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2019 Arkansas Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 6.1 hours, the 8th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
6.1
vs prior year
▲ 39%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
10.1M
Peak customers out
95,286
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
83%
of AR customers
Counties reporting
75

Arkansas year over year

Arkansas: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.7h; 2016: 5.4h; 2017: 4.4h; 2018: 4.4h, coverage 78%; 2019: 6.1h, coverage 83%; 2020: 10.4h, coverage 86%; 2021: 5.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 6.8h, coverage 86%; 2023: 13.6h; 2024: 8.5h; 2025: 8.1h0510150%50%100%3.7h20155.4h20164.4h20174.4h20186.1h201910.4h20205.4h20216.8h202213.6h20238.5h20248.1h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2019

Customer-hours without power across Arkansas; June was the worst.

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Arkansas customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 267K, Feb 331K, Mar 394K, Apr 658K, May 1.3M, Jun 3.5M, Jul 448K, Aug 846K, Sep 432K, Oct 1.2M, Nov 476K, Dec 268K01M2M3M4M267KJan331KFeb394KMar658KApr1.3MMay3.5MJun448KJul846KAug432KSep1.2MOct476KNov268KDec
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All 75 Arkansas counties, 2019

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Union County24.6490K19,8924,439375
2Prairie County24.496K3,9172,024389
3Columbia County23.4268K11,4544,035435
4Ouachita County23.2309K13,3156,327352
5Desha County21.0115K5,4622,881342
6Sevier County19.1109K5,6995,096406
7Chicot County19.190K4,7033,231348
8Drew County16.8153K9,0733,360341
9Nevada County16.667K4,020720148
10Lafayette County15.743K2,7761,333129
11Bradley County14.780K5,4634,031147
12Pike County14.474K5,133979228
13Montgomery County13.254K4,1302,139336
14Dallas County13.042K3,2461,069197
15Little River County12.144K3,6231,180282
16Scott County12.060K4,9653,246244
17Yell County11.6113K9,7286,898393
18Jefferson County10.8367K33,9275,491598
19Miller County9.4146K15,5163,613652
20Lee County9.442K4,5192,768206
21Saline County9.3462K49,73513,818866
22Johnson County9.1171K18,7276,008445
23Benton County8.91.1M123,59324,7321,009
24Grant County8.675K8,7321,942301
25Monroe County8.532K3,7331,423315
26Pulaski County8.22.0M247,28736,802663
27Arkansas County7.773K9,4092,141589
28Hot Spring County7.7115K15,0292,688529
29Pope County7.5242K32,1528,620603
30Franklin County6.873K10,6112,440378
31Sebastian County6.5509K77,72716,877687
32Phillips County6.260K9,7271,435444
33Clay County6.140K6,4661,718125
34Stone County5.939K6,6292,035338
35Marion County5.949K8,2701,142372
36Ashley County5.752K9,2033,502429
37Garland County5.6280K49,7347,582798
38Boone County5.4102K18,6594,199595
39Newton County5.320K3,8131,183258
40Logan County5.262K11,9522,003508
41Hempstead County5.157K11,3301,241271
42Cleveland County4.917K3,401383126
43Jackson County4.840K8,3742,203256
44Crittenden County4.8122K25,5743,959447
45Lonoke County4.7222K46,8505,190866
46Poinsett County4.747K10,1541,767431
47Calhoun County4.415K3,55534864
48Independence County4.384K19,3061,945547
49Randolph County4.137K8,9283,050112
50Conway County3.950K12,5671,707364
51Woodruff County3.914K3,495815145
52Crawford County3.7136K36,2516,253842
53Mississippi County3.766K17,9312,234524
54Clark County3.238K11,9353,302310
55Faulkner County2.8180K63,6799,351563
56Carroll County2.748K17,6022,145548
57Sharp County2.729K10,7582,716323
58Lawrence County2.619K7,4661,270179
59Searcy County2.417K7,0131,205134
60Cross County2.419K7,9401,045345
61St. Francis County2.127K12,694714426
62White County2.186K40,5026,140834
63Perry County2.013K6,3781,479333
64Madison County1.926K13,4522,643462
65Cleburne County1.832K17,9461,905586
66Izard County1.714K8,572646256
67Baxter County1.541K28,4716,758365
68Washington County1.3197K149,9905,328883
69Fulton County0.85,8267,30078344
70Craighead County0.756K75,6961,686240
71Polk County0.78,35611,5721,375193
72Lincoln County0.42,4735,68189105
73Greene County0.13,05131,43334572
74Howard County0.0756,0873311
75Van Buren County0.02315,56735

Biggest Arkansas outages of 2019

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Pulaski County, ARMay 27, 2019 09:15June 28, 2019 05:3031d 20h36,8021.2M
2Benton County, ARAugust 27, 2019 03:45August 29, 2019 08:002d 4h24,732241K
3Benton County, AROctober 21, 2019 05:15October 25, 2019 01:003d 19h21,340674K
4Sebastian County, ARMay 18, 2019 19:00May 21, 2019 03:302d 8h16,877233K
5Saline County, ARJune 20, 2019 00:30June 25, 2019 00:455d13,818191K
6Benton County, ARMay 6, 2019 23:00May 7, 2019 05:156h 15m13,1976,516
7Pulaski County, ARNovember 13, 2019 06:00November 15, 2019 06:002d11,66938K
8Sebastian County, ARAugust 27, 2019 06:45August 28, 2019 23:001d 16h11,09644K
9Benton County, ARMay 29, 2019 12:45May 30, 2019 05:0016h 15m10,33911K
10Faulkner County, ARSeptember 9, 2019 18:45September 10, 2019 22:301d 3h9,3517,131
11Pulaski County, ARSeptember 8, 2019 21:15September 13, 2019 08:154d 11h8,98170K
12Pope County, ARMay 29, 2019 10:15June 25, 2019 23:3027d 13h8,62061K
13Pope County, ARJune 27, 2019 20:00June 27, 2019 23:303h 30m8,4285,335
14Pulaski County, ARMay 2, 2019 12:15May 3, 2019 22:151d 10h7,89840K
15Garland County, ARJune 19, 2019 20:45June 22, 2019 00:452d 4h7,58280K
16Yell County, ARMay 29, 2019 21:00July 1, 2019 20:4532d 23h6,89857K
17Baxter County, ARJune 7, 2019 07:45June 7, 2019 10:453h6,75810K
18Ouachita County, ARJune 20, 2019 01:45June 27, 2019 07:157d 5h6,327260K
19Crawford County, ARAugust 27, 2019 05:45August 27, 2019 21:3015h 45m6,25324K
20White County, ARSeptember 17, 2019 13:45September 17, 2019 16:302h 45m6,1406,420
21Johnson County, ARJune 11, 2019 23:15June 12, 2019 04:004h 45m6,00824K
22Pulaski County, ARFebruary 26, 2019 13:30February 27, 2019 04:1514h 45m5,92711K
23Pulaski County, ARMarch 9, 2019 14:45March 11, 2019 01:001d 10h5,86516K
24Benton County, ARNovember 24, 2019 14:15November 24, 2019 19:305h 15m5,6735,788
25Jefferson County, ARMay 30, 2019 12:15July 8, 2019 02:1538d 14h5,491146K
EAGLE-I tracked about 83% of Arkansas's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Arkansas by year:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVTVAME

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.