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2018 Winston County, AL Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Winston County, AL went without power for an average of 7.2 hours, a total of 95K customer-hours (Alabama average 4.9 hours). That ranks 21st worst of 65 Alabama counties and 755th 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 Winston 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 | April 14, 2018 17:45 | April 15, 2018 02:45 | 9h | 3,468 | 5,104 |
| 2 | June 17, 2018 20:45 | June 18, 2018 06:15 | 9h 30m | 2,728 | 10K |
| 3 | June 18, 2018 11:30 | June 18, 2018 18:45 | 7h 15m | 2,673 | 8,142 |
| 4 | June 28, 2018 17:00 | June 29, 2018 05:30 | 12h 30m | 1,800 | 4,353 |
| 5 | April 3, 2018 21:45 | April 4, 2018 22:15 | 1d | 1,551 | 6,287 |
| 6 | October 29, 2018 19:45 | October 30, 2018 00:15 | 4h 30m | 1,215 | 2,435 |
| 7 | March 8, 2018 10:45 | March 8, 2018 12:00 | 1h 15m | 1,209 | 1,209 |
| 8 | June 23, 2018 04:00 | June 23, 2018 07:30 | 3h 30m | 996 | 3,335 |
| 9 | June 22, 2018 19:30 | June 23, 2018 01:45 | 6h 15m | 902 | 720 |
| 10 | December 11, 2018 21:45 | December 12, 2018 04:15 | 6h 30m | 853 | 370 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 72 reached 100+ customers, 7 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 Winston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullman Electric Coop, Inc | 2018 | 5.2 hrs | 2.76 | 5.2 hrs | 2.76 |
| Alabama Power Co | - | - | - | - | - |
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 ÷ 13,268 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. Winston County has data for 2017–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Winston 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/winston-county