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2017 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Florida customer went without power for about 49.3 hours — the 1st worst of any US state that year, 4.5× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
49.3
Peak customers out
1,777,800
Rank (worst state)
1st
Counties affected
20

Florida outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

1.6h20157.1h201649.3h20175.5h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.9h20223.4h202324.6h20242.1h2025

Hardest-hit Florida counties in 2017

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

1Miami-Dade County1,777,8002Broward County1,398,9203Palm Beach County1,098,1604Duval County528,8305Brevard County522,9576Lee County462,5707Pinellas County417,5538Collier County401,8609Sarasota County340,24010Orange County331,67011Volusia County318,85412Hillsborough County257,10513Manatee County225,19514Seminole County198,45015St. Lucie County185,98016Marion County177,20717St. Johns County166,38618Lake County144,32419Martin County143,84020Charlotte County136,740

Biggest Florida outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Miami-Dade CountyAugust 14, 20171,777,800
Broward CountySeptember 4, 20171,398,920
Palm Beach CountySeptember 8, 20171,098,160
Duval CountySeptember 9, 2017528,830
Brevard CountySeptember 5, 2017522,957
Lee CountySeptember 5, 2017462,570
Pinellas CountySeptember 7, 2017417,553
Collier CountySeptember 7, 2017401,860
Sarasota CountySeptember 7, 2017340,240
Orange CountySeptember 10, 2017331,670
Florida by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:MEWVNHGARIVT

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.