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2021 Alaska Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 7.0 hours — the 14th worst of any US state that year, 1.1× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
7.0
Peak customers out
17,802
Rank (worst state)
14th
Counties affected
7

Alaska outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2021 highlighted.

2.7h20151.9h20161.8h20176.2h20184.7h20194.2h20207.0h202113.2h20228.4h20236.7h202410.9h2025

Hardest-hit Alaska counties in 2021

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

1Fairbanks North Star Borough17,8022Anchorage Municipality11,4963Matanuska-Susitna Borough8,2864Kenai Peninsula Borough7,5035Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1,2356Denali Borough1,1487Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area391

Biggest Alaska outages of 2021

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Fairbanks North Star BoroughDecember 25, 202117,802
Fairbanks North Star BoroughJune 3, 202113,571
Anchorage MunicipalityDecember 2, 202111,496
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughOctober 29, 20218,286
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughSeptember 23, 20217,675
Kenai Peninsula BoroughDecember 28, 20217,503
Fairbanks North Star BoroughOctober 3, 20217,237
Kenai Peninsula BoroughNovember 27, 20217,143
Anchorage MunicipalitySeptember 22, 20216,413
Fairbanks North Star BoroughDecember 20, 20216,212
Alaska by year:20252024202320222020201920182017
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVTXORMS

Part of the 2021 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.