 11h | 6,993 | 319K |
| 13 | Talladega County, AL | December 8, 2017 11:00 | December 11, 2017 09:30 | 2d 22h | 6,674 | 159K |
| 14 | Chilton County, AL | December 8, 2017 13:30 | December 11, 2017 01:30 | 2d 12h | 6,614 | 130K |
| 15 | Madison County, AL | May 23, 2017 18:30 | May 24, 2017 07:30 | 13h | 6,335 | 11K |
| 16 | Randolph County, AL | December 8, 2017 20:15 | December 12, 2017 08:30 | 3d 12h | 5,854 | 185K |
| 17 | Madison County, AL | October 21, 2017 06:30 | October 21, 2017 13:15 | 6h 45m | 5,726 | 8,164 |
| 18 | Elmore County, AL | July 20, 2017 19:00 | July 20, 2017 21:00 | 2h | 5,169 | 5,286 |
| 19 | Lauderdale County, AL | June 18, 2017 21:00 | June 19, 2017 08:00 | 11h | 5,044 | 11K |
| 20 | Elmore County, AL | December 28, 2017 10:30 | December 28, 2017 14:30 | 4h | 4,897 | 5,924 |
| 21 | Etowah County, AL | December 9, 2017 16:15 | December 10, 2017 03:00 | 10h 45m | 4,695 | 5,425 |
| 22 | Baldwin County, AL | October 7, 2017 20:00 | October 10, 2017 04:30 | 2d 8h | 4,634 | 31K |
| 23 | Baldwin County, AL | December 1, 2017 12:45 | December 2, 2017 00:30 | 11h 45m | 4,525 | 4,432 |
| 24 | Clay County, AL | December 8, 2017 14:45 | December 12, 2017 05:15 | 3d 14h | 4,505 | 125K |
| 25 | Mobile County, AL | October 24, 2017 03:15 | October 25, 2017 04:00 | 1d | 4,501 | 15K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alabama's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.