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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 any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.4
Peak customers out
9,472
Rank (worst state)
45th
Counties affected
1

District of Columbia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

2.5h20152.5h20161.4h20174.8h20182.2h20191.5h20201.9h20211.5h20222.5h20231.6h20241.8h2025

Hardest-hit District of Columbia counties in 2017

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

Biggest District of Columbia outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
District of ColumbiaApril 6, 20179,472
District of ColumbiaFebruary 13, 20178,659
District of ColumbiaDecember 25, 20177,342
District of ColumbiaMarch 1, 20176,317
District of ColumbiaJune 16, 20175,969
District of ColumbiaOctober 30, 20175,539
District of ColumbiaMarch 15, 20175,012
District of ColumbiaJuly 21, 20174,455
District of ColumbiaMarch 8, 20174,198
District of ColumbiaJune 7, 20174,035
District of Columbia 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.