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2019 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 3.2 hours — the 27th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.2
Peak customers out
27,455
Rank (worst state)
27th
Counties affected
20

Alabama outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201922.1h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Alabama counties in 2019

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

1Madison County27,4552Mobile County22,0843Jefferson County19,4704Lauderdale County17,4365Lee County11,3546Montgomery County10,7687Tuscaloosa County8,2908Coffee County7,7729Cullman County7,38810Winston County7,27911Calhoun County7,16412Walker County6,78813Dale County6,03114Baldwin County5,93215Tallapoosa County5,37516Shelby County5,35117Henry County5,33718Elmore County5,04219Pickens County4,90720Lamar County4,451

Biggest Alabama outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Madison CountyJuly 22, 201927,455
Mobile CountySeptember 12, 201922,084
Jefferson CountyJune 16, 201919,470
Mobile CountySeptember 16, 201918,137
Lauderdale CountyJuly 17, 201917,436
Mobile CountyJune 27, 201914,546
Jefferson CountyApril 16, 201911,772
Lee CountyMarch 3, 201911,354
Montgomery CountyJune 7, 201910,768
Mobile CountyMay 11, 201910,552
Alabama by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 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.