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2017 District of Columbia Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 1.4 hours, the 45th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.4
vs prior year
▼ 44%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
461K
Peak customers out
9,472
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1

District of Columbia year over year

District of Columbia: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.5h; 2016: 2.5h; 2017: 1.4h; 2018: 4.8h, coverage 100%; 2019: 2.2h, coverage 100%; 2020: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 100%; 2022: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2023: 2.5h; 2024: 1.6h; 2025: 1.8h02460%50%100%2.5h20152.5h20161.4h20174.8h20182.2h20191.5h20201.9h20211.5h20222.5h20231.6h20241.8h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2017

Customer-hours without power across District of Columbia; February was the worst.

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District of Columbia customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 18K, Feb 65K, Mar 60K, Apr 53K, May 29K, Jun 56K, Jul 54K, Aug 40K, Sep 24K, Oct 24K, Nov 15K, Dec 24K020k40k60k80k18KJan65KFeb60KMar53KApr29KMay56KJun54KJul40KAug24KSep24KOct15KNov24KDec
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All 1 District of Columbia counties, 2017

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1District of Columbia1.4461K325,1229,4721,094

Biggest District of Columbia outages of 2017

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1District of Columbia, DCApril 6, 2017 15:45April 7, 2017 05:0013h 15m9,47230K
2District of Columbia, DCFebruary 13, 2017 04:30February 14, 2017 04:1523h 45m8,65953K
3District of Columbia, DCDecember 25, 2017 11:15December 25, 2017 17:306h 15m7,3429,065
4District of Columbia, DCMarch 1, 2017 14:30March 2, 2017 05:1514h 45m6,31716K
5District of Columbia, DCJune 16, 2017 05:00June 17, 2017 07:451d 2h5,96914K
6District of Columbia, DCOctober 30, 2017 00:45October 30, 2017 22:1521h 30m5,5397,738
7District of Columbia, DCMarch 15, 2017 11:45March 16, 2017 05:1517h 30m5,0129,454
8District of Columbia, DCJuly 21, 2017 12:15July 23, 2017 09:151d 21h4,45517K
9District of Columbia, DCMarch 8, 2017 09:00March 8, 2017 22:4513h 45m4,1983,548
10District of Columbia, DCJune 7, 2017 09:30June 8, 2017 00:4515h 15m4,0359,115
11District of Columbia, DCApril 28, 2017 12:00April 29, 2017 04:4516h 45m3,7475,207
12District of Columbia, DCMay 12, 2017 04:30May 12, 2017 04:4515m3,195799
13District of Columbia, DCOctober 27, 2017 06:00October 27, 2017 06:3030m3,1861,593
14District of Columbia, DCJuly 26, 2017 23:30July 27, 2017 01:452h 15m3,1413,344
15District of Columbia, DCSeptember 30, 2017 11:00September 30, 2017 19:008h2,9314,197
16District of Columbia, DCDecember 2, 2017 22:45December 3, 2017 06:157h 30m2,7904,505
17District of Columbia, DCJuly 1, 2017 11:00July 2, 2017 03:1516h 15m2,622730
18District of Columbia, DCMarch 3, 2017 07:45March 4, 2017 02:3018h 45m2,4493,064
19District of Columbia, DCJuly 24, 2017 01:00July 24, 2017 07:156h 15m2,353616
20District of Columbia, DCMarch 2, 2017 08:15March 2, 2017 09:301h 15m2,3241,150
21District of Columbia, DCNovember 19, 2017 08:45November 19, 2017 14:005h 15m2,294741
22District of Columbia, DCJuly 1, 2017 04:00July 1, 2017 05:301h 30m2,1852,372
23District of Columbia, DCOctober 5, 2017 10:45October 5, 2017 22:3011h 45m2,184790
24District of Columbia, DCAugust 16, 2017 03:45August 17, 2017 03:1523h 30m2,1574,850
25District of Columbia, DCOctober 9, 2017 09:45October 9, 2017 10:0015m2,125531
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of District of Columbia'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.
District of Columbia by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARIVTNC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.