2020 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2020, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 4.3 hours, the 31st worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.3
vs prior year
▲ 131%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
2.2M
Peak customers out
61,367
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware counties, 2020
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 | New Castle County | 7.7 | 1.5M | 191,056 | 28,933 | 504 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 2.7 | 589K | 218,986 | 34,852 | 1,011 |
| 3 | Kent County | 1.4 | 137K | 98,370 | 10,992 | 812 |
Biggest Delaware outages of 2020
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussex County, DE | August 4, 2020 11:00 | August 7, 2020 04:30 | 2d 17h | 34,852 | 290K |
| 2 | New Castle County, DE | August 4, 2020 08:00 | August 15, 2020 14:00 | 11d 6h | 28,933 | 994K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | November 13, 2020 08:15 | November 13, 2020 20:00 | 11h 45m | 18,587 | 37K |
| 4 | Sussex County, DE | April 13, 2020 10:15 | April 14, 2020 07:15 | 21h | 12,454 | 29K |
| 5 | New Castle County, DE | December 24, 2020 14:45 | December 27, 2020 22:45 | 3d 8h | 12,139 | 60K |
| 6 | Kent County, DE | July 6, 2020 19:45 | July 7, 2020 15:15 | 19h 30m | 10,992 | 8,320 |
| 7 | Sussex County, DE | March 22, 2020 13:15 | March 23, 2020 04:15 | 15h | 9,900 | 2,495 |
| 8 | New Castle County, DE | February 26, 2020 11:45 | February 26, 2020 12:00 | 15m | 8,657 | 2,164 |
| 9 | Sussex County, DE | December 24, 2020 23:30 | December 25, 2020 18:15 | 18h 45m | 6,987 | 13K |
| 10 | Kent County, DE | August 4, 2020 08:45 | August 6, 2020 04:30 | 1d 19h | 6,646 | 62K |
| 11 | New Castle County, DE | February 7, 2020 13:15 | February 9, 2020 04:45 | 1d 15h | 6,414 | 26K |
| 12 | Sussex County, DE | March 13, 2020 21:45 | March 14, 2020 08:00 | 10h 15m | 6,045 | 8,466 |
| 13 | New Castle County, DE | April 8, 2020 21:30 | April 11, 2020 09:15 | 2d 11h | 5,015 | 34K |
| 14 | Sussex County, DE | June 17, 2020 03:45 | June 17, 2020 09:45 | 6h | 4,331 | 8,190 |
| 15 | New Castle County, DE | December 16, 2020 08:45 | December 19, 2020 02:15 | 2d 17h | 4,284 | 47K |
| 16 | Sussex County, DE | February 7, 2020 12:00 | February 8, 2020 01:15 | 13h 15m | 4,237 | 6,276 |
| 17 | New Castle County, DE | November 8, 2020 13:00 | November 9, 2020 05:00 | 16h | 4,226 | 5,674 |
| 18 | Sussex County, DE | May 20, 2020 09:45 | May 20, 2020 15:30 | 5h 45m | 4,019 | 1,924 |
| 19 | New Castle County, DE | November 15, 2020 13:15 | November 17, 2020 03:00 | 1d 13h | 3,793 | 11K |
| 20 | Sussex County, DE | September 6, 2020 12:00 | September 7, 2020 08:00 | 20h | 3,555 | 8,213 |
| 21 | New Castle County, DE | August 27, 2020 11:45 | August 30, 2020 02:45 | 2d 15h | 3,258 | 9,769 |
| 22 | New Castle County, DE | July 27, 2020 10:00 | July 29, 2020 08:30 | 1d 22h | 3,252 | 10K |
| 23 | New Castle County, DE | August 20, 2020 10:45 | August 20, 2020 21:30 | 10h 45m | 3,083 | 9,095 |
| 24 | Sussex County, DE | February 21, 2020 14:00 | February 21, 2020 21:30 | 7h 30m | 3,073 | 5,902 |
| 25 | Sussex County, DE | November 2, 2020 12:00 | November 3, 2020 02:00 | 14h | 2,991 | 10K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Delaware'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.
Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.