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2018 Indiana Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Indiana customer went without power for about 3.9 hours — the 24th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.9
Peak customers out
37,089
Rank (worst state)
24th
Counties affected
20

Indiana outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

2.9h20153.1h20162.5h20173.9h20183.1h20193.9h20204.4h20214.4h20225.9h20235.1h20246.4h2025

Hardest-hit Indiana counties in 2018

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Marion County37,0892Monroe County16,5563Tippecanoe County14,4574Howard County11,7525Delaware County10,6966Porter County10,3317Lake County9,9578Clark County9,7279Bartholomew County9,30610Jefferson County8,59711Madison County7,97812Hamilton County7,77213Lawrence County7,00314Elkhart County6,79415St. Joseph County6,49316Morgan County6,37217Grant County6,20018Vanderburgh County5,67319Johnson County5,26920Floyd County5,053

Biggest Indiana outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Marion CountyOctober 20, 201837,089
Marion CountyOctober 20, 201818,740
Monroe CountyMay 31, 201816,556
Tippecanoe CountyOctober 20, 201814,457
Marion CountyMay 30, 201812,542
Marion CountyJanuary 1, 201812,374
Howard CountySeptember 19, 201811,752
Delaware CountyMarch 4, 201810,696
Porter CountySeptember 25, 201810,331
Lake CountyNovember 25, 20189,957
Indiana by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVT

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.