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2020 Oklahoma Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Oklahoma customer went without power for about 27.7 hours, the 3rd worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
27.7
vs prior year
▲ 457%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
57.3M
Peak customers out
379,391
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
93%
of OK customers
Counties reporting
77

Oklahoma year over year

Oklahoma: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 5.1h; 2016: 4.1h; 2017: 3.2h; 2018: 2.7h, coverage 89%; 2019: 5.0h, coverage 90%; 2020: 27.7h, coverage 93%; 2021: 3.2h, coverage 93%; 2022: 3.5h, coverage 94%; 2023: 14.1h; 2024: 4.8h; 2025: 4.9h01020300%50%100%5.1h20154.1h20163.2h20172.7h20185.0h201927.7h20203.2h20213.5h202214.1h20234.8h20244.9h2025
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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 Oklahoma; October was the worst.

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Oklahoma customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 218K, Feb 148K, Mar 261K, Apr 419K, May 912K, Jun 669K, Jul 2.7M, Aug 352K, Sep 511K, Oct 31.2M, Nov 19.3M, Dec 543K010M20M30M40M218KJan148KFeb261KMar419KApr912KMay669KJun2.7MJul352KAug511KSep31.2MOct19.3MNov543KDec
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All 77 Oklahoma counties, 2020

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Caddo County141.01.9M13,54013,540980
2Oklahoma County100.035.0M350,091193,316660
3Logan County78.51.7M22,06712,591366
4Kiowa County64.3269K4,1754,175405
5Washita County52.1274K5,2625,075455
6Blaine County48.8208K4,2663,550308
7Canadian County47.94.1M84,80038,173610
8Kingfisher County47.5314K6,6085,513373
9Lincoln County44.3750K16,93311,593480
10Grady County42.71.1M24,93817,833765
11Roger Mills County36.771K1,9291,846222
12Noble County36.6208K5,6892,607251
13Custer County29.1446K15,34115,245600
14Pottawatomie County27.91.1M40,44415,242543
15Ellis County25.463K2,4882,488221
16Cleveland County20.43.1M151,48833,745557
17Garfield County19.8729K36,8378,760179
18Dewey County19.250K2,6231,206198
19Harper County17.436K2,0611,443269
20Tillman County16.153K3,2951,016236
21Pawnee County15.7118K7,5172,362447
22Pittsburg County14.6385K26,4125,043997
23Le Flore County13.9416K29,8919,363726
24Latimer County9.956K5,6391,925516
25McClain County9.8222K22,6255,566572
26Payne County9.3579K62,30623,164599
27Grant County8.921K2,353665203
28Murray County8.890K10,1245,448249
29Beaver County8.335K4,214781423
30Sequoyah County8.0269K33,5328,520595
31Jefferson County7.919K2,4201,293343
32Harmon County7.811K1,4711,18657
33Marshall County6.859K8,7464,217377
34Woodward County6.796K14,4325,629440
35Cotton County6.315K2,361852217
36Muskogee County6.3174K27,5285,607212
37Osage County6.1132K21,6431,667729
38Beckham County5.976K12,8185,622602
39Hughes County5.741K7,1782,784379
40Comanche County5.6322K57,3335,829862
41Mayes County5.692K16,5984,823841
42Creek County5.5238K42,9573,311402
43Major County5.421K3,939970334
44Pushmataha County5.035K6,938958344
45Coal County4.917K3,4411,248299
46Jackson County4.991K18,5182,646218
47Seminole County4.663K13,6501,725315
48Garvin County4.696K21,0004,071534
49Pontotoc County4.5130K28,5704,365706
50Craig County4.421K4,7711,158590
51Johnston County4.330K7,0451,134209
52McIntosh County4.248K11,4781,390180
53Delaware County4.298K23,6944,5651,066
54Wagoner County4.2124K29,7787,319796
55Love County4.124K5,9011,598307
56Haskell County3.627K7,7003,009428
57Alfalfa County3.412K3,4141,100291
58Stephens County3.487K25,6473,307580
59Choctaw County3.432K9,4441,239443
60Bryan County3.295K29,7232,43641
61Okfuskee County3.218K5,7631,157327
62Atoka County3.225K7,9131,127360
63Cimarron County2.92,747955549179
64Washington County2.846K16,4082,709855
65Nowata County2.87,5272,678331376
66Carter County2.882K29,8053,282194
67Tulsa County2.6795K307,61734,075609
68Okmulgee County2.654K20,9988,159619
69McCurtain County2.041K21,0452,539565
70Greer County2.07,7673,96726749
71Rogers County1.890K49,3073,198860
72Cherokee County1.645K27,3881,757573
73Kay County1.348K37,1061,678264
74Ottawa County1.224K19,735920504
75Woods County0.94,9015,498729180
76Texas County0.713K19,8761,830555
77Adair County0.11,97520,802454124

Biggest Oklahoma outages of 2020

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Oklahoma County, OKOctober 26, 2020 04:15November 13, 2020 08:0018d 3h193,31633.3M
2Canadian County, OKOctober 26, 2020 10:30December 2, 2020 18:3037d 8h38,1733.8M
3Tulsa County, OKJuly 11, 2020 15:00July 15, 2020 05:303d 14h34,075334K
4Cleveland County, OKOctober 26, 2020 18:45November 11, 2020 03:0015d 8h33,7452.5M
5Cleveland County, OKJuly 12, 2020 01:45July 14, 2020 23:002d 21h26,619361K
6Tulsa County, OKJune 13, 2020 21:45June 14, 2020 08:1510h 30m24,63956K
7Oklahoma County, OKJuly 12, 2020 05:00July 14, 2020 13:452d 8h23,866284K
8Payne County, OKOctober 26, 2020 16:15November 4, 2020 01:008d 8h23,164519K
9Oklahoma County, OKNovember 14, 2020 17:15November 16, 2020 04:301d 11h21,182233K
10Grady County, OKOctober 24, 2020 18:30November 18, 2020 02:1524d 7h17,833994K
11Oklahoma County, OKMay 14, 2020 03:30May 16, 2020 13:452d 10h17,797231K
12Custer County, OKOctober 26, 2020 15:45November 4, 2020 21:459d 6h15,245409K
13Pottawatomie County, OKOctober 26, 2020 12:45November 4, 2020 19:309d 6h15,2421.0M
14Oklahoma County, OKJuly 10, 2020 14:45July 12, 2020 03:001d 12h13,910109K
15Caddo County, OKOctober 26, 2020 10:45December 16, 2020 19:0051d 8h13,5401.9M
16Logan County, OKOctober 26, 2020 09:15November 17, 2020 16:3022d 7h12,5911.7M
17Lincoln County, OKOctober 26, 2020 14:30November 5, 2020 14:159d 23h11,593683K
18Tulsa County, OKJuly 29, 2020 13:00August 1, 2020 03:152d 14h9,70222K
19Le Flore County, OKJuly 12, 2020 03:30July 15, 2020 07:153d 3h9,363268K
20Oklahoma County, OKApril 8, 2020 21:15April 9, 2020 01:304h 15m9,31824K
21Oklahoma County, OKJune 20, 2020 13:00June 22, 2020 19:452d 6h9,29130K
22Garfield County, OKOctober 27, 2020 14:00November 5, 2020 00:458d 10h8,760587K
23Oklahoma County, OKAugust 31, 2020 22:45September 2, 2020 08:001d 9h8,54571K
24Sequoyah County, OKFebruary 12, 2020 18:00February 13, 2020 03:459h 45m8,5209,524
25Okmulgee County, OKJune 13, 2020 21:15June 13, 2020 23:452h 30m8,1592,048
EAGLE-I tracked about 93% of Oklahoma'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.
Oklahoma by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEIAALMSNJNCWV

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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