2021 Alabama Power Outage Report
In 2021, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 4.6 hours, the 22nd worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.6
vs prior year
▼ 79%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
11.8M
Peak customers out
134,842
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
81%
of AL customers
Counties reporting
65
Alabama year over year
All 65 Alabama counties, 2021
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamar County | 24.6 | 153K | 6,221 | 2,498 | 539 |
| 2 | Marion County | 23.1 | 325K | 14,058 | 5,951 | 755 |
| 3 | Wilcox County | 19.9 | 118K | 5,917 | 3,122 | 621 |
| 4 | Coosa County | 19.8 | 83K | 4,170 | 2,332 | 551 |
| 5 | Perry County | 19.5 | 87K | 4,481 | 3,332 | 478 |
| 6 | Bibb County | 18.4 | 204K | 11,037 | 4,949 | 692 |
| 7 | Chilton County | 13.8 | 267K | 19,414 | 6,703 | 942 |
| 8 | Autauga County | 13.6 | 334K | 24,619 | 15,462 | 975 |
| 9 | Winston County | 13.1 | 174K | 13,268 | 3,760 | 728 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 12.3 | 68K | 5,496 | 2,375 | 632 |
| 11 | Sumter County | 12.3 | 84K | 6,825 | 3,412 | 522 |
| 12 | Fayette County | 11.4 | 89K | 7,831 | 1,208 | 622 |
| 13 | Hale County | 11.4 | 90K | 7,916 | 3,008 | 511 |
| 14 | Randolph County | 10.5 | 85K | 8,122 | 3,465 | 710 |
| 15 | Dallas County | 10.5 | 203K | 19,358 | 4,201 | 984 |
| 16 | Cleburne County | 9.5 | 67K | 6,993 | 1,035 | 593 |
| 17 | Franklin County | 9.3 | 202K | 21,671 | 4,842 | 394 |
| 18 | Tallapoosa County | 9.0 | 199K | 22,039 | 7,606 | 777 |
| 19 | Mobile County | 8.0 | 884K | 110,135 | 19,712 | 446 |
| 20 | Elmore County | 8.0 | 309K | 38,649 | 11,804 | 1,087 |
| 21 | St. Clair County | 7.9 | 325K | 41,320 | 14,017 | 803 |
| 22 | Walker County | 7.6 | 250K | 32,987 | 7,002 | 1,013 |
| 23 | Lauderdale County | 7.2 | 354K | 49,361 | 14,852 | 728 |
| 24 | Butler County | 6.2 | 77K | 12,325 | 3,276 | 779 |
| 25 | Pickens County | 5.9 | 51K | 8,654 | 1,691 | 708 |
| 26 | Shelby County | 5.7 | 634K | 111,917 | 16,621 | 632 |
| 27 | Marengo County | 5.6 | 65K | 11,446 | 2,190 | 590 |
| 28 | Calhoun County | 5.5 | 341K | 62,182 | 9,888 | 879 |
| 29 | Jefferson County | 5.3 | 2.0M | 372,757 | 11,254 | 117 |
| 30 | Blount County | 5.3 | 144K | 27,074 | 6,219 | 877 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 5.3 | 724K | 137,566 | 23,861 | 992 |
| 32 | Clay County | 5.1 | 29K | 5,554 | 768 | 468 |
| 33 | Cullman County | 5.0 | 298K | 59,296 | 7,020 | 959 |
| 34 | Talladega County | 5.0 | 197K | 39,215 | 3,306 | 964 |
| 35 | Bullock County | 5.0 | 44K | 8,727 | 1,302 | 391 |
| 36 | Choctaw County | 4.8 | 35K | 7,230 | 1,043 | 291 |
| 37 | Geneva County | 4.6 | 54K | 11,742 | 2,211 | 875 |
| 38 | Greene County | 4.6 | 19K | 4,217 | 732 | 258 |
| 39 | Henry County | 4.3 | 35K | 8,040 | 1,756 | 506 |
| 40 | Macon County | 4.0 | 60K | 15,032 | 2,399 | 319 |
| 41 | Barbour County | 3.8 | 48K | 12,400 | 1,488 | 663 |
| 42 | Escambia County | 3.8 | 71K | 18,593 | 3,523 | 672 |
| 43 | Crenshaw County | 3.7 | 30K | 8,129 | 1,261 | 532 |
| 44 | Lee County | 3.4 | 216K | 63,579 | 14,390 | 1,048 |
| 45 | Monroe County | 3.4 | 36K | 10,522 | 1,549 | 565 |
| 46 | Etowah County | 3.4 | 183K | 54,206 | 3,102 | 967 |
| 47 | Russell County | 3.0 | 66K | 21,728 | 2,694 | 889 |
| 48 | Tuscaloosa County | 3.0 | 381K | 126,125 | 9,754 | 798 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 2.7 | 59K | 21,629 | 3,130 | 514 |
| 50 | Chambers County | 2.7 | 35K | 12,749 | 2,099 | 701 |
| 51 | Coffee County | 2.4 | 76K | 31,347 | 5,189 | 923 |
| 52 | Conecuh County | 1.5 | 9,154 | 5,906 | 441 | 151 |
| 53 | Houston County | 1.5 | 108K | 72,388 | 6,175 | 951 |
| 54 | Madison County | 1.4 | 276K | 198,793 | 32,123 | 1,094 |
| 55 | Dale County | 1.4 | 35K | 25,013 | 1,853 | 796 |
| 56 | Covington County | 1.3 | 39K | 30,321 | 3,502 | 622 |
| 57 | Pike County | 1.3 | 36K | 27,989 | 743 | 672 |
| 58 | Baldwin County | 1.2 | 240K | 195,253 | 27,879 | 598 |
| 59 | Morgan County | 0.8 | 55K | 69,963 | 4,596 | 451 |
| 60 | Washington County | 0.6 | 5,087 | 7,878 | 178 | 99 |
| 61 | Lawrence County | 0.2 | 2,929 | 13,082 | 370 | 27 |
| 62 | Jackson County | 0.2 | 6,283 | 29,336 | 825 | 22 |
| 63 | Limestone County | 0.0 | 1,584 | 52,376 | 275 | 68 |
| 64 | Marshall County | 0.0 | 913 | 52,022 | 45 | 50 |
| 65 | Cherokee County | 0.0 | 398 | 24,534 | 41 | 30 |
Biggest Alabama outages of 2021
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County, AL | July 11, 2021 20:00 | July 12, 2021 22:00 | 1d 2h | 32,123 | 52K |
| 2 | Baldwin County, AL | September 28, 2021 11:00 | September 29, 2021 21:15 | 1d 10h | 27,879 | 18K |
| 3 | Montgomery County, AL | May 4, 2021 17:30 | May 7, 2021 08:00 | 2d 14h | 23,861 | 354K |
| 4 | Madison County, AL | February 20, 2021 08:15 | February 20, 2021 22:45 | 14h 30m | 19,947 | 57K |
| 5 | Mobile County, AL | April 21, 2021 03:00 | April 27, 2021 17:45 | 6d 14h | 19,712 | 172K |
| 6 | Shelby County, AL | March 25, 2021 07:15 | April 2, 2021 04:30 | 7d 21h | 16,621 | 231K |
| 7 | Montgomery County, AL | August 1, 2021 22:15 | August 5, 2021 03:15 | 3d 5h | 15,699 | 105K |
| 8 | Autauga County, AL | May 4, 2021 21:00 | May 7, 2021 19:45 | 2d 22h | 15,462 | 254K |
| 9 | Lauderdale County, AL | August 21, 2021 13:30 | August 21, 2021 15:15 | 1h 45m | 14,852 | 20K |
| 10 | Lee County, AL | May 7, 2021 03:45 | May 7, 2021 08:30 | 4h 45m | 14,390 | 11K |
| 11 | St. Clair County, AL | February 6, 2021 19:45 | February 6, 2021 21:30 | 1h 45m | 14,017 | 3,671 |
| 12 | Shelby County, AL | May 4, 2021 17:45 | May 9, 2021 21:45 | 5d 4h | 13,545 | 58K |
| 13 | Lauderdale County, AL | June 3, 2021 03:45 | June 3, 2021 06:15 | 2h 30m | 13,513 | 15K |
| 14 | Baldwin County, AL | May 24, 2021 02:00 | May 24, 2021 07:00 | 5h | 12,862 | 7,608 |
| 15 | Elmore County, AL | May 4, 2021 11:30 | May 8, 2021 18:15 | 4d 6h | 11,804 | 189K |
| 16 | Lauderdale County, AL | May 6, 2021 22:15 | May 8, 2021 23:30 | 2d 1h | 11,414 | 77K |
| 17 | Jefferson County, AL | March 23, 2021 12:45 | April 3, 2021 10:30 | 10d 21h | 11,254 | 324K |
| 18 | Jefferson County, AL | September 12, 2021 04:45 | September 28, 2021 07:30 | 16d 2h | 10,897 | 49K |
| 19 | Jefferson County, AL | September 28, 2021 13:00 | October 10, 2021 01:15 | 11d 12h | 10,846 | 104K |
| 20 | Jefferson County, AL | May 4, 2021 17:45 | May 15, 2021 06:30 | 10d 12h | 10,628 | 166K |
| 21 | Jefferson County, AL | July 15, 2021 12:15 | August 14, 2021 06:00 | 29d 17h | 10,189 | 210K |
| 22 | Calhoun County, AL | March 25, 2021 10:30 | April 2, 2021 13:30 | 8d 3h | 9,888 | 144K |
| 23 | Tuscaloosa County, AL | June 12, 2021 09:15 | June 14, 2021 06:30 | 1d 21h | 9,754 | 19K |
| 24 | Jefferson County, AL | January 20, 2021 11:15 | January 30, 2021 04:45 | 9d 17h | 9,531 | 161K |
| 25 | Mobile County, AL | August 5, 2021 02:15 | September 3, 2021 04:00 | 29d 1h | 9,447 | 135K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 81% of Alabama's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.