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2020 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Florida customer went without power for about 3.6 hours, the 36th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.6
vs prior year
▲ 96%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
40.7M
Peak customers out
260,415
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
97%
of FL customers
Counties reporting
67

Florida year over year

Florida: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 7.1h; 2017: 48.8h; 2018: 5.4h, coverage 97%; 2019: 1.9h, coverage 97%; 2020: 3.6h, coverage 97%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 98%; 2022: 20.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 24.2h; 2025: 2.0h02040600%50%100%1.6h20157.1h201648.8h20175.4h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.8h20223.4h202324.2h20242.0h2025
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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 Florida; September was the worst.

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Florida customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 1.0M, Feb 2.5M, Mar 982K, Apr 2.3M, May 1.9M, Jun 2.1M, Jul 2.5M, Aug 2.7M, Sep 17.8M, Oct 1.7M, Nov 3.5M, Dec 1.6M05M10M15M20M1.0MJan2.5MFeb982KMar2.3MApr1.9MMay2.1MJun2.5MJul2.7MAug17.8MSep1.7MOct3.5MNov1.6MDec
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All 67 Florida 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
1Escambia County66.112.0M180,891156,882639
2Santa Rosa County33.53.3M96,90760,369897
3Liberty County14.163K4,4593,085322
4Clay County9.2752K81,94145,0581,144
5Washington County8.8150K17,0623,408421
6Calhoun County8.778K9,0023,062401
7Hamilton County8.777K8,8882,630513
8Okaloosa County8.21.1M131,23535,842823
9Jefferson County8.159K7,2832,056505
10Gulf County7.674K9,7223,601521
11Franklin County7.031K4,460974361
12Holmes County6.684K12,7003,096478
13Wakulla County6.592K14,1482,926805
14Columbia County6.4245K38,56212,414948
15Madison County6.158K9,4152,289483
16Lafayette County5.224K4,645898438
17Pinellas County4.91.8M361,14737,065327
18Baker County4.877K15,9175,107616
19Gilchrist County4.861K12,8035,037665
20Levy County4.4122K27,8164,214888
21Jackson County4.4128K29,4153,498712
22Okeechobee County4.276K18,2235,041655
23Taylor County4.150K12,0563,298513
24Indian River County3.9244K62,0704,660611
25Union County3.944K11,3573,363307
26Walton County3.9279K71,3997,535838
27Bay County3.8335K88,6927,572752
28Dixie County3.753K14,1932,003571
29Suwannee County3.7102K27,9856,418947
30Citrus County3.6289K81,2826,0621,039
31Bradford County3.461K17,6795,357553
32Marion County3.4741K217,64711,133803
33Nassau County3.4178K52,49311,132891
34Palm Beach County3.21.7M539,72856,492103
35Highlands County3.2124K39,0504,623983
36Leon County3.2623K196,85810,6491,202
37Volusia County3.1612K198,92211,878526
38Miami-Dade County3.02.9M951,39120,44510
39Gadsden County3.0107K36,0143,953819
40Putnam County2.9148K51,83914,070889
41St. Johns County2.5288K116,5938,138737
42Alachua County2.2491K218,54821,0281,067
43Pasco County2.2612K279,26017,800762
44Seminole County2.2441K201,7767,033638
45Orange County2.1859K402,6187,527461
46Hernando County2.1230K108,45312,5841,162
47Charlotte County2.1275K129,88910,120669
48Glades County2.013K6,357343250
49Hendry County2.048K23,9124,195481
50Hardee County1.922K11,7961,144606
51Polk County1.9585K313,95416,293746
52Collier County1.8523K288,89516,551439
53Martin County1.8201K111,1205,141576
54DeSoto County1.838K21,1293,046557
55Brevard County1.8602K338,12922,695324
56Flagler County1.8104K58,7646,901767
57Manatee County1.8470K266,4089,360587
58Broward County1.62.0M1,298,25631,65419
59Sarasota County1.5473K310,64614,642384
60Lake County1.4289K199,3725,961909
61Duval County1.4685K483,03412,348999
62St. Lucie County1.3282K222,1658,841550
63Lee County1.2749K628,63517,626387
64Hillsborough County1.21.2M998,90616,420542
65Monroe County1.1119K103,90615,588566
66Sumter County0.877K102,3913,4981,047
67Osceola County0.7123K179,8496,110932

Biggest Florida 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
1Escambia County, FLSeptember 15, 2020 01:30October 2, 2020 03:4517d 2h156,88211.5M
2Santa Rosa County, FLSeptember 15, 2020 07:30September 23, 2020 02:007d 18h60,3693.1M
3Palm Beach County, FLApril 26, 2020 05:00May 1, 2020 03:154d 22h56,492232K
4Clay County, FLFebruary 6, 2020 13:30February 9, 2020 17:453d 4h45,058305K
5Pinellas County, FLNovember 11, 2020 10:45November 21, 2020 07:309d 20h37,065499K
6Okaloosa County, FLSeptember 15, 2020 01:45September 21, 2020 00:005d 22h35,842915K
7Pinellas County, FLJanuary 7, 2020 00:30January 8, 2020 05:301d 5h34,12759K
8Clay County, FLJuly 27, 2020 09:00July 28, 2020 07:3022h 30m31,75882K
9Broward County, FLJune 14, 2020 11:15December 20, 2020 11:45189d31,6541.4M
10Clay County, FLSeptember 25, 2020 09:00September 25, 2020 15:306h 30m26,701115K
11Clay County, FLJuly 11, 2020 00:45July 11, 2020 03:152h 30m22,9165,807
12Clay County, FLSeptember 24, 2020 11:30September 24, 2020 12:451h 15m22,7249,875
13Brevard County, FLApril 23, 2020 11:45April 24, 2020 04:1516h 30m22,69512K
14Escambia County, FLOctober 28, 2020 10:30October 31, 2020 03:152d 16h22,143217K
15Alachua County, FLDecember 24, 2020 16:00December 26, 2020 05:451d 13h21,028105K
16Miami-Dade County, FLMay 4, 2020 10:45November 30, 2020 10:00209d 23h20,4452.2M
17Pasco County, FLFebruary 6, 2020 14:15February 8, 2020 04:451d 14h17,80055K
18Clay County, FLMay 13, 2020 12:00May 13, 2020 13:451h 45m17,77322K
19Lee County, FLSeptember 19, 2020 16:45September 22, 2020 10:152d 17h17,62644K
20Lee County, FLAugust 28, 2020 11:30September 1, 2020 10:453d 23h16,89628K
21Collier County, FLJuly 29, 2020 13:15August 1, 2020 05:002d 15h16,55112K
22Hillsborough County, FLMay 27, 2020 11:45May 28, 2020 07:0019h 15m16,42017K
23Polk County, FLOctober 19, 2020 04:45October 22, 2020 02:152d 21h16,29312K
24Palm Beach County, FLNovember 6, 2020 07:00November 15, 2020 11:459d 4h16,020254K
25Pinellas County, FLFebruary 3, 2020 08:45February 5, 2020 03:301d 18h15,60031K
EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Florida'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.
Florida by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
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Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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