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2020 Indiana Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Indiana customer went without power for about 3.9 hours, the 34th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.9
vs prior year
▲ 27%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
12.8M
Peak customers out
146,706
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of IN customers
Counties reporting
92

Indiana year over year

Indiana: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.9h; 2016: 3.1h; 2017: 2.5h; 2018: 3.9h, coverage 79%; 2019: 3.1h, coverage 82%; 2020: 3.9h, coverage 86%; 2021: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 4.4h, coverage 86%; 2023: 5.9h; 2024: 5.1h; 2025: 6.4h024680%50%100%2.9h20153.1h20162.5h20173.9h20183.1h20193.9h20204.4h20214.4h20225.9h20235.1h20246.4h2025
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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 Indiana; August was the worst.

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Indiana customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 361K, Feb 202K, Mar 437K, Apr 2.0M, May 816K, Jun 1.8M, Jul 1.5M, Aug 3.4M, Sep 439K, Oct 543K, Nov 899K, Dec 364K01M2M3M4M361KJan202KFeb437KMar2.0MApr816KMay1.8MJun1.5MJul3.4MAug439KSep543KOct899KNov364KDec
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All 92 Indiana 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
1Knox County30.2479K15,84310,907284
2Brown County16.7120K7,1843,641638
3Union County10.824K2,229930460
4Martin County10.352K5,0442,16859
5St. Joseph County9.4897K94,89912,316833
6Owen County8.4111K13,3102,863636
7Fayette County8.268K8,3025,068544
8Morgan County8.1259K31,87311,374893
9Fountain County8.045K5,6082,872238
10Crawford County7.835K4,5371,516190
11Dearborn County7.7150K19,5635,572569
12Warrick County7.4113K15,2155,274522
13Rush County7.356K7,6954,816241
14Lake County7.11.8M252,56540,845605
15Kosciusko County7.0284K40,3959,800688
16LaGrange County7.089K12,7964,214344
17Porter County6.9582K84,00012,712679
18Carroll County6.967K9,7462,767190
19Ripley County6.7108K16,1074,289470
20Howard County6.2255K41,3678,622606
21Switzerland County6.129K4,7222,383278
22LaPorte County5.7333K58,2426,085831
23Sullivan County5.543K7,8232,096202
24Monroe County5.4405K75,4249,511833
25Elkhart County5.1364K70,7997,824804
26Harrison County5.075K14,8092,220686
27Bartholomew County4.9157K32,2127,412612
28Allen County4.8757K156,66113,222780
29Vermillion County4.833K6,8862,380258
30Benton County4.719K4,1321,413147
31Steuben County4.781K17,4314,212360
32Lawrence County4.697K21,2266,495585
33Putnam County4.577K17,1392,445553
34Franklin County4.438K8,5791,136516
35Jefferson County4.368K15,9131,718444
36Vigo County4.2219K51,60910,943781
37Ohio County4.112K2,86059597
38Floyd County4.0133K33,2465,949706
39Jennings County4.053K13,3932,708330
40Starke County3.939K10,0091,579276
41Pike County3.818K4,6551,401173
42Clark County3.7213K57,05114,305832
43Clay County3.749K13,1632,247261
44Noble County3.690K24,9792,723362
45Spencer County3.535K9,9698,205209
46Tipton County3.422K6,6041,712165
47Whitley County3.4103K30,5647,043516
48Madison County3.3254K76,3249,250731
49Tippecanoe County3.3233K71,06710,696833
50Posey County3.338K11,6877,311363
51Marshall County3.266K20,9862,200392
52Hamilton County3.0472K159,18725,996787
53Wabash County2.932K11,0951,444238
54Orange County2.935K12,1731,751115
55Delaware County2.8229K81,3955,261852
56Randolph County2.731K11,481942468
57Johnson County2.6152K57,4205,731458
58Hendricks County2.5191K75,18116,873822
59Parke County2.419K7,700432127
60Washington County2.329K12,3481,281212
61Blackford County2.318K7,8721,997224
62Clinton County2.244K19,8552,411241
63Newton County2.114K6,445727267
64Grant County2.1101K47,7713,791662
65Henry County2.139K18,8063,039402
66Daviess County2.040K19,8593,031120
67Gibson County2.030K14,9411,369351
68Warren County2.07,1643,59175168
69Adams County2.024K12,0123,836267
70Shelby County1.937K18,9092,710234
71White County1.924K12,7591,693315
72Fulton County1.917K9,0141,391166
73Scott County1.924K12,8511,171233
74Marion County1.8899K493,30418,720388
75Vanderburgh County1.6173K106,03635,769451
76Decatur County1.621K12,8841,743235
77Jay County1.413K9,4952,099241
78DeKalb County1.341K30,1851,806366
79Montgomery County1.330K22,7112,803303
80Wayne County1.351K40,3112,173550
81Pulaski County1.27,5496,086712137
82Huntington County1.116K13,799793195
83Hancock County1.145K40,2562,244282
84Jackson County1.126K23,3401,643268
85Miami County0.816K21,32581586
86Boone County0.831K40,7081,878361
87Cass County0.614K24,29886974
88Jasper County0.59,97419,212687183
89Greene County0.58,62818,6021,191125
90Wells County0.47,42717,366778163
91Perry County0.014710,4691934
92Dubois County0.0131,71811

Biggest Indiana 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
1Lake County, INAugust 11, 2020 02:15August 11, 2020 05:153h40,845112K
2Vanderburgh County, INJanuary 21, 2020 14:30January 22, 2020 04:3014h35,76916K
3Lake County, INAugust 11, 2020 06:45August 17, 2020 06:005d 23h35,616982K
4Hamilton County, INApril 9, 2020 00:45April 11, 2020 05:002d 4h25,996255K
5Lake County, INAugust 10, 2020 23:30August 11, 2020 00:301h19,96114K
6Marion County, INAugust 9, 2020 11:45August 13, 2020 02:003d 14h18,720122K
7Lake County, INJune 7, 2020 21:15June 8, 2020 08:1511h17,63541K
8Hendricks County, INNovember 15, 2020 12:30November 18, 2020 08:452d 20h16,87318K
9Marion County, INJuly 24, 2020 09:00July 30, 2020 07:455d 22h16,561148K
10Lake County, INAugust 10, 2020 11:30August 10, 2020 22:4511h 15m14,6809,418
11Clark County, INJuly 11, 2020 20:15July 13, 2020 12:151d 16h14,30586K
12Allen County, INJune 9, 2020 10:00June 13, 2020 01:453d 15h13,222228K
13Porter County, INAugust 11, 2020 06:45August 15, 2020 21:454d 15h12,712277K
14St. Joseph County, INNovember 21, 2020 13:00November 22, 2020 01:4512h 45m12,31631K
15St. Joseph County, INMay 23, 2020 20:30May 26, 2020 22:303d 2h11,939299K
16Morgan County, INApril 8, 2020 19:00April 11, 2020 02:152d 7h11,37479K
17Allen County, INAugust 10, 2020 13:45August 14, 2020 00:303d 10h11,299171K
18Vigo County, INAugust 10, 2020 23:00August 12, 2020 09:151d 10h10,94355K
19Knox County, INApril 9, 2020 01:30April 12, 2020 08:153d 6h10,907464K
20Tippecanoe County, INJanuary 14, 2020 16:00January 14, 2020 23:157h 15m10,6969,626
21St. Joseph County, INAugust 9, 2020 23:15August 14, 2020 03:454d 4h10,653187K
22Marion County, INDecember 8, 2020 13:15December 9, 2020 12:4523h 30m10,2999,385
23Marion County, INDecember 18, 2020 17:45December 19, 2020 01:307h 45m10,2442,619
24Porter County, INAugust 11, 2020 02:15August 11, 2020 05:153h9,94724K
25Kosciusko County, INAugust 10, 2020 22:45August 17, 2020 16:006d 17h9,800108K
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Indiana'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.
Indiana 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.