2019 District of Columbia Power Outage Report
In 2019, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 2.2 hours, the 36th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.2
vs prior year
▼ 54%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
716K
Peak customers out
31,322
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1
District of Columbia year over year
Month by month, 2019
Customer-hours without power across District of Columbia; July was the worst.
All 1 District of Columbia 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 | District of Columbia | 2.2 | 716K | 325,122 | 31,322 | 983 |
Biggest District of Columbia 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 | District of Columbia, DC | July 27, 2019 19:00 | July 28, 2019 08:45 | 13h 45m | 31,322 | 140K |
| 2 | District of Columbia, DC | May 23, 2019 16:45 | May 25, 2019 06:15 | 1d 13h | 7,719 | 35K |
| 3 | District of Columbia, DC | July 17, 2019 12:30 | July 18, 2019 22:30 | 1d 10h | 7,546 | 18K |
| 4 | District of Columbia, DC | July 16, 2019 00:45 | July 17, 2019 01:30 | 1d | 7,402 | 21K |
| 5 | District of Columbia, DC | August 20, 2019 12:15 | August 22, 2019 06:15 | 1d 18h | 5,942 | 19K |
| 6 | District of Columbia, DC | April 15, 2019 05:45 | April 16, 2019 01:30 | 19h 45m | 5,583 | 13K |
| 7 | District of Columbia, DC | August 7, 2019 11:30 | August 8, 2019 05:45 | 18h 15m | 5,001 | 13K |
| 8 | District of Columbia, DC | March 20, 2019 00:15 | March 21, 2019 01:45 | 1d 1h | 4,278 | 7,232 |
| 9 | District of Columbia, DC | February 25, 2019 12:30 | February 26, 2019 08:15 | 19h 45m | 3,790 | 6,272 |
| 10 | District of Columbia, DC | July 10, 2019 10:00 | July 11, 2019 04:30 | 18h 30m | 3,729 | 6,150 |
| 11 | District of Columbia, DC | July 5, 2019 14:00 | July 6, 2019 05:15 | 15h 15m | 3,549 | 19K |
| 12 | District of Columbia, DC | October 16, 2019 13:30 | October 17, 2019 21:15 | 1d 7h | 3,383 | 11K |
| 13 | District of Columbia, DC | September 29, 2019 21:15 | October 1, 2019 06:30 | 1d 9h | 3,168 | 24K |
| 14 | District of Columbia, DC | January 22, 2019 12:45 | January 23, 2019 10:00 | 21h 15m | 3,080 | 1,297 |
| 15 | District of Columbia, DC | June 3, 2019 10:45 | June 4, 2019 03:45 | 17h | 2,960 | 3,786 |
| 16 | District of Columbia, DC | January 20, 2019 03:00 | January 21, 2019 10:45 | 1d 7h | 2,906 | 11K |
| 17 | District of Columbia, DC | March 31, 2019 18:00 | April 1, 2019 03:45 | 9h 45m | 2,767 | 4,371 |
| 18 | District of Columbia, DC | October 25, 2019 15:30 | October 25, 2019 21:00 | 5h 30m | 2,760 | 805 |
| 19 | District of Columbia, DC | August 27, 2019 21:45 | August 28, 2019 04:30 | 6h 45m | 2,625 | 681 |
| 20 | District of Columbia, DC | February 3, 2019 17:00 | February 4, 2019 09:15 | 16h 15m | 2,581 | 7,961 |
| 21 | District of Columbia, DC | January 17, 2019 11:45 | January 19, 2019 08:15 | 1d 20h | 2,480 | 2,373 |
| 22 | District of Columbia, DC | January 9, 2019 13:45 | January 9, 2019 21:00 | 7h 15m | 2,408 | 2,465 |
| 23 | District of Columbia, DC | March 7, 2019 13:30 | March 7, 2019 19:45 | 6h 15m | 2,407 | 688 |
| 24 | District of Columbia, DC | July 22, 2019 12:45 | July 23, 2019 18:15 | 1d 5h | 2,239 | 4,947 |
| 25 | District of Columbia, DC | April 12, 2019 11:30 | April 12, 2019 19:30 | 8h | 2,229 | 1,154 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of District of Columbia'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.