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2021 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Florida customer went without power for about 1.9 hours, the 46th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.9
vs prior year
▼ 48%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
21.3M
Peak customers out
88,136
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
98%
of FL customers
Counties reporting
67

Florida year over year

Florida: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 7.1h; 2017: 48.8h; 2018: 5.4h, coverage 97%; 2019: 1.9h, coverage 97%; 2020: 3.6h, coverage 97%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 98%; 2022: 20.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 24.2h; 2025: 2.0h02040600%50%100%1.6h20157.1h201648.8h20175.4h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.8h20223.4h202324.2h20242.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2021

Customer-hours without power across Florida; August was the worst.

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Florida customer-hours without power by month, 2021Jan 831K, Feb 1.1M, Mar 1.2M, Apr 2.8M, May 1.5M, Jun 2.4M, Jul 2.7M, Aug 2.9M, Sep 1.7M, Oct 1.5M, Nov 1.3M, Dec 1.3M01M2M3M831KJan1.1MFeb1.2MMar2.8MApr1.5MMay2.4MJun2.7MJul2.9MAug1.7MSep1.5MOct1.3MNov1.3MDec
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All 67 Florida counties, 2021

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Franklin County16.775K4,4604,026413
2Calhoun County15.8143K9,0025,536392
3Jefferson County9.770K7,2832,122487
4Liberty County8.237K4,4592,073335
5Washington County8.2140K17,0626,056696
6Gulf County7.976K9,7222,474610
7Hamilton County6.659K8,8886,920496
8Wakulla County6.390K14,1487,402790
9Lafayette County6.128K4,6454,645427
10Jackson County5.6166K29,4155,473763
11Taylor County5.465K12,0563,731566
12Holmes County5.266K12,7002,903557
13Madison County4.845K9,4151,852488
14Suwannee County4.4124K27,98514,407956
15Bay County4.1366K88,69231,3761,026
16Dixie County3.854K14,1935,813656
17Charlotte County3.6468K129,88929,703637
18Gilchrist County3.544K12,8033,254773
19Columbia County3.4130K38,5627,265941
20Indian River County3.3207K62,0708,888571
21Levy County3.392K27,81612,486926
22Citrus County3.2260K81,28211,3251,037
23Pinellas County3.11.1M361,14717,866412
24Clay County3.0249K81,94133,3711,041
25Okeechobee County2.850K18,2233,903641
26Highlands County2.7107K39,0505,8171,032
27Miami-Dade County2.62.5M951,39121,04610
28Baker County2.641K15,9172,145481
29Leon County2.4478K196,85813,4411,215
30Volusia County2.3466K198,9229,961519
31Gadsden County2.384K36,0144,300817
32Monroe County2.3239K103,90631,166610
33Palm Beach County2.31.2M539,72843,791100
34DeSoto County2.348K21,1292,652571
35Polk County2.3707K313,95414,350649
36Hendry County2.254K23,9125,428486
37Flagler County2.2128K58,7647,945733
38Orange County2.1855K402,61810,616529
39Putnam County2.1108K51,83910,264863
40Escambia County2.0364K180,89124,289827
41Hardee County2.023K11,7961,914669
42Glades County2.012K6,357763193
43Seminole County1.9376K201,77612,974710
44Bradford County1.832K17,6791,770442
45Pasco County1.7484K279,2609,766781
46Martin County1.7192K111,1208,197610
47St. Johns County1.7198K116,5939,031742
48Walton County1.7121K71,3999,052909
49Marion County1.7367K217,6475,503934
50Brevard County1.7565K338,12917,478307
51Union County1.719K11,3572,185296
52Lake County1.6319K199,37210,766958
53Sarasota County1.6496K310,64620,530356
54Santa Rosa County1.6153K96,9077,5501,021
55Manatee County1.5404K266,4085,466573
56Hillsborough County1.41.4M998,90613,971327
57Nassau County1.475K52,4933,495793
58Collier County1.4405K288,8957,198436
59Duval County1.4660K483,03415,9461,035
60Hernando County1.3139K108,4534,1541,240
61Lee County1.3794K628,63533,440397
62Alachua County1.2262K218,5486,3091,226
63Broward County1.11.5M1,298,25629,57534
64St. Lucie County1.1253K222,1659,597418
65Okaloosa County1.1143K131,2357,2981,012
66Sumter County1.099K102,3912,7311,037
67Osceola County0.7131K179,8493,8281,055

Biggest Florida outages of 2021

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Palm Beach County, FLApril 9, 2021 11:00April 19, 2021 10:159d 23h43,791206K
2Lee County, FLJuly 9, 2021 09:15July 12, 2021 09:453d33,44038K
3Clay County, FLJuly 22, 2021 21:15July 23, 2021 04:457h 30m33,3719,320
4Bay County, FLApril 10, 2021 14:00April 12, 2021 08:151d 18h31,376106K
5Monroe County, FLJuly 24, 2021 09:15July 24, 2021 17:007h 45m31,16659K
6Monroe County, FLApril 12, 2021 13:30April 12, 2021 22:309h30,44953K
7Charlotte County, FLDecember 21, 2021 02:15December 24, 2021 04:153d 2h29,703170K
8Broward County, FLNovember 8, 2021 17:00November 25, 2021 11:0016d 18h29,57578K
9Charlotte County, FLApril 30, 2021 10:45May 1, 2021 02:0015h 15m25,81339K
10Escambia County, FLApril 10, 2021 08:00April 12, 2021 03:301d 19h24,289141K
11Lee County, FLMay 28, 2021 12:00May 29, 2021 02:4514h 45m21,9427,688
12Miami-Dade County, FLMarch 12, 2021 12:15October 21, 2021 02:00222d 13h21,0461.8M
13Sarasota County, FLApril 26, 2021 07:15April 27, 2021 04:3021h 15m20,53013K
14Palm Beach County, FLMay 4, 2021 10:45May 11, 2021 06:006d 19h20,29130K
15Lee County, FLDecember 21, 2021 04:30December 23, 2021 04:302d19,97695K
16Palm Beach County, FLDecember 13, 2021 11:30December 21, 2021 07:157d 19h19,67239K
17Bay County, FLAugust 15, 2021 17:00August 17, 2021 22:002d 5h18,567101K
18Pinellas County, FLMarch 17, 2021 10:15March 18, 2021 06:4520h 30m17,86626K
19Brevard County, FLJanuary 20, 2021 13:00January 21, 2021 11:0022h17,4789,676
20Brevard County, FLMay 14, 2021 09:15May 22, 2021 19:158d 10h17,26222K
21Clay County, FLAugust 24, 2021 12:45August 25, 2021 03:4515h16,01520K
22Pinellas County, FLApril 1, 2021 10:00April 3, 2021 04:301d 18h15,96929K
23Duval County, FLJuly 7, 2021 13:45July 9, 2021 09:151d 19h15,94650K
24Pinellas County, FLAugust 7, 2021 07:30August 15, 2021 07:458d15,82878K
25Clay County, FLMay 7, 2021 06:30May 7, 2021 07:451h 15m15,73416K
EAGLE-I tracked about 98% of Florida'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.
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Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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