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2017 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 1.7 hours — the 41st worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.7
Peak customers out
21,210
Rank (worst state)
41st
Counties affected
20

Alabama outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201922.1h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Alabama counties in 2017

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Shelby County21,2102Madison County19,9193Calhoun County10,8864Cullman County10,6065Mobile County8,5966Jefferson County8,2607Montgomery County8,0478Baldwin County7,5609Cleburne County7,30610Talladega County6,67411Chilton County6,61412Randolph County5,85413Coosa County5,83514Elmore County5,16915Lauderdale County5,04416Etowah County4,69517Clay County4,50518St. Clair County4,18919Tallapoosa County4,01720Bibb County3,055

Biggest Alabama outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Shelby CountyDecember 8, 201721,210
Madison CountyJune 15, 201719,919
Madison CountyMay 20, 201714,327
Calhoun CountyDecember 8, 201710,886
Cullman CountyMay 6, 201710,606
Cullman CountyMay 28, 20179,446
Mobile CountyOctober 29, 20178,596
Jefferson CountyDecember 8, 20178,260
Montgomery CountyDecember 30, 20178,047
Baldwin CountyJanuary 2, 20177,560
Alabama by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARI

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.