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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 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.9
vs prior year
▲ 54%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
12.4M
Peak customers out
112,193
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
79%
of IN customers
Counties reporting
90

Indiana year over year

Indiana: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.9h; 2016: 3.1h; 2017: 2.5h; 2018: 3.9h, coverage 79%; 2019: 3.1h, coverage 82%; 2020: 3.9h, coverage 86%; 2021: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2023: 5.9h; 2024: 5.1h; 2025: 6.4h024680%50%100%2.9h20153.1h20162.5h20173.9h20183.1h20193.9h20204.4h20214.4h20225.9h20235.1h20246.4h2025
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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 Indiana; November was the worst.

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Indiana customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 492K, Feb 452K, Mar 331K, Apr 450K, May 900K, Jun 1.2M, Jul 1.7M, Aug 1.4M, Sep 848K, Oct 2.1M, Nov 2.3M, Dec 338K01M2M3M492KJan452KFeb331KMar450KApr900KMay1.2MJun1.7MJul1.4MAug848KSep2.1MOct2.3MNov338KDec
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All 90 Indiana counties, 2018

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Warrick County59.0897K15,2152,371277
2Crawford County45.2205K4,5373,768218
3Jefferson County28.6455K15,9138,597426
4Brown County19.9143K7,1843,079644
5Washington County13.8170K12,3484,616177
6Jennings County11.3152K13,3933,027222
7Pike County9.544K4,6552,434227
8Floyd County9.2306K33,2465,053532
9Bartholomew County8.8283K32,2129,306644
10Owen County7.9105K13,3104,734560
11Lawrence County7.6161K21,2267,003481
12Clark County7.2413K57,0519,727682
13Rush County6.852K7,6952,539158
14Vermillion County6.444K6,8862,420292
15Elkhart County6.4454K70,7996,794760
16St. Joseph County6.2591K94,8996,493697
17Porter County6.1513K84,00010,331712
18Fountain County5.933K5,6083,431313
19Vanderburgh County5.8618K106,0365,673563
20Scott County5.672K12,8512,142128
21Ripley County5.284K16,1072,987273
22Delaware County5.0410K81,39510,696870
23Newton County4.932K6,4452,128695
24LaPorte County4.7275K58,2424,818848
25Tippecanoe County4.7333K71,06714,457944
26Dearborn County4.589K19,5633,955250
27Decatur County4.457K12,8844,556185
28Gibson County4.365K14,9412,325375
29Union County4.39,4782,2292,229122
30Sullivan County4.233K7,8231,195176
31Franklin County4.135K8,5791,954184
32Spencer County4.040K9,969970133
33Monroe County3.9295K75,42416,556744
34Jackson County3.786K23,3403,412369
35Grant County3.7176K47,7716,200650
36Tipton County3.724K6,6041,257207
37Madison County3.6273K76,3247,978697
38Fayette County3.529K8,3022,421243
39Benton County3.414K4,1321,556318
40LaGrange County3.444K12,7961,294626
41Clay County3.445K13,1632,725315
42Steuben County3.458K17,4312,353558
43Knox County3.352K15,8432,597355
44Wabash County3.336K11,0951,887302
45Morgan County3.2101K31,8736,372836
46Blackford County3.125K7,8722,443255
47Howard County3.1127K41,36711,752617
48Orange County2.935K12,1731,715160
49Marion County2.81.4M493,30437,089744
50Randolph County2.731K11,4811,956430
51Posey County2.731K11,6874,754216
52Lake County2.6669K252,5659,957509
53Vigo County2.6136K51,6093,677820
54Adams County2.631K12,0121,966295
55Carroll County2.625K9,7461,058406
56Pulaski County2.616K6,086530565
57Fulton County2.421K9,0141,146371
58Harrison County2.334K14,809924148
59Kosciusko County2.392K40,3952,187730
60Hendricks County2.2167K75,1814,063482
61Shelby County2.139K18,9091,729266
62Allen County2.1324K156,6615,021817
63Martin County2.010K5,0441,68866
64Henry County1.937K18,8063,279334
65Noble County1.948K24,979995584
66DeKalb County1.957K30,1852,818467
67Warren County1.76,1953,591780120
68Johnson County1.797K57,4205,269563
69Greene County1.631K18,6021,440166
70Marshall County1.532K20,986948686
71Putnam County1.526K17,1391,252265
72Boone County1.354K40,7084,467223
73Hamilton County1.3209K159,1877,772840
74Montgomery County1.330K22,7112,933263
75Starke County1.313K10,009573638
76White County1.216K12,759983473
77Jay County1.211K9,495978240
78Clinton County1.122K19,8552,379211
79Hancock County1.145K40,2562,958272
80Huntington County0.912K13,7991,083218
81Wayne County0.831K40,3112,335252
82Parke County0.85,8687,70040994
83Switzerland County0.73,4854,72213547
84Jasper County0.612K19,212639587
85Cass County0.513K24,298591205
86Miami County0.511K21,325872167
87Wells County0.59,04417,366628189
88Daviess County0.36,72819,85980152
89Whitley County0.25,57830,564219135
90Perry County0.023110,4691716

Biggest Indiana outages of 2018

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Marion County, INOctober 20, 2018 22:15October 25, 2018 07:004d 8h37,089601K
2Marion County, INOctober 20, 2018 12:15October 20, 2018 20:308h 15m18,74019K
3Monroe County, INMay 31, 2018 06:45June 2, 2018 21:002d 14h16,55683K
4Tippecanoe County, INOctober 20, 2018 17:15October 24, 2018 16:003d 22h14,457198K
5Marion County, INMay 30, 2018 10:00June 2, 2018 10:153d12,54223K
6Marion County, INJanuary 1, 2018 02:45January 1, 2018 06:153h 30m12,3743,183
7Howard County, INSeptember 19, 2018 15:15September 19, 2018 23:458h 30m11,75214K
8Delaware County, INMarch 4, 2018 06:45March 4, 2018 17:0010h 15m10,69671K
9Porter County, INSeptember 25, 2018 11:30September 28, 2018 20:003d 8h10,33175K
10Lake County, INNovember 25, 2018 14:15November 30, 2018 03:154d 13h9,957117K
11Clark County, INNovember 15, 2018 04:30November 18, 2018 02:002d 21h9,727178K
12Porter County, INNovember 26, 2018 02:30November 30, 2018 03:154d9,51699K
13Lake County, INDecember 27, 2018 05:00December 31, 2018 00:153d 19h9,49024K
14Bartholomew County, INNovember 15, 2018 05:30November 17, 2018 02:301d 21h9,306109K
15Lake County, INJuly 4, 2018 15:00July 14, 2018 01:459d 10h9,07887K
16Jefferson County, INNovember 15, 2018 05:30November 19, 2018 00:153d 18h8,597311K
17Marion County, INJune 2, 2018 21:45June 3, 2018 06:158h 30m8,51613K
18Monroe County, INMarch 21, 2018 02:15March 22, 2018 02:301d8,4929,657
19Madison County, INNovember 15, 2018 10:00November 18, 2018 05:452d 19h7,97892K
20Hamilton County, INOctober 20, 2018 17:00October 23, 2018 10:452d 17h7,77251K
21Howard County, INNovember 27, 2018 01:00November 27, 2018 01:1515m7,6621,916
22Porter County, INJuly 4, 2018 16:45July 9, 2018 07:454d 15h7,42073K
23Lake County, INJanuary 1, 2018 00:00January 1, 2018 12:3012h 30m7,18720K
24Marion County, INAugust 25, 2018 02:45August 28, 2018 08:003d 5h7,07938K
25Marion County, INJanuary 18, 2018 13:30January 19, 2018 06:3017h7,0402,178
EAGLE-I tracked about 79% of Indiana'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.
Indiana 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.