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2020 Arkansas Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 10.4 hours, the 10th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.4
vs prior year
▲ 70%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
17.2M
Peak customers out
131,214
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of AR customers
Counties reporting
75

Arkansas year over year

Arkansas: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.7h; 2016: 5.4h; 2017: 4.4h; 2018: 4.4h, coverage 78%; 2019: 6.1h, coverage 83%; 2020: 10.4h, coverage 86%; 2021: 5.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 6.8h, coverage 86%; 2023: 13.6h; 2024: 8.5h; 2025: 8.1h0510150%50%100%3.7h20155.4h20164.4h20174.4h20186.1h201910.4h20205.4h20216.8h202213.6h20238.5h20248.1h2025
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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 Arkansas; April was the worst.

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Arkansas customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 1.3M, Feb 201K, Mar 349K, Apr 9.5M, May 878K, Jun 754K, Jul 665K, Aug 2.1M, Sep 489K, Oct 297K, Nov 413K, Dec 253K02.5M5M7.5M10M1.3MJan201KFeb349KMar9.5MApr878KMay754KJun665KJul2.1MAug489KSep297KOct413KNov253KDec
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All 75 Arkansas 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
1Arkansas County144.91.4M9,4099,409538
2Dallas County132.1429K3,2463,246256
3Bradley County101.6555K5,4634,182188
4Drew County72.3656K9,0737,043367
5Chicot County71.5336K4,7034,313385
6Jefferson County69.82.4M33,92724,409667
7Phillips County61.9602K9,7276,537481
8Ashley County61.3564K9,2035,501433
9Ouachita County58.6780K13,3158,863425
10Cleveland County55.9190K3,4011,342105
11Desha County50.1274K5,4625,462339
12Hot Spring County47.3711K15,02912,489568
13Grant County46.9410K8,7324,246323
14Sevier County42.1240K5,6995,699494
15Prairie County39.0153K3,9171,298488
16Union County38.0756K19,8928,280580
17Lafayette County35.899K2,7762,168297
18Nevada County34.2137K4,0201,989170
19Columbia County32.1368K11,4546,114463
20Clark County29.6353K11,9357,014341
21Monroe County28.4106K3,7332,191474
22Calhoun County28.0100K3,55557478
23Cross County25.4202K7,9406,499527
24Pike County24.1124K5,1332,626240
25Little River County19.872K3,6232,115454
26Montgomery County19.380K4,1304,130392
27Hempstead County16.0181K11,3302,010357
28Woodruff County14.952K3,4952,172321
29Conway County12.7159K12,5673,778402
30Yell County10.9106K9,7282,269470
31Lincoln County10.057K5,681799107
32Garland County9.4467K49,7346,339824
33Clay County9.259K6,4661,309173
34Lee County8.840K4,5191,807444
35Izard County8.371K8,5722,233515
36Perry County7.649K6,3785,980354
37Mississippi County7.2130K17,9312,856567
38Independence County7.0135K19,3065,786607
39Marion County6.957K8,2702,005380
40Lawrence County6.549K7,4662,468375
41Logan County6.477K11,9522,697396
42St. Francis County6.279K12,6943,535609
43Miller County5.992K15,5164,860819
44Sharp County5.862K10,7582,763592
45Franklin County5.660K10,6113,752253
46Pope County5.4173K32,1524,862612
47Poinsett County5.252K10,1541,791456
48White County4.9199K40,50221,460842
49Newton County4.718K3,8133,607288
50Saline County4.7233K49,7358,471818
51Crittenden County4.6117K25,5744,570514
52Stone County4.630K6,6292,108355
53Scott County4.522K4,965919211
54Randolph County4.238K8,9281,481117
55Lonoke County4.1193K46,8503,980832
56Pulaski County4.0999K247,28711,78074
57Carroll County3.663K17,6023,306609
58Jackson County3.529K8,3741,946254
59Cleburne County3.460K17,9463,375564
60Baxter County3.189K28,4714,359842
61Howard County2.817K6,087740182
62Johnson County2.648K18,7272,369270
63Fulton County2.519K7,30077945
64Boone County2.241K18,6598,971605
65Polk County2.124K11,5722,014261
66Faulkner County2.0128K63,6792,951678
67Sebastian County1.9147K77,7276,320559
68Searcy County1.913K7,013566140
69Crawford County1.556K36,2512,510517
70Madison County1.521K13,4521,966288
71Benton County1.5185K123,59312,463645
72Washington County0.9133K149,9903,473866
73Craighead County0.649K75,6962,219485
74Greene County0.411K31,4331,369378
75Van Buren County0.036815,56725723

Biggest Arkansas 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
1Jefferson County, ARApril 12, 2020 08:15April 27, 2020 03:0014d 18h24,4092.1M
2White County, ARJuly 30, 2020 12:30July 31, 2020 00:4512h 15m21,46046K
3Hot Spring County, ARApril 12, 2020 20:15April 18, 2020 21:006d12,489609K
4Benton County, ARSeptember 10, 2020 12:15October 29, 2020 20:3049d 8h12,46338K
5Pulaski County, ARSeptember 24, 2020 03:30October 13, 2020 07:0019d 3h11,78042K
6Pulaski County, ARMay 7, 2020 10:15May 23, 2020 03:0015d 16h11,70634K
7Pulaski County, ARJune 16, 2020 09:45July 21, 2020 03:4534d 18h10,271180K
8Arkansas County, ARApril 12, 2020 12:15April 30, 2020 23:1518d 11h9,4091.3M
9Boone County, ARNovember 2, 2020 06:15November 2, 2020 06:3015m8,9712,243
10Ouachita County, ARApril 12, 2020 13:00April 20, 2020 22:458d 9h8,863550K
11Saline County, ARMay 25, 2020 21:45May 26, 2020 23:301d 1h8,47116K
12Union County, ARAugust 27, 2020 12:45September 2, 2020 18:006d 5h8,280430K
13Benton County, ARJuly 22, 2020 05:30July 22, 2020 11:306h8,1488,804
14Pulaski County, ARAugust 25, 2020 14:15September 5, 2020 01:1510d 11h7,866175K
15Drew County, ARApril 13, 2020 01:45April 19, 2020 20:156d 18h7,043517K
16Clark County, ARApril 13, 2020 00:15April 18, 2020 02:455d 2h7,014291K
17Pulaski County, ARDecember 11, 2020 11:00December 31, 2020 00:1519d 13h6,59134K
18Phillips County, ARApril 13, 2020 02:15April 24, 2020 13:0011d 10h6,537487K
19Cross County, ARMay 22, 2020 20:30May 25, 2020 22:453d 2h6,499127K
20Garland County, ARApril 12, 2020 06:45April 16, 2020 20:004d 13h6,339181K
21Sebastian County, ARJuly 3, 2020 22:15July 4, 2020 00:001h 45m6,3206,369
22Saline County, ARJune 3, 2020 04:45June 4, 2020 11:451d 7h6,1686,640
23Columbia County, ARAugust 27, 2020 13:00September 1, 2020 03:154d 14h6,114158K
24Perry County, ARMarch 29, 2020 17:30March 30, 2020 01:157h 45m5,98037K
25Independence County, ARJuly 30, 2020 17:00July 31, 2020 01:008h5,78632K
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Arkansas'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.
Arkansas by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALMSNJNC

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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