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2018 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 4.9 hours — the 19th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.9
Peak customers out
47,818
Rank (worst state)
19th
Counties affected
20

Alabama outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201922.1h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Alabama counties in 2018

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

1Jefferson County47,8182Mobile County24,4253Baldwin County23,5384Houston County23,0595Madison County21,8056Shelby County17,9307Tuscaloosa County17,8978St. Clair County13,9009Chilton County13,05210Montgomery County11,53311Calhoun County10,66612Etowah County10,22913Geneva County10,05514Lee County10,03215Talladega County9,54416Henry County7,53317Lauderdale County7,51018Elmore County6,65619Blount County6,35920Tallapoosa County6,318

Biggest Alabama outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Jefferson CountyJune 27, 201847,818
Jefferson CountyDecember 6, 201831,934
Mobile CountySeptember 3, 201824,425
Baldwin CountyAugust 10, 201823,538
Houston CountyOctober 10, 201823,059
Madison CountyDecember 3, 201821,805
Shelby CountyJune 27, 201817,930
Tuscaloosa CountyJune 26, 201817,897
St. Clair CountySeptember 24, 201813,900
Chilton CountyAugust 18, 201813,052
Alabama by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVT

Part of the 2018 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.