2019 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2019, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 1.9 hours, the 41st worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.9
vs prior year
▼ 23%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
951K
Peak customers out
16,260
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware counties, 2019
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County | 2.8 | 540K | 191,056 | 16,080 | 581 |
| 2 | Kent County | 1.5 | 143K | 98,370 | 9,117 | 881 |
| 3 | Sussex County | 1.2 | 268K | 218,986 | 8,476 | 1,005 |
Biggest Delaware outages of 2019
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County, DE | July 21, 2019 10:15 | July 24, 2019 09:00 | 2d 22h | 16,080 | 83K |
| 2 | Kent County, DE | April 15, 2019 07:15 | April 16, 2019 02:15 | 19h | 9,117 | 42K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | May 17, 2019 00:15 | May 17, 2019 06:30 | 6h 15m | 8,476 | 8,400 |
| 4 | Sussex County, DE | April 15, 2019 07:30 | April 16, 2019 21:30 | 1d 14h | 7,381 | 50K |
| 5 | New Castle County, DE | May 28, 2019 02:30 | June 4, 2019 18:45 | 7d 16h | 6,802 | 105K |
| 6 | Kent County, DE | April 26, 2019 06:30 | April 26, 2019 09:00 | 2h 30m | 6,661 | 7,992 |
| 7 | Sussex County, DE | July 22, 2019 21:30 | July 24, 2019 01:15 | 1d 3h | 5,122 | 14K |
| 8 | New Castle County, DE | May 15, 2019 09:45 | May 16, 2019 04:30 | 18h 45m | 4,771 | 1,691 |
| 9 | Kent County, DE | August 29, 2019 12:15 | August 29, 2019 12:45 | 30m | 4,330 | 1,084 |
| 10 | Kent County, DE | August 23, 2019 02:00 | August 23, 2019 14:30 | 12h 30m | 4,269 | 7,501 |
| 11 | New Castle County, DE | July 16, 2019 20:30 | July 19, 2019 10:30 | 2d 14h | 3,999 | 19K |
| 12 | New Castle County, DE | October 31, 2019 12:30 | November 3, 2019 02:45 | 2d 14h | 3,919 | 15K |
| 13 | New Castle County, DE | June 12, 2019 23:45 | June 14, 2019 11:15 | 1d 11h | 3,276 | 14K |
| 14 | Sussex County, DE | November 1, 2019 02:45 | November 1, 2019 22:30 | 19h 45m | 3,196 | 7,350 |
| 15 | Sussex County, DE | August 7, 2019 15:30 | August 8, 2019 05:45 | 14h 15m | 3,165 | 3,305 |
| 16 | Sussex County, DE | June 13, 2019 11:15 | June 14, 2019 00:30 | 13h 15m | 3,057 | 2,890 |
| 17 | Sussex County, DE | July 16, 2019 23:00 | July 17, 2019 05:00 | 6h | 3,053 | 14K |
| 18 | Kent County, DE | July 17, 2019 23:00 | July 19, 2019 02:00 | 1d 3h | 2,885 | 9,081 |
| 19 | Kent County, DE | May 26, 2019 22:45 | May 27, 2019 23:30 | 1d | 2,875 | 11K |
| 20 | New Castle County, DE | March 3, 2019 15:00 | March 4, 2019 03:15 | 12h 15m | 2,792 | 2,344 |
| 21 | Sussex County, DE | March 25, 2019 13:00 | March 25, 2019 13:15 | 15m | 2,543 | 636 |
| 22 | Sussex County, DE | June 19, 2019 20:00 | June 20, 2019 06:00 | 10h | 2,538 | 4,469 |
| 23 | Kent County, DE | November 1, 2019 01:15 | November 1, 2019 20:15 | 19h | 2,528 | 4,778 |
| 24 | New Castle County, DE | April 28, 2019 11:45 | April 30, 2019 04:15 | 1d 16h | 2,496 | 4,579 |
| 25 | New Castle County, DE | June 20, 2019 00:00 | June 23, 2019 18:00 | 3d 18h | 2,382 | 6,330 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Delaware'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.
Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.