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2018 Arkansas Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 4.4 hours, the 22nd worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.4
vs prior year
▼ 0%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
7.3M
Peak customers out
76,235
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
78%
of AR customers
Counties reporting
74

Arkansas year over year

Arkansas: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.7h; 2016: 5.4h; 2017: 4.4h; 2018: 4.4h, coverage 78%; 2019: 6.1h, coverage 83%; 2020: 10.4h, coverage 86%; 2021: 5.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 6.8h, coverage 86%; 2023: 13.6h; 2024: 8.5h; 2025: 8.1h0510150%50%100%3.7h20155.4h20164.4h20174.4h20186.1h201910.4h20205.4h20216.8h202213.6h20238.5h20248.1h2025
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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 Arkansas; July was the worst.

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Arkansas customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 321K, Feb 288K, Mar 277K, Apr 518K, May 530K, Jun 1.1M, Jul 2.1M, Aug 679K, Sep 244K, Oct 268K, Nov 281K, Dec 682K01M2M3M321KJan288KFeb277KMar518KApr530KMay1.1MJun2.1MJul679KAug244KSep268KOct281KNov682KDec
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All 74 Arkansas 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
1Monroe County23.688K3,7331,896272
2Ashley County23.5216K9,2034,345448
3St. Francis County22.7288K12,6946,305396
4Arkansas County20.3191K9,4093,195641
5Prairie County19.677K3,9171,364490
6Montgomery County17.070K4,1304,130376
7Chicot County16.979K4,7031,916414
8Perry County12.882K6,3785,327363
9Union County12.2243K19,8923,783577
10Mississippi County10.1181K17,9313,636609
11Sevier County9.554K5,6994,459412
12Poinsett County9.495K10,1545,812401
13Jackson County9.075K8,3742,561272
14Dallas County8.829K3,2462,591213
15Yell County8.179K9,7282,905434
16Marion County8.066K8,2701,963393
17Pulaski County7.71.9M247,28742,464888
18Pope County7.4239K32,1529,692646
19Clay County7.347K6,4661,713133
20Garland County6.9344K49,73411,659872
21Cross County6.552K7,9401,521322
22Desha County6.435K5,4622,602383
23Little River County6.423K3,623906238
24Stone County5.939K6,6292,264395
25Miller County5.991K15,5162,940666
26Lawrence County5.843K7,4663,962176
27Hot Spring County5.887K15,0291,917584
28Woodruff County5.218K3,4951,502145
29Columbia County5.260K11,4541,211492
30Lee County4.822K4,519847187
31Jefferson County4.8162K33,9272,184772
32Phillips County4.746K9,7271,133453
33Boone County4.381K18,6591,800636
34Madison County4.358K13,4524,084321
35Saline County4.3212K49,7357,282897
36Ouachita County4.257K13,3151,895387
37Independence County4.282K19,30611,533616
38Izard County4.135K8,5721,353241
39White County3.8155K40,5026,274867
40Drew County3.633K9,0731,961337
41Grant County3.631K8,732727296
42Lonoke County3.5166K46,85019,116897
43Pike County3.518K5,133487213
44Sharp County3.335K10,7582,370343
45Bradley County3.218K5,463649207
46Searcy County3.122K7,013700122
47Crawford County3.0109K36,2516,079119
48Conway County3.038K12,5671,958402
49Hempstead County2.933K11,3301,243285
50Cleburne County2.951K17,9462,327676
51Crittenden County2.871K25,5742,297453
52Clark County2.833K11,9352,825324
53Lafayette County2.36,3302,776423135
54Nevada County2.28,9284,020860177
55Washington County2.2329K149,99018,0491,111
56Randolph County2.219K8,9281,800116
57Logan County2.024K11,9522,700194
58Scott County1.89,0304,96545781
59Faulkner County1.8113K63,6792,653665
60Sebastian County1.7130K77,72712,259382
61Newton County1.55,6143,81343543
62Franklin County1.415K10,6111,90849
63Cleveland County1.44,7483,40133988
64Calhoun County1.44,8583,55552261
65Lincoln County1.27,0055,68148887
66Baxter County0.927K28,4711,957349
67Polk County0.88,72011,5722,154168
68Carroll County0.59,09017,6021,111192
69Johnson County0.58,55818,7271,48737
70Craighead County0.434K75,6961,675219
71Benton County0.454K123,5932,683700
72Fulton County0.32,2967,30016137
73Greene County0.11,70131,43316829
74Van Buren County0.02515,56736

Biggest Arkansas 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
1Pulaski County, ARJuly 20, 2018 14:15July 27, 2018 03:456d 13h42,4641.2M
2Lonoke County, AROctober 16, 2018 15:15October 16, 2018 20:305h 15m19,11625K
3Lonoke County, ARApril 7, 2018 14:45April 7, 2018 21:156h 30m18,99214K
4Washington County, ARDecember 1, 2018 02:00December 3, 2018 02:002d18,049154K
5Sebastian County, ARDecember 1, 2018 05:15December 2, 2018 03:1522h12,25928K
6Garland County, ARSeptember 8, 2018 12:15September 9, 2018 09:4521h 30m11,6593,702
7Independence County, ARJune 7, 2018 23:45June 8, 2018 04:455h11,53312K
8Pope County, ARJuly 21, 2018 07:15July 23, 2018 21:002d 13h9,692132K
9Sebastian County, ARJune 24, 2018 11:15June 25, 2018 23:301d 12h8,94922K
10Saline County, ARJuly 21, 2018 07:15July 24, 2018 14:303d 7h7,28267K
11Garland County, ARJune 8, 2018 19:45June 13, 2018 11:154d 15h6,729111K
12Washington County, ARApril 10, 2018 14:15April 10, 2018 21:157h6,35727K
13St. Francis County, ARJune 3, 2018 04:30June 9, 2018 00:005d 19h6,305246K
14White County, ARApril 7, 2018 14:45April 7, 2018 15:1530m6,2743,063
15White County, AROctober 16, 2018 15:15October 17, 2018 03:4512h 30m6,09722K
16Crawford County, ARApril 13, 2018 21:30April 15, 2018 02:151d 4h6,07942K
17Garland County, ARMay 21, 2018 12:45May 23, 2018 02:001d 13h5,94711K
18Pulaski County, ARMay 12, 2018 12:45May 13, 2018 02:0013h 15m5,82327K
19Poinsett County, ARDecember 8, 2018 23:45December 11, 2018 02:302d 2h5,81225K
20Perry County, ARJuly 21, 2018 08:00July 24, 2018 00:452d 16h5,32770K
21Pulaski County, AROctober 9, 2018 12:00October 11, 2018 01:151d 13h4,72613K
22Sebastian County, ARMay 30, 2018 23:45May 31, 2018 00:1530m4,6972,349
23Washington County, ARJuly 1, 2018 18:30July 2, 2018 02:157h 45m4,6643,574
24Pulaski County, ARJune 23, 2018 10:30June 24, 2018 04:3018h4,53322K
25Sevier County, ARSeptember 5, 2018 17:30September 5, 2018 19:302h4,4595,744
EAGLE-I tracked about 78% of Arkansas'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.
Arkansas 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.