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2017 Alaska Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 1.8 hours — the 40th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.8
Peak customers out
20,466
Rank (worst state)
40th
Counties affected
7

Alaska outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

2.7h20151.9h20161.8h20176.2h20184.7h20194.2h20207.0h202113.2h20228.4h20236.7h202410.9h2025

Hardest-hit Alaska counties in 2017

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

1Fairbanks North Star Borough20,4662Kenai Peninsula Borough13,1843Anchorage Municipality6,1714Matanuska-Susitna Borough2,7395Southeast Fairbanks Census Area9846Denali Borough7067Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area364

Biggest Alaska outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Fairbanks North Star BoroughJune 13, 201720,466
Fairbanks North Star BoroughJune 9, 201714,915
Kenai Peninsula BoroughMarch 30, 201713,184
Anchorage MunicipalityOctober 4, 20176,171
Anchorage MunicipalitySeptember 6, 20174,115
Kenai Peninsula BoroughMarch 18, 20173,616
Anchorage MunicipalityMay 6, 20173,433
Anchorage MunicipalitySeptember 12, 20173,309
Fairbanks North Star BoroughNovember 29, 20173,202
Fairbanks North Star BoroughJuly 5, 20173,055
Alaska 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.