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2020 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 21.9 hours, the 5th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
21.9
vs prior year
▲ 581%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
56.4M
Peak customers out
485,028
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
81%
of AL customers
Counties reporting
65

Alabama year over year

Alabama: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 0.5h; 2016: 0.7h; 2017: 1.7h; 2018: 4.9h, coverage 79%; 2019: 3.2h, coverage 81%; 2020: 21.9h, coverage 81%; 2021: 4.6h, coverage 81%; 2022: 4.0h, coverage 81%; 2023: 6.3h; 2024: 4.9h; 2025: 6.2h01020300%50%100%0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201921.9h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2020

Customer-hours without power across Alabama; September was the worst.

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Alabama customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 1.9M, Feb 434K, Mar 621K, Apr 5.2M, May 955K, Jun 1.0M, Jul 1.1M, Aug 919K, Sep 20.1M, Oct 17.8M, Nov 5.8M, Dec 505K010M20M30M1.9MJan434KFeb621KMar5.2MApr955KMay1.0MJun1.1MJul919KAug20.1MSep17.8MOct5.8MNov505KDec
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All 65 Alabama counties, 2020

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Coosa County184.8771K4,1704,170604
2Wilcox County124.6737K5,9175,917544
3Dallas County109.12.1M19,35819,3581,012
4Mobile County104.511.5M110,135110,135547
5Chilton County100.41.9M19,41419,414935
6Perry County90.8407K4,4814,338469
7Cleburne County85.6599K6,9936,993618
8Clay County75.9421K5,5545,175507
9Randolph County75.2611K8,1228,122741
10Baldwin County66.212.9M195,253126,286548
11Monroe County57.0600K10,5226,793589
12Lowndes County54.1297K5,4965,046619
13Talladega County46.81.8M39,21530,822892
14Tallapoosa County41.4913K22,03915,368830
15Autauga County41.21.0M24,61914,652984
16Calhoun County36.02.2M62,18230,458871
17Elmore County33.11.3M38,64928,6061,055
18Clarke County32.1694K21,6297,796523
19Escambia County31.1578K18,5939,643665
20Butler County30.3373K12,3258,080771
21Bibb County29.3323K11,0378,648746
22Crenshaw County28.2229K8,1296,211513
23Shelby County22.92.6M111,91759,216709
24St. Clair County21.2876K41,32016,066872
25Blount County20.8562K27,07413,470941
26Marengo County19.7226K11,4463,045611
27Pickens County16.5143K8,6544,445786
28Lamar County15.395K6,2214,982548
29Fayette County14.9117K7,8313,193675
30Walker County14.2469K32,98710,6671,043
31Winston County12.1160K13,2686,480767
32Henry County12.097K8,0405,704515
33Chambers County11.7149K12,7492,470664
34Barbour County11.1138K12,4003,590683
35Etowah County10.2554K54,20610,4411,011
36Hale County10.280K7,9162,722566
37Pike County10.1283K27,9898,316548
38Washington County9.877K7,87856193
39Bullock County9.684K8,7271,684448
40Montgomery County9.41.3M137,56629,3461,059
41Covington County9.2280K30,3217,212635
42Geneva County8.195K11,7423,444740
43Greene County8.034K4,2171,046301
44Sumter County7.854K6,8251,511522
45Marion County7.1100K14,0589,709801
46Conecuh County6.941K5,906647126
47Coffee County6.7210K31,3475,211918
48Cullman County6.5384K59,2968,694918
49Jefferson County6.42.4M372,75752,800151
50Dale County6.1153K25,0137,463804
51Choctaw County5.640K7,2301,090238
52Russell County5.3115K21,7284,718882
53Tuscaloosa County5.1642K126,12513,999880
54Lauderdale County4.8237K49,3619,800593
55Lee County4.7302K63,57912,1591,084
56Madison County3.3652K198,79336,9651,159
57Macon County2.842K15,0321,952333
58Houston County1.4100K72,3883,042886
59Franklin County1.125K21,671877391
60Morgan County0.853K69,9634,369467
61Jackson County0.37,59629,33682017
62Lawrence County0.11,24213,08236722
63Limestone County0.14,94952,37631448
64Marshall County0.14,55852,02247158
65Cherokee County0.01,03924,5344216

Biggest Alabama outages of 2020

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Baldwin County, ALSeptember 15, 2020 02:15October 4, 2020 20:4519d 18h126,28611.8M
2Mobile County, ALSeptember 13, 2020 19:30September 27, 2020 01:4513d 6h110,1356.2M
3Mobile County, ALOctober 28, 2020 07:15November 9, 2020 04:1511d 21h110,1354.4M
4Shelby County, ALOctober 29, 2020 03:00November 5, 2020 06:007d 3h59,2162.1M
5Jefferson County, ALJanuary 11, 2020 02:00January 17, 2020 03:156d 1h52,800264K
6Baldwin County, ALOctober 28, 2020 12:45November 4, 2020 03:006d 14h50,503668K
7Madison County, ALAugust 24, 2020 15:30August 24, 2020 20:455h 15m36,965102K
8Madison County, ALAugust 24, 2020 00:15August 24, 2020 05:455h 30m35,28052K
9Jefferson County, ALApril 9, 2020 06:45April 22, 2020 06:4513d34,661692K
10Madison County, ALJune 29, 2020 02:30June 29, 2020 07:004h 30m34,64052K
11Jefferson County, ALMay 17, 2020 12:00May 22, 2020 03:304d 15h34,17661K
12Talladega County, ALOctober 29, 2020 02:30November 11, 2020 02:0012d 23h30,8221.6M
13Calhoun County, ALOctober 29, 2020 07:00November 7, 2020 04:008d 21h30,4581.8M
14Montgomery County, ALOctober 29, 2020 02:15November 5, 2020 02:157d29,346370K
15Elmore County, ALOctober 29, 2020 05:00November 6, 2020 03:157d 22h28,606948K
16Madison County, ALAugust 11, 2020 09:30August 11, 2020 11:452h 15m26,64727K
17Mobile County, ALMay 17, 2020 19:15May 18, 2020 06:4511h 30m25,74140K
18Baldwin County, ALNovember 24, 2020 13:00November 24, 2020 20:457h 45m24,32611K
19Montgomery County, ALApril 12, 2020 20:00April 15, 2020 01:152d 5h22,798366K
20Chilton County, ALOctober 29, 2020 03:15November 6, 2020 05:008d 1h19,4141.7M
21Dallas County, ALOctober 29, 2020 02:00November 8, 2020 04:0010d 2h19,3581.9M
22Mobile County, ALJune 6, 2020 15:30June 10, 2020 05:153d 13h16,818139K
23Jefferson County, ALJuly 12, 2020 07:45July 16, 2020 09:154d 1h16,62183K
24Madison County, ALMarch 25, 2020 00:00March 25, 2020 09:009h16,12134K
25St. Clair County, ALOctober 29, 2020 03:30November 4, 2020 21:306d 18h16,066530K
EAGLE-I tracked about 81% of Alabama's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Alabama by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAMSNJNCWV

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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