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2017 Indiana Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Indiana customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 33rd worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▼ 20%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
8.1M
Peak customers out
41,700
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of IN customers
Counties reporting
90

Indiana year over year

Indiana: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.9h; 2016: 3.1h; 2017: 2.5h; 2018: 3.9h, coverage 79%; 2019: 3.1h, coverage 82%; 2020: 3.9h, coverage 86%; 2021: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2023: 5.9h; 2024: 5.1h; 2025: 6.4h024680%50%100%2.9h20153.1h20162.5h20173.9h20183.1h20193.9h20204.4h20214.4h20225.9h20235.1h20246.4h2025
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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 Indiana; July was the worst.

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Indiana customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 526K, Feb 176K, Mar 1.0M, Apr 836K, May 1.0M, Jun 696K, Jul 1.5M, Aug 489K, Sep 316K, Oct 471K, Nov 714K, Dec 317K0500k1M1.5M526KJan176KFeb1.0MMar836KApr1.0MMay696KJun1.5MJul489KAug316KSep471KOct714KNov317KDec
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All 90 Indiana counties, 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Brown County13.9100K7,1842,813637
2Blackford County12.7100K7,8726,277223
3Vigo County12.4640K51,60918,968734
4Crawford County10.447K4,5372,040189
5Jefferson County9.5151K15,9135,228442
6Washington County8.8109K12,3485,148186
7Owen County7.6101K13,3104,943599
8Jay County7.268K9,4952,557160
9Union County7.116K2,2292,21988
10Pike County6.731K4,6552,360319
11Vermillion County6.646K6,8864,654296
12Jackson County6.3147K23,3407,210295
13St. Joseph County5.5526K94,8996,482586
14Fayette County5.445K8,3022,989209
15Steuben County5.088K17,4312,287423
16Delaware County4.7384K81,3959,899723
17Adams County4.655K12,0121,876277
18Monroe County3.6271K75,4246,021825
19Gibson County3.653K14,9415,007326
20Allen County3.5542K156,6616,550735
21Rush County3.426K7,6952,283210
22Scott County3.343K12,8512,132101
23Elkhart County3.3235K70,7996,617823
24Orange County3.340K12,1732,093128
25LaPorte County3.2187K58,2422,143861
26Clay County3.242K13,1631,932389
27Howard County3.1129K41,3673,166591
28LaGrange County3.140K12,7961,743339
29Grant County2.8136K47,7714,392532
30Randolph County2.731K11,4811,900298
31Henry County2.751K18,8064,552318
32Sullivan County2.721K7,823941215
33Madison County2.6202K76,3242,866516
34Tipton County2.617K6,604983251
35Newton County2.617K6,4451,331350
36Lawrence County2.655K21,2266,060458
37Carroll County2.625K9,7461,154173
38Jennings County2.534K13,3935,162216
39Shelby County2.546K18,9091,635307
40Morgan County2.478K31,8732,048765
41Parke County2.419K7,7001,14577
42Porter County2.4198K84,0005,901926
43Fountain County2.313K5,608578245
44Knox County2.337K15,8432,864391
45Posey County2.327K11,6871,222241
46White County2.329K12,7591,987433
47Clinton County2.245K19,8552,235249
48Clark County2.2127K57,0514,712657
49Wells County2.137K17,3661,276162
50Floyd County2.169K33,2466,546527
51Lake County2.0514K252,5656,967674
52Tippecanoe County2.0143K71,0678,061771
53Pulaski County2.012K6,0861,020193
54Putnam County1.933K17,1393,033330
55Wabash County1.921K11,0951,612307
56Franklin County1.816K8,5791,686139
57DeKalb County1.855K30,1852,462323
58Starke County1.818K10,0091,472358
59Montgomery County1.840K22,7113,074269
60Benton County1.87,2984,132755177
61Warren County1.76,1083,59156778
62Huntington County1.723K13,7992,791211
63Marion County1.6794K493,30415,386756
64Kosciusko County1.560K40,3953,140690
65Switzerland County1.46,6864,7221,12635
66Fulton County1.412K9,0142,381197
67Hamilton County1.3212K159,18710,760748
68Miami County1.328K21,325773115
69Noble County1.332K24,979895299
70Dearborn County1.325K19,563828238
71Marshall County1.326K20,9862,117444
72Decatur County1.215K12,884842151
73Hancock County1.144K40,2562,958253
74Ripley County1.017K16,107688220
75Boone County1.041K40,7084,769171
76Greene County1.018K18,6021,218198
77Martin County1.04,8975,0441,69568
78Spencer County0.99,4149,969715174
79Johnson County0.952K57,4203,387553
80Warrick County0.813K15,215782308
81Jasper County0.815K19,2121,696309
82Vanderburgh County0.883K106,0362,155737
83Harrison County0.711K14,809613110
84Hendricks County0.537K75,1811,756481
85Wayne County0.418K40,3112,170170
86Cass County0.49,00924,298837117
87Daviess County0.36,27819,85980291
88Whitley County0.38,22730,56447274
89Bartholomew County0.13,39932,21255983
90Perry County0.01210,46931

Biggest Indiana outages of 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Vigo County, INJuly 12, 2017 20:45July 15, 2017 18:452d 22h18,968334K
2Marion County, INApril 25, 2017 12:45April 26, 2017 08:1519h 30m15,38611K
3Vigo County, INMay 11, 2017 04:00May 15, 2017 23:454d 19h14,266138K
4Hamilton County, INJuly 7, 2017 19:45July 9, 2017 14:151d 18h10,76029K
5Delaware County, INNovember 5, 2017 18:45November 6, 2017 02:007h 15m9,89930K
6Marion County, INJuly 11, 2017 02:30July 15, 2017 07:454d 5h9,74370K
7Delaware County, INNovember 6, 2017 02:45November 6, 2017 19:4517h9,622106K
8Marion County, INApril 13, 2017 12:45April 14, 2017 08:0019h 15m8,5126,711
9Tippecanoe County, INFebruary 21, 2017 18:00February 21, 2017 18:1515m8,0612,015
10Marion County, INApril 28, 2017 09:00May 3, 2017 09:155d7,83522K
11Delaware County, INNovember 6, 2017 20:45November 7, 2017 06:4510h7,39626K
12Jackson County, INMarch 1, 2017 06:00March 2, 2017 19:301d 13h7,210102K
13Lake County, INJanuary 10, 2017 16:15January 13, 2017 06:302d 14h6,96747K
14Lake County, INJune 23, 2017 09:30June 24, 2017 04:3019h6,92216K
15Hamilton County, INJune 19, 2017 12:30June 20, 2017 01:3013h6,7811,853
16Marion County, INNovember 18, 2017 13:15November 19, 2017 06:0016h 45m6,66741K
17Elkhart County, INMay 9, 2017 15:30May 10, 2017 03:3012h6,61717K
18Allen County, INMarch 8, 2017 13:15March 10, 2017 21:452d 8h6,55060K
19Floyd County, INJune 15, 2017 00:30June 15, 2017 06:456h 15m6,54615K
20St. Joseph County, INJanuary 6, 2017 19:30January 7, 2017 03:157h 45m6,48233K
21Lake County, INMay 26, 2017 13:30May 28, 2017 04:301d 15h6,46944K
22Lake County, INNovember 20, 2017 14:00November 21, 2017 03:3013h 30m6,3407,973
23Blackford County, INNovember 5, 2017 18:45November 6, 2017 00:005h 15m6,27717K
24Hamilton County, INJuly 21, 2017 02:45July 21, 2017 22:3019h 45m6,19319K
25Lake County, INJuly 2, 2017 19:00July 2, 2017 20:301h 30m6,1292,635
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Indiana'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.
Indiana 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.