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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 any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.6
Peak customers out
156,882
Rank (worst state)
36th
Counties affected
20

Florida outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2020 highlighted.

1.6h20157.1h201649.3h20175.5h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.9h20223.4h202324.6h20242.1h2025

Hardest-hit Florida counties in 2020

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

1Escambia County156,8822Santa Rosa County60,3693Palm Beach County56,4924Clay County45,0585Pinellas County37,0656Okaloosa County35,8427Broward County31,6548Brevard County22,6959Alachua County21,02810Miami-Dade County20,44511Pasco County17,80012Lee County17,62613Collier County16,55114Hillsborough County16,42015Polk County16,29316Monroe County15,58817Sarasota County14,64218Putnam County14,07019Hernando County12,58420Columbia County12,414

Biggest Florida outages of 2020

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Escambia CountySeptember 15, 2020156,882
Santa Rosa CountySeptember 15, 202060,369
Palm Beach CountyApril 26, 202056,492
Clay CountyFebruary 6, 202045,058
Pinellas CountyNovember 11, 202037,065
Okaloosa CountySeptember 15, 202035,842
Pinellas CountyJanuary 7, 202034,127
Clay CountyJuly 27, 202031,758
Broward CountyJune 14, 202031,654
Clay CountySeptember 25, 202026,701
Florida by year:20252024202320222021201920182017
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALNC

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.