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2018 Washington County, AL Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Washington County, AL went without power for an average of 1.2 hours, a total of 9,085 customer-hours (Alabama average 4.9 hours). That ranks 59th worst of 65 Alabama counties and 2248th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with AL, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Alabama customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Washington County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 5, 2018 01:30 | September 5, 2018 13:30 | 12h | 260 | 2,577 |
| 2 | June 29, 2018 00:45 | June 29, 2018 16:30 | 15h 45m | 246 | 1,438 |
| 3 | March 8, 2018 15:15 | March 8, 2018 16:15 | 1h | 244 | 244 |
| 4 | May 17, 2018 23:30 | May 18, 2018 04:45 | 5h 15m | 205 | 906 |
| 5 | April 14, 2018 21:15 | April 15, 2018 11:15 | 14h | 182 | 1,393 |
| 6 | April 12, 2018 17:30 | April 12, 2018 18:00 | 30m | 170 | 85 |
| 7 | July 17, 2018 19:45 | July 17, 2018 21:00 | 1h 15m | 168 | 210 |
| 8 | September 4, 2018 17:00 | September 4, 2018 19:15 | 2h 15m | 160 | 117 |
| 9 | August 31, 2018 18:00 | August 31, 2018 19:15 | 1h 15m | 159 | 199 |
| 10 | April 23, 2018 00:00 | April 23, 2018 02:45 | 2h 45m | 135 | 207 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 11 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Washington County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Elec Cooperative | 2018 | 4.8 hrs | - | 2.4 hrs | - |
| Alabama Power Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke-Washington E M C | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 79% of Alabama's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 7,878 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Washington County has data for 2016–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington County, AL annual power outage report, 2018, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2018/alabama/washington-county