2017 Missouri Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Missouri customer went without power for about 2.8 hours, the 29th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.8

vs prior year

▼ 10%

vs 2016

Customer-hours out

7.9M

Peak customers out

114,336

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of MO customers

Counties reporting

106

Missouri year over year

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 Missouri; July was the worst.

CSV JSON

All 106 Missouri counties, 2017

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

CSV JSON

#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Chariton County	26.6	69K	2,603	1,977	140
2	Dent County	25.3	121K	4,781	2,960	221
3	Worth County	19.5	17K	861	861	23
4	Jackson County	14.6	3.0M	202,364	63,408	716
5	Mississippi County	12.5	73K	5,838	4,670	110
6	Clay County	11.1	1.1M	96,031	21,211	990
7	Newton County	9.7	119K	12,246	6,596	266
8	Lincoln County	9.5	232K	24,425	9,444	482
9	Pemiscot County	9.3	71K	7,582	6,467	168
10	Ray County	9.3	76K	8,116	2,958	408
11	Holt County	7.8	12K	1,600	1,600	142
12	Cass County	7.7	251K	32,470	28,647	794
13	Clinton County	7.6	71K	9,383	4,619	420
14	Lafayette County	6.9	73K	10,521	2,210	322
15	Hickory County	6.9	21K	2,972	1,944	288
16	Carroll County	6.1	18K	2,981	1,250	189
17	Crawford County	5.6	41K	7,305	853	372
18	New Madrid County	5.5	51K	9,169	2,183	135
19	Andrew County	5.4	21K	3,774	1,982	252
20	Texas County	5.4	44K	8,217	1,630	359
21	Buchanan County	5.0	113K	22,707	13,009	843
22	Henry County	4.9	30K	6,221	2,912	323
23	Warren County	4.9	70K	14,348	1,591	387
24	Osage County	4.7	28K	5,974	1,978	223
25	Atchison County	4.5	12K	2,620	2,053	92
26	Jasper County	4.4	64K	14,537	4,096	214
27	Phelps County	4.3	95K	22,129	2,195	416
28	Maries County	4.1	14K	3,269	571	123
29	Bates County	3.9	17K	4,227	1,550	203
30	Gasconade County	3.7	25K	6,636	722	263
31	Platte County	3.6	140K	38,960	6,319	818
32	Polk County	3.4	40K	11,719	3,257	428
33	Barton County	3.2	13K	4,120	3,504	81
34	Harrison County	3.1	13K	4,010	911	38
35	Benton County	2.8	19K	6,716	907	365
36	Lawrence County	2.6	25K	9,841	2,762	77
37	DeKalb County	2.5	12K	4,865	1,509	86
38	Howard County	2.4	10K	4,125	1,079	57
39	Dallas County	2.4	14K	5,897	863	220
40	Camden County	2.4	46K	19,007	2,193	392
41	Miller County	1.9	24K	12,538	1,566	222
42	St. Francois County	1.8	59K	32,639	8,624	353
43	Morgan County	1.8	18K	10,004	1,272	127
44	Taney County	1.8	52K	29,207	4,067	112
45	Nodaway County	1.7	9,534	5,492	1,145	180
46	Franklin County	1.7	81K	46,672	2,432	586
47	Caldwell County	1.7	6,250	3,643	2,772	83
48	Randolph County	1.7	19K	11,253	2,414	156
49	Greene County	1.7	276K	164,114	5,364	1,133
50	Iron County	1.7	9,502	5,709	1,772	126
51	Pike County	1.6	14K	8,194	369	207
52	Shannon County	1.6	5,148	3,195	405	43
53	Washington County	1.6	16K	10,163	1,374	280
54	Vernon County	1.5	8,381	5,584	968	246
55	Scott County	1.2	30K	24,731	2,212	159
56	St. Charles County	1.2	210K	181,803	6,563	715
57	Johnson County	1.2	22K	19,137	1,773	416
58	Gentry County	1.1	1,238	1,088	73	25
59	Cape Girardeau County	1.1	38K	34,407	3,965	279
60	Saline County	1.1	14K	12,349	1,196	120
61	St. Louis city	1.0	102K	106,898	3,808	438
62	Stoddard County	0.9	16K	17,220	1,490	124
63	Jefferson County	0.9	99K	108,266	6,808	367
64	St. Clair County	0.8	3,054	3,837	837	55
65	Christian County	0.8	18K	22,569	2,008	27
66	Cooper County	0.7	5,486	7,941	869	92
67	St. Louis County	0.6	368K	594,469	8,686	307
68	Grundy County	0.6	4,267	7,058	343	61
69	Montgomery County	0.5	2,829	5,285	160	99
70	Boone County	0.5	62K	121,913	2,872	870
71	Wright County	0.5	3,631	7,683	929	83
72	Cole County	0.4	18K	39,963	1,652	451
73	Pulaski County	0.4	12K	26,191	180	23
74	Daviess County	0.4	1,233	2,908	304	21
75	Linn County	0.4	1,688	4,038	156	61
76	Scotland County	0.3	488	1,563	181	5
77	Perry County	0.3	3,163	11,694	927	21
78	Sullivan County	0.3	481	1,796	192	8
79	Ralls County	0.2	1,250	5,206	141	30
80	Adair County	0.2	2,918	12,158	3,761	116
81	Dunklin County	0.2	4,485	19,180	446	37
82	Lewis County	0.2	1,390	6,054	313	85
83	Livingston County	0.2	1,877	8,648	379	21
84	Stone County	0.2	1,235	5,816	220	32
85	Clark County	0.2	631	4,000	277	26
86	Cedar County	0.2	1,313	8,461	894	21
87	McDonald County	0.2	27K	177,579	2,089	27
88	Moniteau County	0.1	1,041	7,207	205	64
89	Mercer County	0.1	276	1,937	56	17
90	Audrain County	0.1	1,593	11,963	216	81
91	Webster County	0.1	1,386	12,849	493	44
92	Madison County	0.1	788	8,568	325	30
93	Ste. Genevieve County	0.1	852	10,464	160	23
94	Schuyler County	0.1	121	1,531	8	23
95	Callaway County	0.1	2,142	28,884	848	148
96	Knox County	0.1	151	2,220	21	16
97	Reynolds County	0.1	220	4,024	36	9
98	Monroe County	0.1	162	3,068	36	11
99	Pettis County	0.0	328	14,790	65	47
100	Dade County	0.0	34	2,505	5	4
101	Laclede County	0.0	232	21,648	18	20
102	Barry County	0.0	82	15,070	29	25
103	Macon County	0.0	15	8,853	6	6
104	Marion County	0.0	10	13,104	7	4
105	Bollinger County	0.0	1	5,897	3	1
106	Howell County	0.0	0	23,483	1	1

Biggest Missouri outages of 2017

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

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Jackson County, MO	March 6, 2017 07:00	March 12, 2017 01:45	5d 18h	63,408	406K
2	Jackson County, MO	July 22, 2017 11:15	July 29, 2017 09:00	6d 21h	60,214	1.1M
3	Jackson County, MO	June 15, 2017 19:45	June 22, 2017 05:15	6d 9h	39,898	844K
4	Cass County, MO	March 7, 2017 02:00	March 9, 2017 00:45	1d 22h	28,647	150K
5	Clay County, MO	October 14, 2017 20:00	October 18, 2017 01:15	3d 5h	21,211	218K
6	Clay County, MO	June 17, 2017 04:15	June 21, 2017 03:00	3d 22h	20,929	354K
7	Clay County, MO	July 22, 2017 20:30	July 29, 2017 19:30	6d 23h	17,679	258K
8	Clay County, MO	June 25, 2017 11:30	June 25, 2017 22:15	10h 45m	13,656	17K
9	Buchanan County, MO	November 17, 2017 21:30	November 18, 2017 00:45	3h 15m	13,009	16K
10	Buchanan County, MO	June 16, 2017 23:15	June 19, 2017 21:00	2d 21h	11,114	44K
11	Lincoln County, MO	July 23, 2017 07:30	July 26, 2017 01:45	2d 18h	9,444	169K
12	Jackson County, MO	April 29, 2017 12:00	May 2, 2017 03:30	2d 15h	8,907	65K
13	St. Louis County, MO	March 6, 2017 11:30	March 9, 2017 04:00	2d 16h	8,686	37K
14	St. Francois County, MO	November 3, 2017 02:00	November 3, 2017 12:45	10h 45m	8,624	4,469
15	Clay County, MO	August 21, 2017 13:15	August 23, 2017 03:30	1d 14h	7,893	70K
16	Jackson County, MO	August 9, 2017 07:45	August 11, 2017 03:45	1d 20h	7,204	6,237
17	Jackson County, MO	August 21, 2017 10:30	September 9, 2017 20:15	19d 9h	6,813	95K
18	Jefferson County, MO	January 13, 2017 23:15	January 16, 2017 04:15	2d 5h	6,808	46K
19	Newton County, MO	July 22, 2017 12:45	July 22, 2017 15:45	3h	6,596	19K
20	St. Charles County, MO	July 23, 2017 07:15	July 25, 2017 23:15	2d 16h	6,563	47K
21	Pemiscot County, MO	April 30, 2017 07:45	May 3, 2017 19:30	3d 11h	6,467	48K
22	Platte County, MO	August 21, 2017 19:30	August 23, 2017 09:30	1d 14h	6,319	20K
23	St. Charles County, MO	November 7, 2017 13:00	November 7, 2017 13:15	15m	6,206	1,552
24	Jackson County, MO	October 5, 2017 08:00	October 6, 2017 21:15	1d 13h	5,613	9,575
25	Greene County, MO	May 27, 2017 17:00	May 29, 2017 02:45	1d 9h	5,364	21K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Missouri'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.

Missouri by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015

Other states in 2017:FL ME WV NH GA RI VT NC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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