2017 Mississippi Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Mississippi customer went without power for about 6.6 hours, the 10th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
6.6
vs prior year
▲ 116%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
9.6M
Peak customers out
85,657
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MS customers
Counties reporting
77
Mississippi year over year
All 77 Mississippi counties, 2017
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry County | 32.5 | 156K | 4,806 | 1,328 | 456 |
| 2 | Walthall County | 25.8 | 178K | 6,910 | 5,585 | 440 |
| 3 | Amite County | 24.8 | 169K | 6,825 | 4,325 | 484 |
| 4 | Franklin County | 23.5 | 103K | 4,359 | 2,419 | 261 |
| 5 | Lawrence County | 23.0 | 148K | 6,452 | 5,128 | 385 |
| 6 | Covington County | 22.1 | 212K | 9,565 | 9,565 | 475 |
| 7 | Warren County | 21.7 | 493K | 22,742 | 7,098 | 554 |
| 8 | Jefferson Davis County | 21.0 | 115K | 5,468 | 5,455 | 377 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 20.9 | 427K | 20,482 | 7,306 | 668 |
| 10 | Pike County | 18.9 | 434K | 23,013 | 11,596 | 730 |
| 11 | Holmes County | 17.3 | 115K | 6,634 | 2,763 | 281 |
| 12 | Simpson County | 16.7 | 264K | 15,818 | 10,727 | 618 |
| 13 | Jasper County | 16.5 | 162K | 9,808 | 9,808 | 507 |
| 14 | Montgomery County | 15.4 | 66K | 4,275 | 1,551 | 200 |
| 15 | Sharkey County | 14.3 | 32K | 2,219 | 1,994 | 151 |
| 16 | Copiah County | 14.3 | 253K | 17,728 | 5,454 | 540 |
| 17 | Smith County | 13.3 | 96K | 7,211 | 5,976 | 527 |
| 18 | Claiborne County | 12.9 | 77K | 5,967 | 1,063 | 142 |
| 19 | George County | 12.6 | 118K | 9,353 | 7,405 | 1,029 |
| 20 | Hinds County | 12.6 | 1.5M | 122,216 | 23,970 | 655 |
| 21 | Forrest County | 12.3 | 548K | 44,433 | 12,691 | 869 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 11.5 | 125K | 10,874 | 1,764 | 554 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 11.1 | 45K | 4,028 | 1,337 | 100 |
| 24 | Marion County | 11.0 | 128K | 11,625 | 3,616 | 484 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 10.7 | 618K | 57,806 | 30,090 | 1,186 |
| 26 | Jones County | 10.1 | 464K | 46,108 | 3,771 | 776 |
| 27 | Quitman County | 10.0 | 19K | 1,880 | 1,809 | 244 |
| 28 | Tunica County | 9.6 | 35K | 3,630 | 1,146 | 206 |
| 29 | Attala County | 9.3 | 88K | 9,398 | 3,643 | 320 |
| 30 | Greene County | 9.2 | 49K | 5,264 | 1,579 | 605 |
| 31 | Tallahatchie County | 9.1 | 49K | 5,372 | 2,090 | 377 |
| 32 | Carroll County | 8.9 | 37K | 4,105 | 573 | 99 |
| 33 | Madison County | 8.7 | 284K | 32,775 | 3,691 | 735 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 7.3 | 80K | 11,017 | 2,111 | 407 |
| 35 | Humphreys County | 6.2 | 21K | 3,331 | 1,008 | 178 |
| 36 | Washington County | 5.8 | 147K | 25,115 | 3,245 | 661 |
| 37 | Sunflower County | 5.3 | 63K | 11,919 | 1,119 | 517 |
| 38 | Choctaw County | 5.1 | 16K | 3,216 | 1,462 | 315 |
| 39 | Adams County | 5.0 | 87K | 17,358 | 2,114 | 385 |
| 40 | Tate County | 4.9 | 80K | 16,303 | 2,277 | 507 |
| 41 | Lamar County | 4.7 | 147K | 31,120 | 8,781 | 631 |
| 42 | Bolivar County | 4.3 | 63K | 14,482 | 1,235 | 499 |
| 43 | Rankin County | 4.0 | 338K | 84,285 | 11,174 | 915 |
| 44 | Wilkinson County | 4.0 | 19K | 4,817 | 1,274 | 270 |
| 45 | Noxubee County | 3.7 | 17K | 4,707 | 4,707 | 390 |
| 46 | Yalobusha County | 3.3 | 24K | 7,274 | 1,274 | 241 |
| 47 | DeSoto County | 3.2 | 308K | 95,122 | 9,224 | 713 |
| 48 | Clarke County | 3.2 | 23K | 7,062 | 1,136 | 251 |
| 49 | Stone County | 3.1 | 23K | 7,460 | 1,589 | 365 |
| 50 | Scott County | 3.0 | 54K | 17,935 | 1,838 | 468 |
| 51 | Webster County | 3.0 | 17K | 5,545 | 2,810 | 116 |
| 52 | Panola County | 2.9 | 58K | 20,337 | 2,749 | 611 |
| 53 | Newton County | 2.3 | 29K | 12,693 | 1,612 | 434 |
| 54 | Clay County | 2.3 | 22K | 9,476 | 1,037 | 466 |
| 55 | Lauderdale County | 1.5 | 47K | 30,152 | 1,578 | 713 |
| 56 | Yazoo County | 1.5 | 17K | 10,785 | 649 | 122 |
| 57 | Coahoma County | 1.5 | 18K | 12,025 | 576 | 209 |
| 58 | Leake County | 1.2 | 16K | 13,509 | 2,604 | 117 |
| 59 | Leflore County | 0.9 | 18K | 20,294 | 418 | 156 |
| 60 | Lafayette County | 0.8 | 31K | 36,780 | 2,120 | 539 |
| 61 | Oktibbeha County | 0.8 | 28K | 33,356 | 1,394 | 590 |
| 62 | Union County | 0.8 | 5,787 | 7,351 | 571 | 133 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 0.8 | 85K | 109,081 | 2,647 | 980 |
| 64 | Pearl River County | 0.8 | 23K | 28,954 | 891 | 464 |
| 65 | Lowndes County | 0.7 | 22K | 33,297 | 3,666 | 670 |
| 66 | Hancock County | 0.7 | 16K | 24,430 | 2,720 | 237 |
| 67 | Pontotoc County | 0.1 | 2,209 | 18,046 | 276 | 74 |
| 68 | Monroe County | 0.1 | 1,993 | 18,680 | 221 | 115 |
| 69 | Marshall County | 0.1 | 2,075 | 19,527 | 397 | 82 |
| 70 | Calhoun County | 0.1 | 750 | 7,468 | 15 | 6 |
| 71 | Chickasaw County | 0.1 | 1,001 | 11,632 | 332 | 31 |
| 72 | Neshoba County | 0.0 | 484 | 24,825 | 317 | 22 |
| 73 | Kemper County | 0.0 | 16 | 4,913 | 15 | 4 |
| 74 | Winston County | 0.0 | 37 | 13,238 | 58 | 13 |
| 75 | Benton County | 0.0 | 8 | 3,973 | 3 | 4 |
| 76 | Issaquena County | 0.0 | 0 | 641 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | Itawamba County | 0.0 | 0 | 10,400 | 1 | 1 |
Biggest Mississippi outages of 2017
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson County, MS | October 7, 2017 19:00 | November 1, 2017 21:00 | 25d 2h | 30,090 | 471K |
| 2 | Hinds County, MS | June 15, 2017 15:30 | June 21, 2017 08:00 | 5d 16h | 23,970 | 447K |
| 3 | Forrest County, MS | January 21, 2017 09:15 | January 24, 2017 20:45 | 3d 11h | 12,691 | 263K |
| 4 | Pike County, MS | December 8, 2017 10:00 | December 12, 2017 03:00 | 3d 17h | 11,596 | 309K |
| 5 | Rankin County, MS | June 16, 2017 22:15 | June 18, 2017 23:45 | 2d 1h | 11,174 | 112K |
| 6 | Simpson County, MS | December 8, 2017 06:45 | December 10, 2017 04:45 | 1d 22h | 10,727 | 96K |
| 7 | Pike County, MS | January 2, 2017 19:15 | January 5, 2017 01:45 | 2d 6h | 9,982 | 13K |
| 8 | Jasper County, MS | December 8, 2017 08:00 | December 10, 2017 00:15 | 1d 16h | 9,808 | 102K |
| 9 | Covington County, MS | December 8, 2017 05:15 | December 10, 2017 06:30 | 2d 1h | 9,565 | 103K |
| 10 | Hinds County, MS | January 23, 2017 01:15 | January 23, 2017 19:00 | 17h 45m | 9,515 | 61K |
| 11 | DeSoto County, MS | May 28, 2017 04:15 | May 31, 2017 03:45 | 2d 23h | 9,224 | 174K |
| 12 | Lamar County, MS | December 8, 2017 12:00 | December 10, 2017 23:30 | 2d 11h | 8,781 | 97K |
| 13 | Hinds County, MS | April 29, 2017 12:30 | May 6, 2017 21:00 | 7d 8h | 8,716 | 183K |
| 14 | DeSoto County, MS | August 31, 2017 17:15 | September 3, 2017 01:00 | 2d 7h | 8,382 | 42K |
| 15 | George County, MS | October 8, 2017 01:45 | October 9, 2017 21:45 | 1d 20h | 7,405 | 91K |
| 16 | Lincoln County, MS | January 2, 2017 19:15 | January 4, 2017 17:45 | 1d 22h | 7,306 | 27K |
| 17 | Warren County, MS | May 17, 2017 23:45 | June 2, 2017 07:45 | 15d 8h | 7,098 | 132K |
| 18 | Hinds County, MS | May 28, 2017 12:15 | May 31, 2017 03:15 | 2d 15h | 6,941 | 99K |
| 19 | Lincoln County, MS | December 8, 2017 06:30 | December 12, 2017 02:00 | 3d 19h | 6,915 | 224K |
| 20 | Hinds County, MS | May 19, 2017 20:30 | May 25, 2017 06:45 | 5d 10h | 6,454 | 81K |
| 21 | Hinds County, MS | January 6, 2017 23:30 | January 9, 2017 09:45 | 2d 10h | 6,258 | 38K |
| 22 | DeSoto County, MS | October 17, 2017 11:00 | October 17, 2017 11:15 | 15m | 6,210 | 1,553 |
| 23 | Smith County, MS | December 8, 2017 08:00 | December 10, 2017 03:00 | 1d 19h | 5,976 | 53K |
| 24 | Hinds County, MS | March 27, 2017 17:00 | March 30, 2017 02:45 | 2d 9h | 5,866 | 77K |
| 25 | Walthall County, MS | July 22, 2017 20:15 | July 22, 2017 22:00 | 1h 45m | 5,585 | 4,699 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Mississippi'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.
Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.