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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 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.9
vs prior year
▲ 192%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
12.7M
Peak customers out
177,642
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
79%
of AL customers
Counties reporting
65

Alabama year over year

Alabama: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 0.5h; 2016: 0.7h; 2017: 1.7h; 2018: 4.9h, coverage 79%; 2019: 3.2h, coverage 81%; 2020: 21.9h, coverage 81%; 2021: 4.6h, coverage 81%; 2022: 4.0h, coverage 81%; 2023: 6.3h; 2024: 4.9h; 2025: 6.2h01020300%50%100%0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201921.9h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2018

Customer-hours without power across Alabama; June was the worst.

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Alabama customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 268K, Feb 191K, Mar 683K, Apr 766K, May 1.0M, Jun 3.1M, Jul 744K, Aug 644K, Sep 909K, Oct 2.7M, Nov 476K, Dec 1.2M01M2M3M4M268KJan191KFeb683KMar766KApr1.0MMay3.1MJun744KJul644KAug909KSep2.7MOct476KNov1.2MDec
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All 65 Alabama counties, 2018

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Henry County36.2291K8,0407,533473
2Geneva County31.2367K11,74210,055769
3Cleburne County23.7166K6,9936,047532
4Coosa County21.590K4,1704,170546
5Houston County19.61.4M72,38823,059940
6Wilcox County16.899K5,9174,333506
7Randolph County13.4109K8,1223,217647
8Barbour County12.3152K12,4005,515647
9Perry County11.451K4,4812,222448
10Bibb County10.9121K11,0373,969649
11Lowndes County10.558K5,4962,196506
12Fayette County9.473K7,8315,038624
13Butler County9.1112K12,3256,235747
14Clay County8.246K5,5542,338460
15Lamar County8.050K6,2211,310504
16Mobile County7.8864K110,13524,425491
17Dale County7.6190K25,0136,111721
18Pickens County7.565K8,6542,806728
19Calhoun County7.4461K62,18210,666827
20St. Clair County7.3303K41,32013,900803
21Winston County7.295K13,2683,468704
22Blount County7.2194K27,0746,359856
23Dallas County7.1137K19,3584,456960
24Chilton County6.7129K19,41413,052942
25Elmore County6.5250K38,6496,6561,012
26Etowah County6.4347K54,20610,229878
27Walker County6.2206K32,9874,078932
28Jefferson County5.92.2M372,75747,818157
29Talladega County5.7222K39,2159,544891
30Russell County5.7123K21,7282,988792
31Crenshaw County5.545K8,1293,054504
32Tallapoosa County5.5121K22,0396,318807
33Marion County5.476K14,0582,043751
34Shelby County5.0559K111,91717,930533
35Bullock County5.043K8,7271,056390
36Hale County4.434K7,916898530
37Lauderdale County4.3210K49,3617,510845
38Tuscaloosa County4.2530K126,12517,897732
39Sumter County4.229K6,8251,044497
40Lee County4.2265K63,57910,032939
41Autauga County4.099K24,6193,088885
42Choctaw County4.029K7,2302,602251
43Monroe County3.840K10,5223,039537
44Chambers County3.646K12,7491,133668
45Cullman County3.2192K59,2965,388982
46Coffee County3.197K31,3473,675810
47Montgomery County2.8392K137,56611,5331,030
48Greene County2.812K4,217940271
49Marengo County2.832K11,446922522
50Macon County2.741K15,0321,578356
51Escambia County2.648K18,5933,368626
52Clarke County1.942K21,6294,154504
53Baldwin County1.5286K195,25323,538950
54Madison County1.5289K198,79321,805977
55Covington County1.338K30,3212,324584
56Pike County1.235K27,9891,653557
57Franklin County1.227K21,6711,156353
58Conecuh County1.26,9865,906762143
59Washington County1.29,0857,87826097
60Morgan County0.110K69,96383580
61Lawrence County0.184313,0824129
62Cherokee County0.068624,5344512
63Marshall County0.088552,0224538
64Limestone County0.076752,37627772
65Jackson County0.014729,336147

Biggest Alabama outages of 2018

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Jefferson County, ALJune 27, 2018 10:45July 18, 2018 23:1521d 12h47,818643K
2Jefferson County, ALDecember 6, 2018 10:45December 14, 2018 09:007d 22h31,934472K
3Mobile County, ALSeptember 3, 2018 14:00September 8, 2018 06:304d 16h24,425316K
4Baldwin County, ALAugust 10, 2018 02:30August 10, 2018 17:4515h 15m23,53814K
5Houston County, ALOctober 10, 2018 13:00October 19, 2018 21:459d 8h23,0591.4M
6Madison County, ALDecember 3, 2018 19:45December 3, 2018 22:453h21,8055,456
7Shelby County, ALJune 27, 2018 13:45July 4, 2018 10:006d 20h17,930203K
8Tuscaloosa County, ALJune 26, 2018 10:15July 1, 2018 05:154d 19h17,897171K
9St. Clair County, ALSeptember 24, 2018 15:00September 25, 2018 14:4523h 45m13,90021K
10Chilton County, ALAugust 18, 2018 19:30August 18, 2018 22:453h 15m13,05212K
11Mobile County, ALMarch 2, 2018 12:30March 3, 2018 04:3016h12,2028,601
12Montgomery County, ALJune 28, 2018 10:45July 1, 2018 22:453d 12h11,533101K
13Baldwin County, ALJune 14, 2018 09:45June 15, 2018 06:0020h 15m11,45641K
14Madison County, ALJune 28, 2018 16:15June 29, 2018 15:4523h 30m11,41533K
15Jefferson County, ALMay 25, 2018 10:15June 5, 2018 08:3010d 22h11,355127K
16Calhoun County, ALMarch 20, 2018 01:30March 23, 2018 04:453d 3h10,666185K
17Shelby County, ALMay 28, 2018 11:15May 31, 2018 11:002d 23h10,54473K
18Calhoun County, ALJune 28, 2018 12:30July 1, 2018 07:452d 19h10,53393K
19Etowah County, ALJune 28, 2018 11:00July 2, 2018 02:003d 15h10,229153K
20Madison County, ALApril 4, 2018 03:45April 4, 2018 12:008h 15m10,05930K
21Geneva County, ALOctober 10, 2018 13:45October 19, 2018 21:159d 7h10,055329K
22Lee County, ALJune 28, 2018 18:45June 30, 2018 04:301d 9h10,03228K
23Talladega County, ALJune 28, 2018 17:30July 2, 2018 22:454d 5h9,54491K
24Mobile County, ALApril 13, 2018 10:45April 16, 2018 06:302d 19h9,01339K
25Lee County, ALMay 29, 2018 01:30May 29, 2018 23:3022h8,90022K
EAGLE-I tracked about 79% of Alabama's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Alabama by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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