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2018 District of Columbia Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 4.8 hours, the 20th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.8
vs prior year
▲ 236%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
1.6M
Peak customers out
76,819
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1

District of Columbia year over year

District of Columbia: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.5h; 2016: 2.5h; 2017: 1.4h; 2018: 4.8h, coverage 100%; 2019: 2.2h, coverage 100%; 2020: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 100%; 2022: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2023: 2.5h; 2024: 1.6h; 2025: 1.8h02460%50%100%2.5h20152.5h20161.4h20174.8h20182.2h20191.5h20201.9h20211.5h20222.5h20231.6h20241.8h2025
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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 District of Columbia; March was the worst.

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District of Columbia customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 41K, Feb 19K, Mar 1.1M, Apr 20K, May 50K, Jun 29K, Jul 91K, Aug 85K, Sep 50K, Oct 35K, Nov 25K, Dec 25K0500k1M1.5M41KJan19KFeb1.1MMar20KApr50KMay29KJun91KJul85KAug50KSep35KOct25KNov25KDec
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All 1 District of Columbia 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
1District of Columbia4.81.6M325,12276,819986

Biggest District of Columbia 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
1District of Columbia, DCMarch 2, 2018 06:30March 6, 2018 01:003d 18h76,8191.1M
2District of Columbia, DCOctober 19, 2018 12:45October 19, 2018 13:0015m5,7931,448
3District of Columbia, DCAugust 5, 2018 13:15August 6, 2018 10:1521h5,6495,573
4District of Columbia, DCJuly 1, 2018 02:45July 3, 2018 07:302d 4h4,51339K
5District of Columbia, DCDecember 11, 2018 14:15December 12, 2018 00:4510h 30m4,4892,647
6District of Columbia, DCNovember 11, 2018 17:15November 11, 2018 22:455h 30m4,2811,078
7District of Columbia, DCJanuary 12, 2018 09:45January 13, 2018 00:3014h 45m3,6449,068
8District of Columbia, DCFebruary 14, 2018 14:30February 14, 2018 19:154h 45m3,5811,160
9District of Columbia, DCNovember 28, 2018 13:00November 29, 2018 04:1515h 15m3,4783,141
10District of Columbia, DCMay 17, 2018 00:00May 17, 2018 08:158h 15m3,330988
11District of Columbia, DCDecember 26, 2018 13:30December 27, 2018 06:0016h 30m3,1936,226
12District of Columbia, DCMarch 28, 2018 11:45March 28, 2018 20:459h3,0881,604
13District of Columbia, DCMay 25, 2018 10:15May 26, 2018 04:1518h3,0762,026
14District of Columbia, DCOctober 24, 2018 11:45October 24, 2018 21:009h 15m3,0241,262
15District of Columbia, DCDecember 12, 2018 11:00December 13, 2018 01:0014h2,9014,163
16District of Columbia, DCMay 31, 2018 07:30June 1, 2018 02:3019h2,8818,195
17District of Columbia, DCJanuary 9, 2018 14:00January 10, 2018 01:3011h 30m2,8819,608
18District of Columbia, DCJanuary 4, 2018 12:15January 6, 2018 08:001d 19h2,8776,719
19District of Columbia, DCJuly 4, 2018 17:00July 5, 2018 06:1513h 15m2,8744,059
20District of Columbia, DCAugust 21, 2018 11:45August 23, 2018 00:451d 13h2,84632K
21District of Columbia, DCNovember 10, 2018 06:15November 10, 2018 06:3015m2,548637
22District of Columbia, DCMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 8, 2018 05:002d 1h2,51812K
23District of Columbia, DCJuly 17, 2018 10:30July 18, 2018 10:0023h 30m2,4968,091
24District of Columbia, DCApril 11, 2018 08:30April 11, 2018 10:302h2,4661,331
25District of Columbia, DCOctober 12, 2018 05:30October 13, 2018 05:301d2,4215,915
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of District of Columbia'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.
District of Columbia 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.