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2021 Washington County, AL Power Outage Report
In 2021, customers in Washington County, AL went without power for an average of 0.6 hours, a total of 5,087 customer-hours (Alabama average 4.6 hours). That ranks 60th worst of 65 Alabama counties and 2776th of 2,974 nationally.
Compared with AL, the US and 2020
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Alabama customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Washington County, 2021
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 1, 2021 15:15 | April 1, 2021 18:45 | 3h 30m | 178 | 599 |
| 2 | April 24, 2021 23:30 | April 25, 2021 01:30 | 2h | 173 | 346 |
| 3 | June 20, 2021 16:45 | June 20, 2021 19:15 | 2h 30m | 164 | 410 |
| 4 | July 5, 2021 19:30 | July 5, 2021 23:15 | 3h 45m | 164 | 615 |
| 5 | April 19, 2021 13:30 | April 19, 2021 16:30 | 3h | 127 | 381 |
| 6 | March 18, 2021 03:00 | March 18, 2021 13:15 | 10h 15m | 88 | 820 |
| 7 | February 5, 2021 09:30 | February 5, 2021 13:00 | 3h 30m | 83 | 199 |
| 8 | January 7, 2021 10:30 | January 7, 2021 13:15 | 2h 45m | 55 | 151 |
| 9 | January 26, 2021 17:45 | January 26, 2021 19:00 | 1h 15m | 55 | 69 |
| 10 | February 17, 2021 15:30 | February 17, 2021 19:15 | 3h 45m | 49 | 112 |
Outage episodes by size in 2021: 5 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Washington County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2021, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Elec Cooperative | 2021 | 3.8 hrs | - | 2.5 hrs | - |
| Alabama Power Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke-Washington E M C | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 81% of Alabama's customers in 2021; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 7,878 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Washington County has data for 2016–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington County, AL annual power outage report, 2021, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2021/alabama/washington-county