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2020 District of Columbia Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 1.5 hours, the 46th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.5
vs prior year
▼ 32%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
489K
Peak customers out
7,168
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1

District of Columbia year over year

District of Columbia: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.5h; 2016: 2.5h; 2017: 1.4h; 2018: 4.8h, coverage 100%; 2019: 2.2h, coverage 100%; 2020: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 100%; 2022: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2023: 2.5h; 2024: 1.6h; 2025: 1.8h02460%50%100%2.5h20152.5h20161.4h20174.8h20182.2h20191.5h20201.9h20211.5h20222.5h20231.6h20241.8h2025
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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 District of Columbia; July was the worst.

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District of Columbia customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 30K, Feb 43K, Mar 17K, Apr 25K, May 23K, Jun 71K, Jul 125K, Aug 33K, Sep 49K, Oct 16K, Nov 35K, Dec 23K050k100k150k30KJan43KFeb17KMar25KApr23KMay71KJun125KJul33KAug49KSep16KOct35KNov23KDec
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All 1 District of Columbia 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
1District of Columbia1.5489K325,1227,168953

Biggest District of Columbia 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
1District of Columbia, DCJune 3, 2020 04:15June 3, 2020 07:153h7,1682,907
2District of Columbia, DCJuly 19, 2020 17:15July 25, 2020 05:455d 12h6,65449K
3District of Columbia, DCJune 17, 2020 11:00June 18, 2020 01:4514h 45m4,73911K
4District of Columbia, DCJuly 6, 2020 10:00July 9, 2020 04:002d 18h4,55837K
5District of Columbia, DCJune 12, 2020 05:30June 13, 2020 03:0021h 30m4,3438,214
6District of Columbia, DCJune 11, 2020 12:15June 12, 2020 04:1516h3,9154,359
7District of Columbia, DCFebruary 15, 2020 11:45February 16, 2020 18:301d 6h3,90523K
8District of Columbia, DCJanuary 6, 2020 14:00January 6, 2020 22:008h3,8344,739
9District of Columbia, DCMay 19, 2020 12:30May 21, 2020 00:451d 12h2,8408,471
10District of Columbia, DCJune 19, 2020 13:30June 21, 2020 19:002d 5h2,5328,753
11District of Columbia, DCJune 24, 2020 11:15June 24, 2020 17:306h 15m2,449713
12District of Columbia, DCMay 30, 2020 19:15May 31, 2020 03:308h 15m2,2983,642
13District of Columbia, DCAugust 5, 2020 13:00August 6, 2020 02:3013h 30m2,2171,460
14District of Columbia, DCJune 4, 2020 11:15June 6, 2020 07:301d 20h2,1947,563
15District of Columbia, DCNovember 15, 2020 15:15November 16, 2020 08:0016h 45m2,1666,022
16District of Columbia, DCSeptember 16, 2020 12:00September 17, 2020 07:0019h2,1524,479
17District of Columbia, DCAugust 22, 2020 06:30August 22, 2020 11:305h2,1261,121
18District of Columbia, DCNovember 22, 2020 13:30November 22, 2020 15:302h2,0243,537
19District of Columbia, DCDecember 10, 2020 01:30December 10, 2020 05:304h2,024525
20District of Columbia, DCMay 31, 2020 07:30June 1, 2020 01:1517h 45m2,010854
21District of Columbia, DCJuly 3, 2020 12:30July 4, 2020 04:4516h 15m1,9933,039
22District of Columbia, DCSeptember 12, 2020 15:15September 13, 2020 10:3019h 15m1,96911K
23District of Columbia, DCSeptember 7, 2020 11:45September 7, 2020 16:004h 15m1,893554
24District of Columbia, DCJuly 10, 2020 13:15July 11, 2020 00:0010h 45m1,7701,220
25District of Columbia, DCSeptember 23, 2020 11:45September 24, 2020 00:3012h 45m1,7084,438
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of District of Columbia'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.
District of Columbia 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.