2018 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2018, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 2.4 hours, the 32nd worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.4
vs prior year
▼ 16%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
1.2M
Peak customers out
50,409
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware counties, 2018
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County | 4.9 | 946K | 191,056 | 44,559 | 652 |
| 2 | Kent County | 1.2 | 114K | 98,370 | 7,777 | 642 |
| 3 | Sussex County | 0.8 | 180K | 218,986 | 6,211 | 933 |
Biggest Delaware outages of 2018
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County, DE | March 2, 2018 12:00 | March 6, 2018 01:00 | 3d 13h | 44,559 | 582K |
| 2 | Kent County, DE | March 2, 2018 14:45 | March 4, 2018 00:30 | 1d 9h | 7,777 | 51K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | November 26, 2018 21:45 | November 27, 2018 04:30 | 6h 45m | 6,211 | 21K |
| 4 | New Castle County, DE | March 19, 2018 08:30 | March 20, 2018 04:15 | 19h 45m | 5,340 | 1,926 |
| 5 | New Castle County, DE | March 21, 2018 09:15 | March 23, 2018 09:15 | 2d | 4,737 | 48K |
| 6 | New Castle County, DE | January 8, 2018 14:30 | January 8, 2018 23:30 | 9h | 4,503 | 7,079 |
| 7 | New Castle County, DE | November 15, 2018 13:00 | November 17, 2018 11:00 | 1d 22h | 4,014 | 4,941 |
| 8 | New Castle County, DE | May 30, 2018 06:45 | May 31, 2018 03:15 | 20h 30m | 4,012 | 4,641 |
| 9 | Kent County, DE | August 7, 2018 11:45 | August 7, 2018 12:00 | 15m | 3,358 | 840 |
| 10 | Kent County, DE | March 29, 2018 15:45 | March 29, 2018 21:15 | 5h 30m | 3,355 | 1,939 |
| 11 | Sussex County, DE | March 17, 2018 13:15 | March 17, 2018 20:00 | 6h 45m | 3,327 | 3,331 |
| 12 | Kent County, DE | May 13, 2018 00:30 | May 13, 2018 07:15 | 6h 45m | 3,292 | 3,870 |
| 13 | Kent County, DE | November 6, 2018 04:30 | November 6, 2018 09:00 | 4h 30m | 3,248 | 4,885 |
| 14 | New Castle County, DE | September 9, 2018 13:30 | September 11, 2018 04:30 | 1d 15h | 3,038 | 7,073 |
| 15 | Sussex County, DE | January 11, 2018 12:30 | January 11, 2018 16:45 | 4h 15m | 2,903 | 736 |
| 16 | Kent County, DE | July 5, 2018 12:30 | July 5, 2018 16:30 | 4h | 2,871 | 728 |
| 17 | Kent County, DE | July 17, 2018 19:30 | July 18, 2018 09:00 | 13h 30m | 2,856 | 6,733 |
| 18 | New Castle County, DE | May 31, 2018 11:30 | June 1, 2018 02:30 | 15h | 2,853 | 1,318 |
| 19 | Kent County, DE | July 22, 2018 17:30 | July 22, 2018 18:00 | 30m | 2,767 | 1,384 |
| 20 | Sussex County, DE | January 3, 2018 09:00 | January 3, 2018 23:15 | 14h 15m | 2,762 | 8,113 |
| 21 | Kent County, DE | November 16, 2018 09:00 | November 16, 2018 10:45 | 1h 45m | 2,743 | 2,743 |
| 22 | New Castle County, DE | February 4, 2018 22:15 | February 5, 2018 01:00 | 2h 45m | 2,646 | 1,065 |
| 23 | Sussex County, DE | January 4, 2018 09:30 | January 5, 2018 02:00 | 16h 30m | 2,605 | 7,268 |
| 24 | Sussex County, DE | August 3, 2018 18:30 | August 4, 2018 13:45 | 19h 15m | 2,533 | 3,889 |
| 25 | Sussex County, DE | March 18, 2018 11:45 | March 18, 2018 14:30 | 2h 45m | 2,459 | 625 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Delaware'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.
Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.