2017 Alaska Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 1.8 hours, the 40th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.8
vs prior year
▼ 5%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
466K
Peak customers out
21,117
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AK customers
Counties reporting
7
Alaska year over year
All 7 Alaska 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 | Denali Borough | 4.1 | 4,178 | 1,014 | 706 | 60 |
| 2 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 3.9 | 173K | 44,163 | 20,466 | 654 |
| 3 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 3.0 | 129K | 43,315 | 13,184 | 361 |
| 4 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 2.7 | 5,526 | 2,069 | 984 | 65 |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality | 1.2 | 132K | 110,430 | 6,171 | 538 |
| 6 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 0.6 | 1,786 | 3,197 | 364 | 35 |
| 7 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 0.3 | 20K | 59,763 | 2,739 | 64 |
Biggest Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | June 13, 2017 14:15 | June 14, 2017 05:45 | 15h 30m | 20,466 | 21K |
| 2 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | June 9, 2017 01:00 | June 9, 2017 12:15 | 11h 15m | 14,915 | 35K |
| 3 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | March 30, 2017 18:30 | March 31, 2017 00:30 | 6h | 13,184 | 4,931 |
| 4 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | October 4, 2017 08:45 | October 4, 2017 18:15 | 9h 30m | 6,171 | 17K |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | September 6, 2017 07:00 | September 8, 2017 06:30 | 1d 23h | 4,115 | 16K |
| 6 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | March 18, 2017 09:15 | March 18, 2017 14:30 | 5h 15m | 3,616 | 8,478 |
| 7 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | May 6, 2017 22:00 | May 7, 2017 00:00 | 2h | 3,433 | 4,782 |
| 8 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | September 12, 2017 23:30 | September 13, 2017 00:30 | 1h | 3,309 | 1,651 |
| 9 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | November 29, 2017 20:45 | November 30, 2017 00:45 | 4h | 3,202 | 805 |
| 10 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | July 5, 2017 15:30 | July 5, 2017 22:45 | 7h 15m | 3,055 | 6,885 |
| 11 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | May 26, 2017 15:30 | May 26, 2017 18:15 | 2h 45m | 2,911 | 1,085 |
| 12 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | July 18, 2017 07:00 | July 19, 2017 16:15 | 1d 9h | 2,835 | 20K |
| 13 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | August 22, 2017 20:30 | August 23, 2017 00:45 | 4h 15m | 2,763 | 3,480 |
| 14 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | December 4, 2017 23:30 | December 5, 2017 06:30 | 7h | 2,739 | 3,094 |
| 15 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | November 22, 2017 11:00 | November 22, 2017 17:15 | 6h 15m | 2,521 | 1,378 |
| 16 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | July 23, 2017 21:30 | July 25, 2017 08:45 | 1d 11h | 2,472 | 22K |
| 17 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | April 6, 2017 05:00 | April 6, 2017 15:30 | 10h 30m | 2,297 | 17K |
| 18 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | June 20, 2017 02:00 | June 20, 2017 07:45 | 5h 45m | 2,144 | 1,357 |
| 19 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | December 11, 2017 18:30 | December 12, 2017 05:00 | 10h 30m | 2,047 | 3,057 |
| 20 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | June 12, 2017 20:00 | June 12, 2017 22:30 | 2h 30m | 1,995 | 599 |
| 21 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | January 26, 2017 13:15 | January 27, 2017 02:15 | 13h | 1,985 | 9,874 |
| 22 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | April 3, 2017 15:00 | April 5, 2017 01:15 | 1d 10h | 1,980 | 3,069 |
| 23 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 3, 2017 14:00 | August 4, 2017 02:45 | 12h 45m | 1,974 | 1,375 |
| 24 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | October 25, 2017 19:45 | October 25, 2017 22:00 | 2h 15m | 1,962 | 1,542 |
| 25 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | May 16, 2017 15:45 | May 16, 2017 16:00 | 15m | 1,957 | 489 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alaska'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.