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2017 Washington County, AL Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Washington County, AL went without power for an average of 0.3 hours, a total of 2,124 customer-hours (Alabama average 1.7 hours). That ranks 52nd worst of 65 Alabama counties and 2432nd of 2,786 nationally.
Compared with AL, the US and 2016
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Alabama customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Washington County, 2017
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 10, 2017 14:00 | October 10, 2017 22:00 | 8h | 160 | 99 |
| 2 | December 9, 2017 05:00 | December 9, 2017 20:00 | 15h | 102 | 1,165 |
| 3 | December 8, 2017 20:45 | December 9, 2017 01:45 | 5h | 73 | 348 |
| 4 | June 14, 2017 06:00 | June 14, 2017 08:30 | 2h 30m | 46 | 104 |
| 5 | June 22, 2017 16:15 | June 22, 2017 19:45 | 3h 30m | 46 | 138 |
| 6 | December 6, 2017 14:00 | December 6, 2017 14:15 | 15m | 39 | 10 |
| 7 | October 18, 2017 21:00 | October 18, 2017 22:15 | 1h 15m | 38 | 48 |
| 8 | April 3, 2017 10:45 | April 3, 2017 16:45 | 6h | 36 | 43 |
| 9 | December 4, 2017 07:00 | December 4, 2017 07:15 | 15m | 19 | 5 |
| 10 | October 8, 2017 08:45 | October 8, 2017 12:00 | 3h 15m | 10 | 9 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 2 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Washington County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2017, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Elec Cooperative | 2017 | 10.5 hrs | - | 2.5 hrs | - |
| Alabama Power Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke-Washington E M C | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alabama's customers in 2017; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 7,878 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Washington County has data for 2016–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington County, AL annual power outage report, 2017, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2017/alabama/washington-county