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2020 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 22.1 hours — the 5th worst of any US state that year, 4.1× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
22.1
Peak customers out
143,114
Rank (worst state)
5th
Counties affected
20

Alabama outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2020 highlighted.

0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201922.1h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Alabama counties in 2020

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Mobile County143,1142Baldwin County126,2863Shelby County59,2164Jefferson County52,8005Madison County36,9656Talladega County30,8227Calhoun County30,4588Montgomery County29,3469Elmore County28,60610Chilton County23,21711Dallas County22,93512St. Clair County16,06613Tallapoosa County15,36814Autauga County14,65215Tuscaloosa County13,99916Blount County13,47017Lee County12,15918Walker County10,66719Etowah County10,44120Randolph County10,098

Biggest Alabama outages of 2020

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Mobile CountySeptember 13, 2020143,114
Baldwin CountySeptember 15, 2020126,286
Mobile CountyOctober 28, 2020114,468
Shelby CountyOctober 29, 202059,216
Jefferson CountyJanuary 11, 202052,800
Baldwin CountyOctober 28, 202050,503
Madison CountyAugust 24, 202036,965
Madison CountyAugust 24, 202035,280
Jefferson CountyApril 9, 202034,661
Madison CountyJune 29, 202034,640
Alabama by year:20252024202320222021201920182017
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIANCMS

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.