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2017 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Florida customer went without power for about 48.8 hours, the 1st worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
48.8
vs prior year
▲ 592%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
546.6M
Peak customers out
7,974,154
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of FL customers
Counties reporting
67

Florida year over year

Florida: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 7.1h; 2017: 48.8h; 2018: 5.4h, coverage 97%; 2019: 1.9h, coverage 97%; 2020: 3.6h, coverage 97%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 98%; 2022: 20.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 24.2h; 2025: 2.0h02040600%50%100%1.6h20157.1h201648.8h20175.4h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.8h20223.4h202324.2h20242.0h2025
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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 Florida; September was the worst.

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Florida customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 1.8M, Feb 1.6M, Mar 1.2M, Apr 1.3M, May 2.1M, Jun 2.1M, Jul 2.4M, Aug 1.9M, Sep 527.9M, Oct 2.9M, Nov 598K, Dec 997K0200M400M600M1.8MJan1.6MFeb1.2MMar1.3MApr2.1MMay2.1MJun2.4MJul1.9MAug527.9MSep2.9MOct598KNov997KDec
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All 67 Florida counties, 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Highlands County190.37.4M39,05039,050850
2Pinellas County112.740.7M361,147361,147350
3Jefferson County107.2781K7,2837,283553
4Collier County95.327.5M288,895288,895380
5Volusia County91.418.2M198,922198,922495
6Lafayette County91.4424K4,6454,645514
7Okeechobee County89.91.6M18,22318,223585
8Miami-Dade County88.283.9M951,391951,39115
9Seminole County78.615.9M201,776198,450650
10Palm Beach County77.041.5M539,728539,728140
11Hardee County74.8882K11,79611,796629
12Flagler County69.64.1M58,76458,764689
13Orange County69.227.8M402,618331,670545
14DeSoto County61.61.3M21,12921,129578
15Brevard County57.719.5M338,129338,129360
16Marion County57.212.4M217,647177,207953
17Madison County56.6533K9,4158,088516
18Indian River County56.03.5M62,07062,070688
19Hendry County55.71.3M23,91219,400353
20Putnam County55.22.9M51,83951,839832
21Suwannee County54.81.5M27,98527,9851,016
22Citrus County51.24.2M81,28258,209876
23Taylor County51.1616K12,05611,466498
24Monroe County49.85.2M103,90651,336609
25Glades County49.2313K6,3574,840194
26Sarasota County48.415.0M310,646310,646438
27Charlotte County47.56.2M129,889129,889594
28Lake County47.49.4M199,372144,324810
29St. Johns County47.25.5M116,593116,593705
30Hamilton County47.0417K8,8888,888549
31Broward County44.657.9M1,298,2561,298,25640
32Levy County44.11.2M27,81616,704877
33Dixie County43.8621K14,1938,547608
34Lee County43.327.2M628,635462,570420
35Polk County43.013.5M313,954130,427806
36Martin County42.94.8M111,120111,120592
37Gilchrist County41.6533K12,8039,003684
38Baker County41.2655K15,91715,787446
39Nassau County40.62.1M52,49348,802694
40Franklin County39.4176K4,4601,971356
41Manatee County37.910.1M266,408225,195644
42Columbia County37.21.4M38,56238,562916
43Bradford County33.1585K17,67912,207403
44Pasco County33.09.2M279,260101,759811
45Duval County31.415.2M483,034483,034859
46Wakulla County30.1425K14,1486,873796
47Clay County26.82.2M81,94170,149980
48St. Lucie County25.85.7M222,165185,980652
49Sumter County19.12.0M102,39140,040474
50Osceola County19.03.4M179,84967,476679
51Union County18.8214K11,3575,785257
52Hillsborough County18.718.7M998,906257,105507
53Liberty County16.775K4,4591,877323
54Alachua County16.03.5M218,54867,722559
55Calhoun County11.7106K9,0024,921358
56Hernando County10.41.1M108,4538,883634
57Gadsden County9.1329K36,0148,452863
58Gulf County7.876K9,7224,145272
59Leon County6.81.3M196,85853,0311,032
60Washington County4.476K17,0624,220757
61Bay County3.7327K88,69211,3791,115
62Holmes County3.241K12,7001,683456
63Escambia County2.4429K180,89110,973861
64Jackson County2.367K29,4152,184688
65Okaloosa County2.3298K131,23511,9551,122
66Santa Rosa County1.8171K96,9075,221953
67Walton County1.286K71,3993,491729

Biggest Florida outages of 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Broward County, FLSeptember 4, 2017 11:15September 21, 2017 03:0016d 15h1,298,25656.3M
2Miami-Dade County, FLAugust 14, 2017 17:45September 21, 2017 20:0038d 2h951,39181.5M
3Palm Beach County, FLSeptember 8, 2017 11:30September 20, 2017 02:0011d 14h539,72840.4M
4Duval County, FLSeptember 9, 2017 14:00September 26, 2017 10:0016d 20h483,03413.9M
5Lee County, FLSeptember 5, 2017 11:45September 22, 2017 13:0017d 1h462,57026.7M
6Pinellas County, FLSeptember 7, 2017 05:15October 6, 2017 08:0029d 2h361,14739.7M
7Brevard County, FLSeptember 5, 2017 10:15September 22, 2017 03:0016d 16h338,12919.0M
8Orange County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 04:15September 28, 2017 06:0018d 1h331,67027.0M
9Sarasota County, FLSeptember 7, 2017 12:30September 22, 2017 12:0014d 23h310,64614.6M
10Collier County, FLSeptember 7, 2017 12:00September 22, 2017 13:0015d 1h288,89527.0M
11Hillsborough County, FLSeptember 9, 2017 14:00September 24, 2017 08:0014d 18h257,10517.7M
12Manatee County, FLSeptember 9, 2017 13:30September 22, 2017 02:4512d 13h225,1959.7M
13Volusia County, FLSeptember 8, 2017 20:00September 23, 2017 01:3014d 5h198,92217.7M
14Seminole County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 07:15September 25, 2017 05:0014d 21h198,45015.6M
15St. Lucie County, FLSeptember 9, 2017 01:00September 20, 2017 01:0011d185,9805.5M
16Marion County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 03:45September 22, 2017 04:3012d177,20711.9M
17Lake County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 07:00October 6, 2017 01:4525d 18h144,3249.2M
18Polk County, FLSeptember 6, 2017 17:30September 25, 2017 02:4518d 9h130,42713.2M
19Charlotte County, FLSeptember 7, 2017 10:15September 21, 2017 17:0014d 6h129,8895.9M
20St. Johns County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 11:45September 20, 2017 22:0010d 10h116,5935.3M
21Martin County, FLSeptember 9, 2017 04:30September 20, 2017 01:0010d 20h111,1204.6M
22Pasco County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 10:45September 29, 2017 10:0018d 23h101,7598.9M
23Clay County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 08:00September 19, 2017 19:309d 11h70,1491.8M
24Alachua County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 08:15September 26, 2017 20:1516d 12h67,7223.2M
25Osceola County, FLSeptember 10, 2017 13:45October 12, 2017 10:0031d 20h67,4763.3M
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Florida'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.
Florida by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:MEWVNHGARIVTNCLA

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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