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2021 Indiana Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Indiana customer went without power for about 4.4 hours — the 24th worst of any US state that year, 1.1× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.4
Peak customers out
28,735
Rank (worst state)
24th
Counties affected
20

Indiana outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2021 highlighted.

2.9h20153.1h20162.5h20173.9h20183.1h20193.9h20204.4h20214.4h20225.9h20235.1h20246.4h2025

Hardest-hit Indiana counties in 2021

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

1Marion County28,7352Elkhart County23,1123St. Joseph County22,9524Porter County20,7475LaPorte County17,3836Lake County14,3067Vigo County13,7238Monroe County9,6629Allen County8,19210Morgan County7,78011Tippecanoe County7,37512Floyd County6,87513Brown County6,55414Shelby County6,32315Lawrence County6,21316Hamilton County6,00017Kosciusko County5,93118Hendricks County5,66019Madison County5,40120Dearborn County5,347

Biggest Indiana outages of 2021

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Marion CountyAugust 24, 202128,735
Elkhart CountyAugust 6, 202123,112
St. Joseph CountyJanuary 1, 202122,952
Porter CountyJune 20, 202120,747
LaPorte CountyJanuary 1, 202117,383
Lake CountyJune 20, 202114,306
Vigo CountyJune 18, 202113,723
Lake CountySeptember 18, 202112,991
Elkhart CountyJanuary 1, 202112,750
Marion CountyNovember 7, 202112,401
Indiana 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.