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2019 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Florida customer went without power for about 1.9 hours, the 42nd 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
▼ 66%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
20.8M
Peak customers out
102,041
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
97%
of FL customers
Counties reporting
67

Florida year over year

Florida: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 7.1h; 2017: 48.8h; 2018: 5.4h, coverage 97%; 2019: 1.9h, coverage 97%; 2020: 3.6h, coverage 97%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 98%; 2022: 20.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 24.2h; 2025: 2.0h02040600%50%100%1.6h20157.1h201648.8h20175.4h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.8h20223.4h202324.2h20242.0h2025
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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 Florida; July was the worst.

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Florida customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 1.3M, Feb 868K, Mar 1.2M, Apr 2.2M, May 2.1M, Jun 2.6M, Jul 2.7M, Aug 2.0M, Sep 1.7M, Oct 1.8M, Nov 1.1M, Dec 1.2M01M2M3M1.3MJan868KFeb1.2MMar2.2MApr2.1MMay2.6MJun2.7MJul2.0MAug1.7MSep1.8MOct1.1MNov1.2MDec
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All 67 Florida counties, 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Franklin County11.752K4,4604,460414
2Liberty County9.241K4,4591,717449
3Calhoun County9.182K9,0022,887386
4Gilchrist County7.698K12,8036,498669
5Gulf County7.270K9,7222,520707
6Jefferson County6.547K7,2832,394581
7Hamilton County6.053K8,8882,512569
8Wakulla County5.375K14,1483,721811
9Highlands County4.3167K39,0505,637992
10Dixie County4.260K14,1932,025705
11Columbia County4.0153K38,56212,8441,013
12Lafayette County3.918K4,6453,161484
13Suwannee County3.9108K27,98517,2321,047
14Hardee County3.845K11,7962,376645
15Indian River County3.8237K62,0704,596605
16Citrus County3.8307K81,2827,980911
17Levy County3.8105K27,8165,244914
18Bay County3.4303K88,69221,661776
19Washington County3.458K17,0623,401728
20Baker County3.454K15,9172,813518
21Bradford County3.459K17,6794,236527
22Polk County3.1979K313,9549,709643
23Marion County3.1673K217,6479,611790
24Pinellas County3.11.1M361,14718,746339
25Clay County3.0249K81,94140,9371,250
26Putnam County3.0155K51,8398,738931
27Leon County2.8551K196,85812,9131,213
28Nassau County2.6138K52,49313,152906
29Hernando County2.6280K108,45326,4191,105
30Okeechobee County2.647K18,2232,892653
31Miami-Dade County2.52.4M951,39115,89511
32Madison County2.523K9,4151,719513
33Hendry County2.356K23,9125,738446
34Volusia County2.3451K198,9229,391468
35Orange County2.2900K402,61810,658419
36St. Johns County2.2257K116,59319,170764
37Taylor County2.226K12,0561,246578
38Seminole County2.1428K201,77610,151675
39Palm Beach County2.11.1M539,72811,313111
40DeSoto County2.144K21,1292,626601
41Lake County2.0390K199,3728,639839
42Pasco County1.9538K279,26025,232738
43Monroe County1.9196K103,90633,685819
44Gadsden County1.968K36,0142,924856
45Charlotte County1.8234K129,8895,747674
46Union County1.820K11,3571,101281
47Martin County1.7194K111,1207,453589
48Holmes County1.722K12,7002,174295
49Okaloosa County1.6217K131,2355,4901,160
50Escambia County1.6283K180,8914,959979
51Brevard County1.5523K338,12916,128383
52Flagler County1.589K58,7645,833791
53Collier County1.5435K288,89530,361413
54Walton County1.5107K71,3994,872876
55Glades County1.59,3126,357790181
56Alachua County1.4315K218,54812,350987
57Broward County1.31.7M1,298,25633,69124
58Santa Rosa County1.3124K96,9074,5461,104
59Hillsborough County1.21.2M998,90617,160482
60Sarasota County1.1355K310,6469,121462
61Manatee County1.1298K266,40810,566539
62Duval County1.1517K483,03444,0211,104
63Osceola County0.8153K179,8494,841968
64Sumter County0.885K102,3912,243986
65St. Lucie County0.8181K222,1656,972671
66Lee County0.6374K628,6359,571457
67Jackson County0.412K29,4151,657335

Biggest Florida 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
1Duval County, FLAugust 2, 2019 11:45August 3, 2019 12:451d 1h44,02131K
2Clay County, FLApril 1, 2019 09:30April 1, 2019 16:156h 45m40,93733K
3Broward County, FLMarch 18, 2019 11:45April 1, 2019 10:4513d 23h33,691120K
4Monroe County, FLApril 9, 2019 21:00April 10, 2019 00:453h 45m33,68562K
5Collier County, FLFebruary 18, 2019 13:30February 20, 2019 09:451d 20h30,36123K
6Hernando County, FLOctober 18, 2019 19:30October 18, 2019 21:452h 15m26,41922K
7Monroe County, FLAugust 13, 2019 19:15August 13, 2019 20:151h25,7497,207
8Pasco County, FLNovember 24, 2019 06:00November 24, 2019 19:1513h 15m25,23251K
9Broward County, FLOctober 7, 2019 11:45November 9, 2019 11:3032d 23h21,722142K
10Bay County, FLJune 9, 2019 06:15June 9, 2019 21:0014h 45m21,66120K
11St. Johns County, FLAugust 2, 2019 04:30August 3, 2019 02:4522h 15m19,17011K
12Pinellas County, FLAugust 29, 2019 03:30August 30, 2019 07:301d 4h18,74624K
13Pinellas County, FLDecember 11, 2019 12:30December 13, 2019 09:151d 20h17,68514K
14Suwannee County, FLNovember 20, 2019 14:30November 20, 2019 16:151h 45m17,2324,309
15Hillsborough County, FLMay 4, 2019 11:15May 5, 2019 21:001d 9h17,1607,677
16Brevard County, FLSeptember 7, 2019 12:00September 8, 2019 11:0023h16,1289,168
17Miami-Dade County, FLApril 18, 2019 10:45May 18, 2019 01:1529d 14h15,895313K
18Pinellas County, FLNovember 19, 2019 10:30November 23, 2019 02:153d 15h15,07642K
19Pasco County, FLSeptember 15, 2019 08:00September 16, 2019 04:3020h 30m14,8414,008
20Hillsborough County, FLSeptember 15, 2019 14:30September 21, 2019 03:155d 12h14,28244K
21Miami-Dade County, FLMay 18, 2019 02:15July 8, 2019 02:1551d13,779394K
22Nassau County, FLApril 19, 2019 14:15April 21, 2019 05:001d 14h13,15236K
23Monroe County, FLFebruary 28, 2019 08:15February 28, 2019 09:301h 15m12,9285,392
24Leon County, FLApril 19, 2019 05:00April 21, 2019 18:152d 13h12,91374K
25Columbia County, FLApril 19, 2019 11:30April 20, 2019 23:001d 11h12,84451K
EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Florida'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.
Florida by year:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVTVAAR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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