2017 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 2.9 hours, the 28th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.9
vs prior year
▲ 2%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
1.5M
Peak customers out
33,170
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware 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 | New Castle County | 5.5 | 1.0M | 191,056 | 33,074 | 672 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 1.4 | 302K | 218,986 | 16,283 | 1,060 |
| 3 | Kent County | 1.3 | 124K | 98,370 | 5,893 | 864 |
Biggest Delaware 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 | New Castle County, DE | March 14, 2017 08:15 | March 18, 2017 03:30 | 3d 19h | 33,074 | 617K |
| 2 | Sussex County, DE | August 30, 2017 08:45 | August 30, 2017 18:15 | 9h 30m | 16,283 | 32K |
| 3 | New Castle County, DE | April 6, 2017 13:30 | April 8, 2017 11:15 | 1d 21h | 12,777 | 78K |
| 4 | New Castle County, DE | June 19, 2017 10:15 | June 21, 2017 09:30 | 1d 23h | 7,092 | 13K |
| 5 | Sussex County, DE | January 9, 2017 11:00 | January 10, 2017 07:15 | 20h 15m | 6,962 | 5,174 |
| 6 | Kent County, DE | October 24, 2017 06:30 | October 24, 2017 22:30 | 16h | 5,893 | 15K |
| 7 | Kent County, DE | July 20, 2017 13:30 | July 20, 2017 19:45 | 6h 15m | 5,889 | 6,540 |
| 8 | New Castle County, DE | October 4, 2017 11:45 | October 5, 2017 01:45 | 14h | 5,550 | 5,091 |
| 9 | New Castle County, DE | August 1, 2017 06:30 | August 4, 2017 05:45 | 2d 23h | 4,625 | 29K |
| 10 | Kent County, DE | June 30, 2017 12:30 | June 30, 2017 14:30 | 2h | 4,363 | 2,739 |
| 11 | Kent County, DE | November 1, 2017 04:00 | November 1, 2017 04:45 | 45m | 4,251 | 1,842 |
| 12 | Sussex County, DE | July 13, 2017 19:15 | July 15, 2017 06:45 | 1d 11h | 4,108 | 7,543 |
| 13 | Sussex County, DE | March 21, 2017 14:00 | March 21, 2017 18:45 | 4h 45m | 3,913 | 992 |
| 14 | Sussex County, DE | July 19, 2017 14:30 | July 20, 2017 01:45 | 11h 15m | 3,861 | 2,124 |
| 15 | Sussex County, DE | October 24, 2017 05:15 | October 24, 2017 20:00 | 14h 45m | 3,799 | 8,103 |
| 16 | Sussex County, DE | July 29, 2017 02:30 | July 29, 2017 19:45 | 17h 15m | 3,786 | 7,560 |
| 17 | Sussex County, DE | April 27, 2017 07:30 | April 27, 2017 17:15 | 9h 45m | 3,690 | 4,970 |
| 18 | Sussex County, DE | June 19, 2017 20:45 | June 21, 2017 01:45 | 1d 5h | 3,655 | 16K |
| 19 | New Castle County, DE | January 26, 2017 11:45 | January 27, 2017 05:30 | 17h 45m | 3,506 | 1,926 |
| 20 | Sussex County, DE | March 9, 2017 12:30 | March 9, 2017 21:00 | 8h 30m | 3,447 | 2,709 |
| 21 | Sussex County, DE | August 4, 2017 16:45 | August 5, 2017 07:15 | 14h 30m | 3,446 | 4,548 |
| 22 | Kent County, DE | April 17, 2017 17:30 | April 17, 2017 21:00 | 3h 30m | 3,303 | 4,271 |
| 23 | Sussex County, DE | February 22, 2017 19:00 | February 23, 2017 13:30 | 18h 30m | 3,288 | 5,362 |
| 24 | Kent County, DE | February 25, 2017 02:15 | February 25, 2017 07:30 | 5h 15m | 3,250 | 2,445 |
| 25 | Sussex County, DE | October 2, 2017 07:15 | October 2, 2017 08:15 | 1h | 3,240 | 2,431 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Delaware'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.